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mm: ensure get_unmapped_area() returns higher address than mmap_min_addr
authorAkira Takeuchi <takeuchi.akr@jp.panasonic.com>
Tue, 5 Nov 2013 05:55:56 +0000 (16:55 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 5 Nov 2013 05:55:56 +0000 (16:55 +1100)
commit9433fe6fee4f67acfda62732c2260a3c2df51a82
tree110df1a033d2b3fce92bd9111877eac1125f50af
parent6e7a81b5aa1db2f1e35a1859c5107ff57aa51272
mm: ensure get_unmapped_area() returns higher address than mmap_min_addr

This patch fixes the problem that get_unmapped_area() can return illegal
address and result in failing mmap(2) etc.

In case that the address higher than PAGE_SIZE is set to
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr, the address lower than mmap_min_addr can be
returned by get_unmapped_area(), even if you do not pass any virtual
address hint (i.e.  the second argument).

This is because the current get_unmapped_area() code does not take into
account mmap_min_addr.

This leads to two actual problems as follows:

1. mmap(2) can fail with EPERM on the process without CAP_SYS_RAWIO,
   although any illegal parameter is not passed.

2. The bottom-up search path after the top-down search might not work in
   arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown().

Note: The first and third chunk of my patch, which changes "len" check,
are for more precise check using mmap_min_addr, and not for solving the
above problem.

[How to reproduce]

--- test.c -------------------------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
void *ret = NULL, *last_map;
size_t pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);

do {
last_map = ret;
ret = mmap(0, pagesize, PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
// printf("ret=%p\n", ret);
} while (ret != MAP_FAILED);

if (errno != ENOMEM) {
printf("ERR: unexpected errno: %d (last map=%p)\n",
errno, last_map);
}

return 0;
}
---------------------------------------------------------------

$ gcc -m32 -o test test.c
$ sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=65536
vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536
$ ./test  (run as non-priviledge user)
ERR: unexpected errno: 1 (last map=0x10000)

Signed-off-by: Akira Takeuchi <takeuchi.akr@jp.panasonic.com>
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Owada <owada.kiyoshi@jp.panasonic.com>
Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/mmap.c