The patch titled Subject: x86: mm: support ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: x86: mm: support ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS x86: arch_mmap_rnd() uses hard-coded values, 8 for 32-bit and 28 for 64-bit, to generate the random offset for the mmap base address. This value represents a compromise between increased ASLR effectiveness and avoiding address-space fragmentation. Replace it with a Kconfig option, which is sensibly bounded, so that platform developers may choose where to place this compromise. Keep default values as new minimums. Signed-off-by: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Vander Stoep <jeffv@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Kralevich <nnk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hector Marco-Gisbert <hecmargi@xxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc; Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc; Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/mm/mmap.c | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/Kconfig~x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits arch/x86/Kconfig --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig~x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits +++ a/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ config X86 select HAVE_ARCH_KASAN if X86_64 && SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK + select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS + select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS if COMPAT select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY if X86_64 select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK @@ -183,6 +185,20 @@ config HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT config MMU def_bool y +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN + default 28 if 64BIT + default 8 + +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX + default 32 if 64BIT + default 16 + +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN + default 8 + +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX + default 16 + config SBUS bool diff -puN arch/x86/mm/mmap.c~x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits arch/x86/mm/mmap.c --- a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c~x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits +++ a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c @@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ unsigned long arch_mmap_rnd(void) { unsigned long rnd; - /* - * 8 bits of randomness in 32bit mmaps, 20 address space bits - * 28 bits of randomness in 64bit mmaps, 40 address space bits - */ if (mmap_is_ia32()) - rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int() % (1<<8); +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT + rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int() % (1 << mmap_rnd_compat_bits); +#else + rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int() % (1 << mmap_rnd_bits); +#endif else - rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int() % (1<<28); + rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int() % (1 << mmap_rnd_bits); return rnd << PAGE_SHIFT; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dcashman@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-mmap-add-new-proc-tunable-for-mmap_base-aslr.patch arm-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch arm64-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch x86-mm-support-arch_mmap_rnd_bits.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html