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Message-ID: <16759fd4-3a8c-b52c-20c3-9a9129f26799@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:57:18 +0100
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exec: Remove FOLL_FORCE for stack setup
On 18.11.22 01:34, Kees Cook wrote:
> It does not appear that FOLL_FORCE should be needed for setting up the
> stack pages. They are allocated using the nascent brpm->vma, which was
> newly created with VM_STACK_FLAGS, which an arch can override, but they
> all appear to include VM_WRITE | VM_MAYWRITE. Remove FOLL_FORCE.
>
> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202211171439.CDE720EAD@keescook/
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Thanks for looking into this!
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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