From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
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Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, "Felix Kuehling" <Felix.Kuehling@amd.com>,
"Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
"Chris Mason" <mason@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] mm: check permissions and bounds for vm_ops->access
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:09:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112-access_shite-v1-5-988a5c470db2@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112-access_shite-v1-0-988a5c470db2@kernel.org>
GUP rejects VM_IO and VM_PFNMAP mappings early. __access_remote_vm() then
falls back to vm_ops->access without checking VMA permissions and without
limiting the request to the VMA size.
Consequently, /proc/<pid>/mem can bypass protections even without
FOLL_FORCE, or cross into another mapping without checking its
permissions.
Check VMA permissions before calling ->access and limit each request to
the current VMA. Implement similar access permission checks as GUP,
however:
(1) Reject writes to CoW mappings because the callbacks access backing
memory directly and cannot handle CoW.
(2) Allow forced writes to non-CoW mappings with VM_MAYWRITE.
This intentionally breaks forced writes through legacy amdgpu PROT_NONE,
MAP_PRIVATE debugger mappings. The workaround in commit fa5239f2af98
("drm/amdgpu: workaround failed COW checks for Thunk VMAs") cleared
VM_MAYWRITE to avoid CoW, but debugger writes still succeeded by
exploiting the missing access-permission checks fixed here. Reads remain
supported. Userspace must use MAP_SHARED instead; ROCm 5.5.0, released
in May 2023, already does so.
Link: https://github.com/ROCm/ROCT-Thunk-Interface/commit/fea44fab6e84eda52fcf6b419b35600c18f4c022
Fixes: 272ddc8b3735 ("proc: don't use FOLL_FORCE for reading cmdline and environment")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@amd.com>
Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
Reported-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
---
mm/memory.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d4370c1b331c9..9872f289c1e49 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -7362,6 +7362,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_access_phys);
static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
{
+ const bool force = gup_flags & FOLL_FORCE;
void *old_buf = buf;
int write = gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE;
@@ -7401,15 +7402,35 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
if (gup_flags & FOLL_ANON)
break;
+ if (write) {
+ if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT))
+ break;
+ if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_WRITE_BIT) && !force)
+ break;
+ /*
+ * In contrast to GUP, we historically allowed
+ * FOLL_FORCE write access to non-CoW mappings.
+ * However, we must always reject CoW mappings
+ * as we cannot CoW here.
+ */
+ if (vma_is_cow_mapping(vma))
+ break;
+ } else if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_READ_BIT)) {
+ if (!force || !vma_test(vma, VMA_MAYREAD_BIT))
+ break;
+ }
+
/*
* Check if this is a VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP VMA, which
* we can access using slightly different code.
*/
bytes = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
- if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->access)
+ if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->access) {
+ bytes = min_t(unsigned long, len, vma->vm_end - addr);
bytes = vma->vm_ops->access(vma, addr, buf,
- len, write);
+ bytes, write);
+ }
#endif
if (bytes <= 0)
break;
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 22:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-12 22:08 [PATCH 0/5] mm,drm/i915,powerpc/spufs: vm_ops->access related fixes David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-12 22:08 ` [PATCH 1/5] mm: do not call vm_ops->access with FOLL_ANON David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-12 22:08 ` [PATCH 2/5] drm/i915: consider vm_pgoff in vm_access() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-12 22:08 ` [PATCH 3/5] drm/i915/selftests: request read access for mmap access tests David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-12 22:09 ` [PATCH 4/5] powerpc/spufs: consider vm_pgoff in spufs_mem_mmap_access() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-12 22:09 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
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