From: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, minchan@kernel.org,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, david@redhat.com,
Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, rppt@kernel.org, pfalcato@suse.de
Cc: kernel-team@android.com, android-mm@google.com,
Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
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linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:51:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013235259.589015-2-kaleshsingh@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251013235259.589015-1-kaleshsingh@google.com>
The VMA count limit check in do_mmap() and do_brk_flags() uses a
strict inequality (>), which allows a process's VMA count to exceed
the configured sysctl_max_map_count limit by one.
A process with mm->map_count == sysctl_max_map_count will incorrectly
pass this check and then exceed the limit upon allocation of a new VMA
when its map_count is incremented.
Other VMA allocation paths, such as split_vma(), already use the
correct, inclusive (>=) comparison.
Fix this bug by changing the comparison to be inclusive in do_mmap()
and do_brk_flags(), bringing them in line with the correct behavior
of other allocation paths.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Collect Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags.
Changes in v2:
- Fix mmap check, per Pedro
mm/mmap.c | 2 +-
mm/vma.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 644f02071a41..da2cbdc0f87b 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
return -EOVERFLOW;
/* Too many mappings? */
- if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
+ if (mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/*
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index a2e1ae954662..fba68f13e628 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -2797,7 +2797,7 @@ int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (!may_expand_vm(mm, vm_flags, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
return -ENOMEM;
- if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
+ if (mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
if (security_vm_enough_memory_mm(mm, len >> PAGE_SHIFT))
--
2.51.0.760.g7b8bcc2412-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-13 23:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-13 23:51 [PATCH v3 0/5] mm: VMA count limit fixes and improvements Kalesh Singh
2025-10-13 23:51 ` Kalesh Singh [this message]
2025-10-14 6:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks Hugh Dickins
2025-10-14 17:51 ` Liam R. Howlett
2025-10-15 9:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-10-14 21:33 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-10-16 5:05 ` Hugh Dickins
2025-10-16 17:19 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-10-16 19:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-17 9:00 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-10-17 9:00 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-10-17 21:41 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-10-20 11:32 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-10-13 23:51 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] mm/selftests: add max_vma_count tests Kalesh Singh
2025-10-13 23:51 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] mm: introduce vma_count_remaining() Kalesh Singh
2025-10-13 23:51 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] mm: rename mm_struct::map_count to vma_count Kalesh Singh
2025-10-13 23:51 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] mm/tracing: introduce trace_mm_insufficient_vma_slots event Kalesh Singh
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