linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 09/11] mips: Use STACK_TOP when computing mmap base address

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKx_A8GsFWWABKwEXmL5dTMKjk3Ub9GoE7Do9NcZ_ai=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:31:06 -0500
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/11] mips: Use STACK_TOP when computing mmap base address

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:32 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr> wrote:
>
> mmap base address must be computed wrt stack top address, using TASK_SIZE
> is wrong since STACK_TOP and TASK_SIZE are not equivalent.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  arch/mips/mm/mmap.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c b/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
> index 3ff82c6f7e24..ffbe69f3a7d9 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(shm_align_mask);
>
>  /* gap between mmap and stack */
>  #define MIN_GAP                (128*1024*1024UL)
> -#define MAX_GAP                ((TASK_SIZE)/6*5)
> +#define MAX_GAP                ((STACK_TOP)/6*5)
>  #define STACK_RND_MASK (0x7ff >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 12))
>
>  static int mmap_is_legacy(struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static unsigned long mmap_base(unsigned long rnd, struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
>         else if (gap > MAX_GAP)
>                 gap = MAX_GAP;
>
> -       return PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE - gap - rnd);
> +       return PAGE_ALIGN(STACK_TOP - gap - rnd);
>  }
>
>  #define COLOUR_ALIGN(addr, pgoff)                              \
> --
> 2.20.1
>


-- 
Kees Cook