[PATCH 1/2] kernel/sys: add PR_GET_TASK_SIZE option to prctl(2)

From: Joel Savitz
Date: Thu May 02 2019 - 15:14:54 EST


When PR_GET_TASK_SIZE is passed to prctl, the kernel will attempt to
copy the value of TASK_SIZE to the userspace address in arg2.

Suggested-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 3 +++
kernel/sys.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 094bb03b9cc2..2335fe0a8db8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -229,4 +229,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
# define PR_PAC_APDBKEY (1UL << 3)
# define PR_PAC_APGAKEY (1UL << 4)

+/* Get the process virtual memory size */
+#define PR_GET_TASK_SIZE 55
+
#endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 12df0e5434b8..7ced7dbd035d 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2252,6 +2252,13 @@ static int propagate_has_child_subreaper(struct task_struct *p, void *data)
return 1;
}

+static int prctl_get_tasksize(void __user * uaddr)
+{
+ unsigned long long task_size = TASK_SIZE;
+ return copy_to_user(uaddr, &task_size, sizeof(unsigned long long))
+ ? -EFAULT : 0;
+}
+
int __weak arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_get(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long which)
{
return -EINVAL;
@@ -2486,6 +2493,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
return -EINVAL;
error = PAC_RESET_KEYS(me, arg2);
break;
+ case PR_GET_TASK_SIZE:
+ error = prctl_get_tasksize((void *)arg2) ;
+ break;
default:
error = -EINVAL;
break;
--
2.18.1