linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security: do not check mmap_min

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Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:58:58 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org, dhowells@...hat.com,
	gyang@...ckfin.uclinux.org, john.johansen@...onical.com,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: do not check mmap_min_addr on nommu systems

On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:43:01 -0500
Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> wrote:

> nommu systems can do anything with memory they please and so they already
> win.  mmap_min_addr is the least of their worries.  Currently the
> mmap_min_addr implementation is problamatic on such systems.  This patch
> changes the addr_only argument to be a flags which can take the arguments
> for addr_only or not_addr.  LSMs then need to properly implement these two
> flags.

This replaces David's
nommu-ignore-the-address-parameter-in-the-file_mmap-security-check.patch,
which missed 2.6.32.

What are our thoughts wrt backporting this fix in some form into
2.6.32.x and earlier?


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