The patch titled brk: check lower bound properly has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is brk-check-lower-bound-properly.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 *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: brk: check lower bound properly From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Fix a regression introduced by commit 4cc6028d4040f95cdb590a87db478b42b8be0508 Author: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed Feb 6 22:39:44 2008 +0100 brk: check the lower bound properly The check in sys_brk() on minimum value the brk might have must take CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK setting into account. When this option is turned on (i.e. we support ancient legacy binaries, e.g. libc5-linked stuff), the lower bound on brk value is mm->end_code, otherwise the brk start is allowed to be arbitrarily shifted. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/mmap.c~brk-check-lower-bound-properly mm/mmap.c --- a/mm/mmap.c~brk-check-lower-bound-properly +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -245,10 +245,16 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long sys_brk(unsigne unsigned long rlim, retval; unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk; struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; + unsigned long min_brk; down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - if (brk < mm->start_brk) +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK + min_brk = mm->end_code; +#else + min_brk = mm->start_brk; +#endif + if (brk < min_brk) goto out; /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jkosina@xxxxxxx are brk-check-lower-bound-properly.patch linux-next.patch usbhid-fix-fn-key-on-macbook-pro-41-and-macbook-air.patch elantech-touchpad-driver.patch input-touchscreen-driver-add-support-ad7877-touchscreen-driver.patch ds1302-push-down-the-bkl-into-the-driver-ioctl-code.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