Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] mm: perform the mapping_map_writable() check after call_mmap()

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 06:04:30PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> In order for a F_SEAL_WRITE sealed memfd mapping to have an opportunity to
> clear VM_MAYWRITE, we must be able to invoke the appropriate vm_ops->mmap()
> handler to do so. We would otherwise fail the mapping_map_writable() check
> before we had the opportunity to avoid it.
>
> This patch moves this check after the call_mmap() invocation. Only memfd
> actively denies write access causing a potential failure here (in
> memfd_add_seals()), so there should be no impact on non-memfd cases.
>
> This patch makes the userland-visible change that MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ
> mappings of an F_SEAL_WRITE sealed memfd mapping will now succeed.
>
> There is a delicate situation with cleanup paths assuming that a writable
> mapping must have occurred in circumstances where it may now not have. In
> order to ensure we do not accidentally mark a writable file unwritable by
> mistake, we explicitly track whether we have a writable mapping and
> unmap only if we do.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217238
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
[snip]

Andrew, could you apply the following -fix patch to this? As a bug was
detected in the implementation [0] - I was being over-zealous in setting
the writable_file_mapping flag and had falsely assumed vma->vm_file == file
in all instances of the cleanup. The fix is to only set it in one place.

[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYtL7wK-dE-Tnz4t-GWmQb50EPYa=TWGjpgYU2Z=oeAO_w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

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