Re: [PATCH] parisc: Fix mmap_base calculation when stack grows upwards

[Sam James]

Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> writes:

> Matoro reported various userspace crashes on the parisc platform with kernel
> 6.6 and bisected it to commit 3033cd430768 ("parisc: Use generic mmap top-down
> layout and brk randomization").
>
> That commit switched parisc to use the common infrastructure to calculate
> mmap_base, but missed that the mmap_base() function takes care for
> architectures where the stack grows downwards only.
>
> Fix the mmap_base() calculation to include the stack-grows-upwards case
> and thus fix the userspace crashes on parisc.
>
> Reported-by: matoro <matoro_mailinglist_kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Tested-by: matoro <matoro_mailinglist_kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 3033cd430768 ("parisc: Use generic mmap top-down layout and brk randomization")
> Cc:  <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.6+

Sorry to be impatient, but pinging this. HPPA is unusable on 6.6.x without this patch.

>
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
> index fd69dfa0cdab..a7c9c0e69e5a 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
> @@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
>  	default 8
>  
>  config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
> -	default 24 if 64BIT
> -	default 17
> +	default 18 if 64BIT
> +	default 13
>  
>  config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
> -	default 17
> +	default 13
>  
>  # unless you want to implement ACPI on PA-RISC ... ;-)
>  config PM
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h
> index 140eaa97bf21..2d73d3c3cd37 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h
> +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h
> @@ -349,15 +349,7 @@ struct pt_regs;	/* forward declaration... */
>  
>  #define ELF_HWCAP	0
>  
> -/* Masks for stack and mmap randomization */
> -#define BRK_RND_MASK	(is_32bit_task() ? 0x07ffUL : 0x3ffffUL)
> -#define MMAP_RND_MASK	(is_32bit_task() ? 0x1fffUL : 0x3ffffUL)
> -#define STACK_RND_MASK	MMAP_RND_MASK
> -
> -struct mm_struct;
> -extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *);
> -#define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk
> -
> +#define STACK_RND_MASK	0x7ff	/* 8MB of VA */
>  
>  #define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES 1
>  struct linux_binprm;
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
> index c05d121cf5d0..982aca20f56f 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
> +struct rlimit;
> +unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(struct rlimit *rlim_stack);
>  unsigned long calc_max_stack_size(unsigned long stack_max);
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
> index ab896eff7a1d..98af719d5f85 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
> +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ unsigned long calc_max_stack_size(unsigned long stack_max)
>   * indicating that "current" should be used instead of a passed-in
>   * value from the exec bprm as done with arch_pick_mmap_layout().
>   */
> -static unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
> +unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
>  {
>  	unsigned long stack_base;
>  
> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> index aa01f6ea5a75..744b4d7e3fae 100644
> --- a/mm/util.c
> +++ b/mm/util.c
> @@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ static int mmap_is_legacy(struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
>  
>  static unsigned long mmap_base(unsigned long rnd, struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
> +	/*
> +	 * For an upwards growing stack the calculation is much simpler.
> +	 * Memory for the maximum stack size is reserved at the top of the
> +	 * task. mmap_base starts directly below the stack and grows
> +	 * downwards.
> +	 */
> +	return PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(mmap_upper_limit(rlim_stack) - rnd);
> +#else
>  	unsigned long gap = rlim_stack->rlim_cur;
>  	unsigned long pad = stack_guard_gap;
>  
> @@ -431,6 +440,7 @@ static unsigned long mmap_base(unsigned long rnd, struct rlimit *rlim_stack)
>  		gap = MAX_GAP;
>  
>  	return PAGE_ALIGN(STACK_TOP - gap - rnd);
> +#endif
>  }
>  
>  void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm, struct rlimit *rlim_stack)