I think both patches are fine, just a question. On 07/08, Kees Cook wrote: > > -static int do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len) > +static int do_brk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request) > { > struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; > struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev; > - unsigned long flags; > + unsigned long flags, len; > struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent; > pgoff_t pgoff = addr >> PAGE_SHIFT; > int error; > > - len = PAGE_ALIGN(len); > + len = PAGE_ALIGN(request); > + if (len < request) > + return -ENOMEM; So iiuc "len < request" is only possible if len == 0, right? > if (!len) > return 0; and thus this patch fixes the error code returned by do_brk() in case of overflow, now it returns -ENOMEM rather than zero. Perhaps if (!len) return 0; len = PAGE_ALIGN(len); if (!len) return -ENOMEM; would be more clear but this is subjective. I am wondering if we should shift this overflow check to the caller(s). Say, sys_brk() does find_vma_intersection(mm, oldbrk, newbrk+PAGE_SIZE) before do_brk(), and in case of overflow find_vma_intersection() can wrongly return NULL. Then do_brk() will be called with len = -oldbrk, this can overflow or not but in any case this doesn't look right too. Or I am totally confused? Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>