The patch titled Subject: mm: make PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN an unsigned long has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-make-pr_mdwe_refuse_exec_gain-an-unsigned-long.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-make-pr_mdwe_refuse_exec_gain-an-unsigned-long.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: make PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN an unsigned long Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:08:56 +0200 Defining a prctl flag as an int is a footgun because on a 64 bit machine and with a variadic implementation of prctl (like in musl and glibc), when used directly as a prctl argument, it can get casted to long with garbage upper bits which would result in unexpected behaviors. This patch changes the constant to an unsigned long to eliminate that possibilities. This does not break UAPI. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230828150858.393570-5-revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: b507808ebce2 ("mm: implement memory-deny-write-execute as a prctl") Signed-off-by: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Alexey Izbyshev <izbyshev@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ayush Jain <ayush.jain3@xxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@xxxxxxx> Cc: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> Cc: Szabolcs Nagy <Szabolcs.Nagy@xxxxxxx> Cc: Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 +- tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h~mm-make-pr_mdwe_refuse_exec_gain-an-unsigned-long +++ a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map { /* Memory deny write / execute */ #define PR_SET_MDWE 65 -# define PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN 1 +# define PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN (1UL << 0) #define PR_GET_MDWE 66 --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h~mm-make-pr_mdwe_refuse_exec_gain-an-unsigned-long +++ a/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map { /* Memory deny write / execute */ #define PR_SET_MDWE 65 -# define PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN 1 +# define PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN (1UL << 0) #define PR_GET_MDWE 66 _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx are kselftest-vm-fix-tabs-spaces-inconsistency-in-the-mdwe-test.patch kselftest-vm-fix-mdwes-mmap_fixed-test-case.patch kselftest-vm-check-errnos-in-mdwe_test.patch mm-make-pr_mdwe_refuse_exec_gain-an-unsigned-long.patch mm-add-a-no_inherit-flag-to-the-pr_set_mdwe-prctl.patch kselftest-vm-add-tests-for-no-inherit-memory-deny-write-execute.patch