-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. --------------------- From: Jiri Kosina upstream commit: a5b4592cf77b973c29e7c9695873a26052b58951 Fix a regression introduced by commit 4cc6028d4040f95cdb590a87db478b42b8be0508 Author: Jiri Kosina Date: Wed Feb 6 22:39:44 2008 +0100 brk: check the lower bound properly The check in sys_brk() on minimum value the brk might have must take CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK setting into account. When this option is turned on (i.e. we support ancient legacy binaries, e.g. libc5-linked stuff), the lower bound on brk value is mm->end_code, otherwise the brk start is allowed to be arbitrarily shifted. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- mm/mmap.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -242,10 +242,16 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long sys_brk(unsigne unsigned long rlim, retval; unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk; struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; + unsigned long min_brk; down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - if (brk < mm->start_brk) +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK + min_brk = mm->end_code; +#else + min_brk = mm->start_brk; +#endif + if (brk < min_brk) goto out; /* -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/