Security: round mmap hint address above mmap_min_addr If mmap_min_addr is set and a process attempts to mmap (not fixed) with a non-null hint address less than mmap_min_addr the mapping will fail the security checks. Since this is just a hint address this patch will round such a hint address above mmap_min_addr. gcj was found to try to be very frugal with vm usage and give hint addresses in the 8k-32k range. Without this patch all such programs failed and with the patch they happily get a higher address. This patch is wrappad in CONFIG_SECURITY since mmap_min_addr doesn't exist without it and there would be no security check possible no matter what. So we should not bother compiling in this rounding if it is just a waste of time. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c index 35622c5..b989cb9 100644 --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@ void *result; int ret; + if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED)) + addr = round_hint_to_min(addr); + /* decide whether we should attempt the mapping, and if so what sort of * mapping */ ret = validate_mmap_request(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff,