Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/mprotect: Call arch_validate_prot under mmap_lock and with length

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On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 09:39:31AM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
> index 078608ec2e92..b1fabb97d138 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline long do_mmap2(unsigned long addr, size_t len,
>  {
>  	long ret = -EINVAL;
>  
> -	if (!arch_validate_prot(prot, addr))
> +	if (!arch_validate_prot(prot, addr, len))

This call isn't under mmap lock.  I also find it rather weird as the
generic code only calls arch_validate_prot from mprotect, only powerpc
also calls it from mmap.

This seems to go back to commit ef3d3246a0d0
("powerpc/mm: Add Strong Access Ordering support")




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