linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 09/27] mm/mmap: Prevent Shadow Stack VMA merges

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Message-Id: <20190813205225.12032-10-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:52:07 -0700
From:   Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Cc:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 09/27] mm/mmap: Prevent Shadow Stack VMA merges

To prevent function call/return spills into the next shadow stack
area, do not merge shadow stack areas.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 7e8c3e8ae75f..b1a921c0de63 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,12 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not merge shadow stack areas.
+	 */
+	if (vm_flags & VM_SHSTK)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (prev)
 		next = prev->vm_next;
 	else
-- 
2.17.1