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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] mm/vmalloc: fix size check for remap_vmalloc_range_partial()
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On 1/3/19 5:59 PM, Roman Penyaev wrote:
> area->size can include adjacent guard page but get_vm_area_size()
> returns actual size of the area.
>
> This fixes possible kernel crash when userspace tries to map area
> on 1 page bigger: size check passes but the following vmalloc_to_page()
> returns NULL on last guard (non-existing) page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@suse.de>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> ---

Fixes: e69e9d4aee71 ("vmalloc: introduce remap_vmalloc_range_partial")
Acked-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>

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