linux-kernel - [PATCH] prctl: fix validation of an address

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Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:00:10 +0400
From:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: [PATCH] prctl: fix validation of an address

The address should be bigger than dac_mmap_min_addr, because
a process with CAP_RAWIO can map a vma bellow mmap_min_addr.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
---
 kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 265b376..e0e1bbd 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr,
 	if (opt == PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE)
 		return prctl_set_mm_exe_file(mm, (unsigned int)addr);
 
-	if (addr >= TASK_SIZE || addr < mmap_min_addr)
+	if (addr >= TASK_SIZE || addr < dac_mmap_min_addr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
-- 
1.7.11.7

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