CVE-2011-2479 (published 2013-03-01T12:37Z)

The Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly create transparent huge pages in response to a MAP_PRIVATE mmap system call on /dev/zero, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
CVSS v3 base score: 5.5, MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-399
cwe_name: Resource Management Errors
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Andrea Arcangeli
author_date: 2011-04-27 15:26:45-07:00
msg: mm: thp: fix /dev/zero MAP_PRIVATE and vm_flags cleanups

The huge_memory.c THP page fault was allowed to run if vm_ops was null
(which would succeed for /dev/zero MAP_PRIVATE, as the f_op->mmap wouldn't
setup a special vma->vm_ops and it would fallback to regular anonymous
memory) but other THP logics weren't fully activated for vmas with vm_file
not NULL (/dev/zero has a not NULL vma->vm_file).

So this removes the vm_file checks so that /dev/zero also can safely use
THP (the other albeit safer approach to fix this bug would have been to
prevent the THP initial page fault to run if vm_file was set).

After removing the vm_file checks, this also makes huge_memory.c stricter
in khugepaged for the DEBUG_VM=y case.  It doesn't replace the vm_file
check with a is_pfn_mapping check (but it keeps checking for VM_PFNMAP
under VM_BUG_ON) because for a is_cow_mapping() mapping VM_PFNMAP should
only be allowed to exist before the first page fault, and in turn when
vma->anon_vma is null (so preventing khugepaged registration).  So I tend
to think the previous comment saying if vm_file was set, VM_PFNMAP might
have been set and we could still be registered in khugepaged (despite
anon_vma was not NULL to be registered in khugepaged) was too paranoid.
The is_linear_pfn_mapping check is also I think superfluous (as described
by comment) but under DEBUG_VM it is safe to stay.

Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33682

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Caspar Zhang <bugs@casparzhang.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>		[2.6.38.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: huge_mm.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static inline void vma_adjust_trans_huge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					 unsigned long end,
 					 long adjust_next)
 {
-	if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops || vma->vm_file)
+	if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops)
 		return;
 	__vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, adjust_next);
 }

programming_language: C
filename: mm.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
 #define VM_RandomReadHint(v)		((v)->vm_flags & VM_RAND_READ)
 
 /*
- * special vmas that are non-mergable, non-mlock()able
+ * Special vmas that are non-mergable, non-mlock()able.
+ * Note: mm/huge_memory.c VM_NO_THP depends on this definition.
  */
 #define VM_SPECIAL (VM_IO | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_RESERVED | VM_PFNMAP)
 

programming_language: C
filename: huge_memory.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1408,6 +1408,9 @@ int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#define VM_NO_THP (VM_SPECIAL|VM_INSERTPAGE|VM_MIXEDMAP|VM_SAO| \
+		   VM_HUGETLB|VM_SHARED|VM_MAYSHARE)
+
 int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		     unsigned long *vm_flags, int advice)
 {
@@ -1416,11 +1419,7 @@ int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/*
 		 * Be somewhat over-protective like KSM for now!
 		 */
-		if (*vm_flags & (VM_HUGEPAGE |
-				 VM_SHARED   | VM_MAYSHARE   |
-				 VM_PFNMAP   | VM_IO      | VM_DONTEXPAND |
-				 VM_RESERVED | VM_HUGETLB | VM_INSERTPAGE |
-				 VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_SAO))
+		if (*vm_flags & (VM_HUGEPAGE | VM_NO_THP))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		*vm_flags &= ~VM_NOHUGEPAGE;
 		*vm_flags |= VM_HUGEPAGE;
@@ -1436,11 +1435,7 @@ int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		/*
 		 * Be somewhat over-protective like KSM for now!
 		 */
-		if (*vm_flags & (VM_NOHUGEPAGE |
-				 VM_SHARED   | VM_MAYSHARE   |
-				 VM_PFNMAP   | VM_IO      | VM_DONTEXPAND |
-				 VM_RESERVED | VM_HUGETLB | VM_INSERTPAGE |
-				 VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_SAO))
+		if (*vm_flags & (VM_NOHUGEPAGE | VM_NO_THP))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		*vm_flags &= ~VM_HUGEPAGE;
 		*vm_flags |= VM_NOHUGEPAGE;
@@ -1574,10 +1569,14 @@ int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		 * page fault if needed.
 		 */
 		return 0;
-	if (vma->vm_file || vma->vm_ops)
+	if (vma->vm_ops)
 		/* khugepaged not yet working on file or special mappings */
 		return 0;
-	VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) || is_pfn_mapping(vma));
+	/*
+	 * If is_pfn_mapping() is true is_learn_pfn_mapping() must be
+	 * true too, verify it here.
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) || vma->vm_flags & VM_NO_THP);
 	hstart = (vma->vm_start + ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
 	hend = vma->vm_end & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
 	if (hstart < hend)
@@ -1828,12 +1827,15 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	    (vma->vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE))
 		goto out;
 
-	/* VM_PFNMAP vmas may have vm_ops null but vm_file set */
-	if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops || vma->vm_file)
+	if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops)
 		goto out;
 	if (is_vma_temporary_stack(vma))
 		goto out;
-	VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) || is_pfn_mapping(vma));
+	/*
+	 * If is_pfn_mapping() is true is_learn_pfn_mapping() must be
+	 * true too, verify it here.
+	 */
+	VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) || vma->vm_flags & VM_NO_THP);
 
 	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
 	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
@@ -2066,13 +2068,16 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages,
 			progress++;
 			continue;
 		}
-		/* VM_PFNMAP vmas may have vm_ops null but vm_file set */
-		if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops || vma->vm_file)
+		if (!vma->anon_vma || vma->vm_ops)
 			goto skip;
 		if (is_vma_temporary_stack(vma))
 			goto skip;
-
-		VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) || is_pfn_mapping(vma));
+		/*
+		 * If is_pfn_mapping() is true is_learn_pfn_mapping()
+		 * must be true too, verify it here.
+		 */
+		VM_BUG_ON(is_linear_pfn_mapping(vma) ||
+			  vma->vm_flags & VM_NO_THP);
 
 		hstart = (vma->vm_start + ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
 		hend = vma->vm_end & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;

programming_language: C