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

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Apr 18 2019 - 01:31:23 EST


On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:32 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alex@xxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-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
>


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Kees Cook