[PATCH] mm/nommu.c: Fix improperly call of security API in mmap

From: graff.yang
Date: Wed Oct 14 2009 - 06:32:08 EST


From: Graff Yang <graf.yang@xxxxxxxxxx>

The original code calling security_file_mmap() use user's hint address
as it's 5th argument(addr). This is improper, as the hint address may be
NULL.
In this case, the security_file_mmap() may incorrectly return -EPERM.

This patch moved the calling of security_file_mmap() out of
validate_mmap_request() to do_mmap_pgoff(), and call this
security API with the address that attempting to mmap.

Signed-off-by: Graff Yang <graf.yang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/nommu.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 3a5e989..fc986d4 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
unsigned long *_capabilities)
{
unsigned long capabilities, rlen;
- unsigned long reqprot = prot;
int ret;

/* do the simple checks first */
@@ -1013,11 +1012,6 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
prot |= PROT_EXEC;
}

- /* allow the security API to have its say */
- ret = security_file_mmap(file, reqprot, prot, flags, addr, 0);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
/* looks okay */
*_capabilities = capabilities;
return 0;
@@ -1231,6 +1225,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file,
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
struct vm_region *region;
struct rb_node *rb;
+ unsigned long reqprot = prot;
unsigned long capabilities, vm_flags, result;
int ret;

@@ -1327,6 +1322,12 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file,
continue;
}

+ /* allow the security API to have its say */
+ ret = security_file_mmap(file, reqprot, prot, flags,
+ pregion->vm_start, 0);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error_just_free;
+
/* we've found a region we can share */
atomic_inc(&pregion->vm_usage);
vma->vm_region = pregion;
@@ -1394,6 +1395,11 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file,
if (ret < 0)
goto error_put_region;

+ ret = security_file_mmap(file, reqprot, prot, flags,
+ vma->vm_start, 0);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error_put_region;
+
/* okay... we have a mapping; now we have to register it */
result = vma->vm_start;

--
1.6.4.4

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