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

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Message-ID: <16ed1829-a7ad-76b9-2929-9eb14406da00@ghiti.fr>
Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:08:02 -0400
From:   Alex Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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>,
        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 4/18/19 1:31 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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>


Thanks !


>
> -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
>>
>