Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix vm_brk_flags() to not bail out while holding lock

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* Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [230929 13:19]:
> From: Sebastian Ott <sebott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Calling vm_brk_flags() with flags set other than VM_EXEC
> will exit the function without releasing the mmap_write_lock.
> 
> Just do the sanity check before the lock is acquired. This
> doesn't fix an actual issue since no caller sets a flag other
> than VM_EXEC.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 2e7ce7d354f2 ("mm/mmap: change do_brk_flags() to expand existing VMA and add do_brk_munmap()")
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 34d2337ace59..c8996fe847c9 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -3143,13 +3143,13 @@ int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long flags)
>  	if (!len)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
> -		return -EINTR;
> -
>  	/* Until we need other flags, refuse anything except VM_EXEC. */
>  	if ((flags & (~VM_EXEC)) != 0)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
> +		return -EINTR;
> +
>  	ret = check_brk_limits(addr, len);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto limits_failed;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 




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