Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / lguest / lguest.c

diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index f64b85b..d9da7e1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -301,20 +301,27 @@ static void *map_zeroed_pages(unsigned int num)
 
        /*
         * We use a private mapping (ie. if we write to the page, it will be
-        * copied).
+        * copied). We allocate an extra two pages PROT_NONE to act as guard
+        * pages against read/write attempts that exceed allocated space.
         */
-       addr = mmap(NULL, getpagesize() * num,
-                   PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+       addr = mmap(NULL, getpagesize() * (num+2),
+                   PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+
        if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
                err(1, "Mmapping %u pages of /dev/zero", num);
 
+       if (mprotect(addr + getpagesize(), getpagesize() * num,
+                    PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) == -1)
+               err(1, "mprotect rw %u pages failed", num);
+
        /*
         * One neat mmap feature is that you can close the fd, and it
         * stays mapped.
         */
        close(fd);
 
-       return addr;
+       /* Return address after PROT_NONE page */
+       return addr + getpagesize();
 }
 
 /* Get some more pages for a device. */
@@ -346,7 +353,7 @@ static void map_at(int fd, void *addr, unsigned long offset, unsigned long len)
         * done to it.  This allows us to share untouched memory between
         * Guests.
         */
-       if (mmap(addr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC,
+       if (mmap(addr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
                 MAP_FIXED|MAP_PRIVATE, fd, offset) != MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
@@ -576,10 +583,10 @@ static void *_check_pointer(unsigned long addr, unsigned int size,
                            unsigned int line)
 {
        /*
-        * We have to separately check addr and addr+size, because size could
-        * be huge and addr + size might wrap around.
+        * Check if the requested address and size exceeds the allocated memory,
+        * or addr + size wraps around.
         */
-       if (addr >= guest_limit || addr + size >= guest_limit)
+       if ((addr + size) > guest_limit || (addr + size) < addr)
                errx(1, "%s:%i: Invalid address %#lx", __FILE__, line, addr);
        /*
         * We return a pointer for the caller's convenience, now we know it's