[PATCH 1/2] ARM: mm: fix set_memory_*() bounds checks
Dave Gerlach
d-gerlach at ti.com
Tue Nov 29 07:25:19 PST 2016
Hi,
On 11/21/2016 10:08 AM, Russell King wrote:
> The set_memory_*() bounds checks are buggy on several fronts:
>
> 1. They fail to round the region size up if the passed address is not
> page aligned.
> 2. The region check was incomplete, and didn't correspond with what
> was being asked of apply_to_page_range()
>
> So, rework change_memory_common() to fix these problems, adding an
> "in_region()" helper to determine whether the start & size fit within
> the provided region start and stop addresses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> ---
> arch/arm/mm/pageattr.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm/mm/pageattr.c
> index d19b1ad29b07..db09f2e7efda 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -34,28 +34,28 @@ static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static bool in_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
> + unsigned long range_start, unsigned long range_end)
> +{
> + return start >= range_start && start < range_end &&
> + size <= range_end - start;
> +}
> +
> static int change_memory_common(unsigned long addr, int numpages,
> pgprot_t set_mask, pgprot_t clear_mask)
> {
> - unsigned long start = addr;
> - unsigned long size = PAGE_SIZE*numpages;
> - unsigned long end = start + size;
> + unsigned long start = addr & PAGE_SIZE;
This doesn't work as is, I believe 'start' should be set to
PAGE_ALIGN(addr), addr & PAGE_SIZE as it is doesn't make sense. If I
make this change this code works ok.
Regards,
Dave
> + unsigned long end = PAGE_ALIGN(addr) + numpages * PAGE_SIZE;
> + unsigned long size = end - start;
> int ret;
> struct page_change_data data;
>
> - if (!IS_ALIGNED(addr, PAGE_SIZE)) {
> - start &= PAGE_MASK;
> - end = start + size;
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> - }
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(start != addr);
>
> - if (!numpages)
> + if (!size)
> return 0;
>
> - if (start < MODULES_VADDR || start >= MODULES_END)
> - return -EINVAL;
> -
> - if (end < MODULES_VADDR || start >= MODULES_END)
> + if (!in_range(start, size, MODULES_VADDR, MODULES_END))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> data.set_mask = set_mask;
>
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