The patch below does not apply to the 3.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From a5463cd3435475386cbbe7b06e01292ac169d36f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:58:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: make vectors page inaccessible from userspace
If kuser helpers are not provided by the kernel, disable user access to
the vectors page. With the kuser helpers gone, there is no reason for
this page to be visible to userspace.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
index 6363f3d..4355f0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ extern void __cpu_copy_user_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from,
#define clear_page(page) memset((void *)(page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
extern void copy_page(void *to, const void *from);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
#define __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA 1
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
#include <asm/pgtable-3level-types.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 566d0d7..1e6c33d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+#ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
/*
* The vectors page is always readable from user space for the
* atomic helpers. Insert it into the gate_vma so that it is visible
@@ -458,10 +459,14 @@ int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)
{
return in_gate_area(NULL, addr);
}
+#define is_gate_vma(vma) ((vma) = &gate_vma)
+#else
+#define is_gate_vma(vma) 0
+#endif
const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" :
+ return is_gate_vma(vma) ? "[vectors]" :
(vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == vma->vm_mm->context.sigpage) ?
"[sigpage]" : NULL;
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 9ea274d..ca46f41 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,11 @@ static void __init devicemaps_init(struct machine_desc *mdesc)
map.pfn = __phys_to_pfn(virt_to_phys(vectors));
map.virtual = 0xffff0000;
map.length = PAGE_SIZE;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
map.type = MT_HIGH_VECTORS;
+#else
+ map.type = MT_LOW_VECTORS;
+#endif
create_mapping(&map);
if (!vectors_high()) {
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