From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu: Reject wrapping ranges in access_remote_vm()
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 00:13:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260909001341.6a7c3556259f7cf9a79c1da7@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909064231.18693-1-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 09:42:31 +0300 Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> The NOMMU implementation of access_process_vm() rejects address ranges
> whose end wraps around, but access_remote_vm() bypasses this check even
> though both functions delegate to __access_remote_vm().
>
> Move the wraparound check into __access_remote_vm() so it applies to
> both entry points.
lgtm, thanks.
> This is originally reported in [1].
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/4ef240a5bea36ff84df9589671367832860795159386a4c8fba546a0fa8b786f@mail.kernel.org/
Ah, bpfbot scored one.
Sashiko might have found more issues in there:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260909064231.18693-1-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com
I'll optimistically cc Hajime Tazaki, who has been doing some NOMMU
work recently.
> Fixes: f55f199b7d76 ("NOMMU: implement access_remote_vm")
> Signed-off-by: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
> ---
> mm/nommu.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
> index 498e01ee40b0..ed44510e3770 100644
> --- a/mm/nommu.c
> +++ b/mm/nommu.c
> @@ -1674,6 +1674,9 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> int write = gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE;
>
> + if (addr + len < addr)
> + return 0;
> +
> if (mmap_read_lock_killable(mm))
> return 0;
>
> @@ -1727,9 +1730,6 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
> {
> struct mm_struct *mm;
>
> - if (addr + len < addr)
> - return 0;
> -
> mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
> if (!mm)
> return 0;
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-09 7:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 6:42 [PATCH] mm/nommu: Reject wrapping ranges in access_remote_vm() Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-09 6:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-09 7:13 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2026-09-09 20:11 ` Hajime Tazaki
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