valid_vma() rejects the VM_SHARED vmas, but this still allows to insert a probe into the MAP_SHARED but not VM_MAYWRITE vma.
Currently this is fine, such a mapping doesn't really differ from the private read-only mmap except mprotect(PROT_WRITE) won't work. However, get_user_pages(FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_FORCE) doesn't allow to COW in this case, and it would be safer to follow the same conventions as mm even if currently this happens to work. After the recent cda540ace6a1 "mm: get_user_pages(write,force) refuse to COW in shared areas" only uprobes can insert an anon page into the shared file-backed area, lets stop this and change valid_vma() to check VM_MAYSHARE instead. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index d1edc5e..7716c40 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct xol_area { */ static bool valid_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, bool is_register) { - vm_flags_t flags = VM_HUGETLB | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_SHARED; + vm_flags_t flags = VM_HUGETLB | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_MAYSHARE; if (is_register) flags |= VM_WRITE; -- 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/