linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 16/18] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

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Message-Id: <20150911224629.106790446@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:49:34 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Dan McGee <dpmcgee@...il.com>,
	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 16/18] arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>

commit d6c763afab142a85e4770b4bc2a5f40f256d5c5d upstream.

Since commit 8a0a9bd4db63 ('random: make get_random_int() more
random'), get_random_int() returns a random value for each call,
so comment and hack introduced in mmap_rnd() as part of commit
1d18c47c735e ('arm64: MMU fault handling and page table management')
are incorrects.

Commit 1d18c47c735e seems to use the same hack introduced by
commit a5adc91a4b44 ('powerpc: Ensure random space between stack
and mmaps'), latter copied in commit 5a0efea09f42 ('sparc64: Sharpen
address space randomization calculations.').

But both architectures were cleaned up as part of commit
fa8cbaaf5a68 ('powerpc+sparc64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize
layout') as hack is no more needed since commit 8a0a9bd4db63.

So the present patch removes the comment and the hack around
get_random_int() on AArch64's mmap_rnd().

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Acked-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c |   12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c
@@ -47,22 +47,14 @@ static int mmap_is_legacy(void)
 	return sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
 }

-/*
- * Since get_random_int() returns the same value within a 1 jiffy window, we
- * will almost always get the same randomisation for the stack and mmap
- * region. This will mean the relative distance between stack and mmap will be
- * the same.
- *
- * To avoid this we can shift the randomness by 1 bit.
- */
 static unsigned long mmap_rnd(void)
 {
 	unsigned long rnd = 0;

 	if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE)
-		rnd = (long)get_random_int() & (STACK_RND_MASK >> 1);
+		rnd = (long)get_random_int() & STACK_RND_MASK;

-	return rnd << (PAGE_SHIFT + 1);
+	return rnd << PAGE_SHIFT;
 }

 static unsigned long mmap_base(void)

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