linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/mremap: Fail map duplication attempts for private mappings

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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:58:15 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/mremap: Fail map duplication attempts for private mappings

mremap will create a 'duplicate' mapping if old_size == 0 is
specified.  Such duplicate mappings make no sense for private
mappings.  If duplication is attempted for a private mapping,
mremap creates a separate private mapping unrelated to the
original mapping and makes no modifications to the original.
This is contrary to the purpose of mremap which should return
a mapping which is in some way related to the original.

Therefore, return EINVAL in the case where if an attempt is
made to duplicate a private mapping.

Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
---
 mm/mremap.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index cd8a1b1..076f506 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *vma_to_resize(unsigned long addr,
 	if (!vma || vma->vm_start > addr)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
+	/*
+	 * !old_len  is a special case where a mapping is 'duplicated'.
+	 * Do not allow this for private mappings.
+	 */
+	if (!old_len && !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-- 
2.7.5