The patch titled
Subject: Revert "ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection"
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
revert-ipc-shm-fix-shmat-mmap-nil-page-protection.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Revert "ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection"
Patch series "ipc/shm: shmat() fixes around nil-page".
These patches fix two issues reported[1] a while back by Joe and Andrea
around how shmat(2) behaves with nil-page.
The first reverts a commit that it was incorrectly thought that mapping
nil-page (address=0) was a no no with MAP_FIXED. This is not the case,
with the exception of SHM_REMAP; which is address in the second patch.
I chose two patches because it is easier to backport and it explicitly
reverts bogus behaviour. Both patches ought to be in -stable and ltp
testcases need updated (the added testcase around the cve can be modified
to just test for SHM_RND|SHM_REMAP).
[1] lkml.kernel.org/r/20180430172152.nfa564pvgpk3ut7p@linux-n805
This patch (of 2):
95e91b831f87 ("ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection") worked on the
idea that we should not be mapping as root addr=0 and MAP_FIXED. However,
it was reported that this scenario is in fact valid, thus making the patch
both bogus and breaks userspace as well. For example X11's libint10.so
relies on shmat(1, SHM_RND) for lowmem initialization[1].
[1] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/int10/linux.c#n347
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180503203243.15045-2-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 95e91b831f87 ("ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection")
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/shm.c | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN ipc/shm.c~revert-ipc-shm-fix-shmat-mmap-nil-page-protection ipc/shm.c
--- a/ipc/shm.c~revert-ipc-shm-fix-shmat-mmap-nil-page-protection
+++ a/ipc/shm.c
@@ -1363,13 +1363,8 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *sh
if (addr) {
if (addr & (shmlba - 1)) {
- /*
- * Round down to the nearest multiple of shmlba.
- * For sane do_mmap_pgoff() parameters, avoid
- * round downs that trigger nil-page and MAP_FIXED.
- */
- if ((shmflg & SHM_RND) && addr >= shmlba)
- addr &= ~(shmlba - 1);
+ if (shmflg & SHM_RND)
+ addr &= ~(shmlba - 1); /* round down */
else
#ifndef __ARCH_FORCE_SHMLBA
if (addr & ~PAGE_MASK)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
ipc-sem-mitigate-semnum-index-against-spectre-v1.patch
