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author | Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-04 00:04:31 +0400 |
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committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2009-06-04 06:07:48 +0400 |
commit | e0a94c2a63f2644826069044649669b5e7ca75d3 (patch) | |
tree | debf8a9af6ac23dadd116dc1cd1f9dcefe9629c6 | |
parent | 7d2948b1248109dbc7f4aaf9867c54b1912d494c (diff) | |
download | linux-e0a94c2a63f2644826069044649669b5e7ca75d3.tar.xz |
security: use mmap_min_addr indepedently of security models
This patch removes the dependency of mmap_min_addr on CONFIG_SECURITY.
It also sets a default mmap_min_addr of 4096.
mmapping of addresses below 4096 will only be possible for processes
with CAP_SYS_RAWIO.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Looks-ok-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/security.h | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/mmap.c | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | security/Kconfig | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | security/security.c | 3 |
7 files changed, 25 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index bff1f0d475c7..0c21af6abffb 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -580,12 +580,10 @@ static inline void set_page_links(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone, */ static inline unsigned long round_hint_to_min(unsigned long hint) { -#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY hint &= PAGE_MASK; if (((void *)hint != NULL) && (hint < mmap_min_addr)) return PAGE_ALIGN(mmap_min_addr); -#endif return hint; } diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h index d5fd6163606f..5eff459b3833 100644 --- a/include/linux/security.h +++ b/include/linux/security.h @@ -2197,6 +2197,8 @@ static inline int security_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot, unsigned long addr, unsigned long addr_only) { + if ((addr < mmap_min_addr) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) + return -EACCES; return 0; } diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 149581fb48ab..45bd711a242e 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .strategy = &sysctl_jiffies, }, #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY { .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, .procname = "mmap_min_addr", @@ -1246,7 +1245,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = &proc_doulongvec_minmax, }, -#endif #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA { .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index c2b57d81e153..71830ba7b986 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -226,6 +226,25 @@ config HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT config MMU_NOTIFIER bool +config DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR + int "Low address space to protect from user allocation" + default 4096 + help + This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected + from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages + can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs. + + For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space + a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems. + On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768. + Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional + permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have + this protection disabled. + + This value can be changed after boot using the + /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable. + + config NOMMU_INITIAL_TRIM_EXCESS int "Turn on mmap() excess space trimming before booting" depends on !MMU diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 6b7b1a95944b..2b43fa1aa3c8 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ int sysctl_overcommit_ratio = 50; /* default is 50% */ int sysctl_max_map_count __read_mostly = DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT; struct percpu_counter vm_committed_as; +/* amount of vm to protect from userspace access */ +unsigned long mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR; + /* * Check that a process has enough memory to allocate a new virtual * mapping. 0 means there is enough memory for the allocation to diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index bb244774e9d7..d23c839038f0 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -110,28 +110,8 @@ config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG See <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6279> for more information about this module. - - If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. - -config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR - int "Low address space to protect from user allocation" - depends on SECURITY - default 0 - help - This is the portion of low virtual memory which should be protected - from userspace allocation. Keeping a user from writing to low pages - can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs. - - For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space - a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems. - On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768. - Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional - permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have - this protection disabled. - - This value can be changed after boot using the - /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable. + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. source security/selinux/Kconfig source security/smack/Kconfig diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 5284255c5cdf..dc7674fbfc7a 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ extern void security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations *ops); struct security_operations *security_ops; /* Initialized to NULL */ -/* amount of vm to protect from userspace access */ -unsigned long mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR; - static inline int verify(struct security_operations *ops) { /* verify the security_operations structure exists */ |