[PATCH v4 04/10] mips: extract logic for mmap_rnd()

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Wed Mar 4 13:10:48 PST 2015


In preparation for splitting out ET_DYN ASLR, extract the mmap ASLR
selection into a separate function.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
It seems the entropy gets smaller as the PAGE_SIZE increases. Is this
intentional?
---
 arch/mips/mm/mmap.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c b/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
index f1baadd56e82..9a4f1f5c1f0e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
@@ -142,18 +142,26 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp,
 			addr0, len, pgoff, flags, DOWN);
 }
 
+static unsigned long mmap_rnd(void)
+{
+	unsigned long rnd;
+
+	rnd = (unsigned long)get_random_int();
+	rnd <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (TASK_IS_32BIT_ADDR)
+		rnd &= 0xfffffful;
+	else
+		rnd &= 0xffffffful;
+
+	return rnd;
+}
+
 void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	unsigned long random_factor = 0UL;
 
-	if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) {
-		random_factor = get_random_int();
-		random_factor = random_factor << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		if (TASK_IS_32BIT_ADDR)
-			random_factor &= 0xfffffful;
-		else
-			random_factor &= 0xffffffful;
-	}
+	if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE)
+		random_factor = mmap_rnd();
 
 	if (mmap_is_legacy()) {
 		mm->mmap_base = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE + random_factor;
-- 
1.9.1




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