[PATCH] Check if start address is in vma region in NOMMU function get_user_pages()
authorSonic Zhang <sonic.adi@gmail.com>
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:50:17 +0000 (01:50 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:26:14 +0000 (08:26 -0700)
In NOMMU arch, if run "cat /proc/self/mem", data from physical address 0
are read.  This behavior is different from MMU arch.  In IA32, message
"cat: /proc/self/mem: Input/output error" is reported.

This issue is rootcaused by not validate the start address in NOMMU
function get_user_pages().  Following patch solves this issue.

Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
mm/nommu.c

index 00ffa97..2af5083 100644 (file)
@@ -129,16 +129,20 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
        struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
 {
        int i;
-       static struct vm_area_struct dummy_vma;
+       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+               vma = find_vma(mm, start);
+               if(!vma)
+                       return i ? : -EFAULT;
+
                if (pages) {
                        pages[i] = virt_to_page(start);
                        if (pages[i])
                                page_cache_get(pages[i]);
                }
                if (vmas)
-                       vmas[i] = &dummy_vma;
+                       vmas[i] = vma;
                start += PAGE_SIZE;
        }
        return(i);