From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org,rppt@kernel.org,pfalcato@suse.de,minchan@kernel.org,lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,david@redhat.com,kaleshsingh@google.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: [to-be-updated] mm-fix-off-by-one-error-in-vma-count-limit-checks.patch removed from -mm tree
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:21:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250917022105.637CBC4CEEB@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-fix-off-by-one-error-in-vma-count-limit-checks.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued
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From: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
Subject: mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:36:32 -0700
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.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250915163838.631445-2-kaleshsingh@google.com
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
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>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/mmap.c | 2 +-
mm/vma.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-fix-off-by-one-error-in-vma-count-limit-checks
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file,
return -EOVERFLOW;
/* Too many mappings? */
- if (mm->map_count > sysctl_max_map_count)
+ if (mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
return -ENOMEM;
/*
--- a/mm/vma.c~mm-fix-off-by-one-error-in-vma-count-limit-checks
+++ a/mm/vma.c
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ int do_brk_flags(struct vma_iterator *vm
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))
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kaleshsingh@google.com are
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