uprobes: Change valid_vma() to demand VM_MAYEXEC rather than VM_EXEC
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:07:41 +0000 (19:07 +0200)
committerOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:21:53 +0000 (21:21 +0200)
uprobe_register() or uprobe_mmap() requires VM_READ | VM_EXEC, this
is not right. An apllication can do mprotect(PROT_EXEC) later and
execute this code.

Change valid_vma(is_register => true) to check VM_MAYEXEC instead.
No need to check VM_MAYREAD, it is always set.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
kernel/events/uprobes.c

index 80e8c7b..a9de408 100644 (file)
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static bool valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool is_register)
        if (!is_register)
                return true;
 
-       if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB|VM_READ|VM_WRITE|VM_EXEC|VM_SHARED))
-                               == (VM_READ|VM_EXEC))
+       if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB | VM_WRITE | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_SHARED))
+                               == VM_MAYEXEC)
                return true;
 
        return false;