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 <o...@redhat.com> --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index fa1579a..b9b50dd 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -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; -- 1.5.5.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/