From: "V.Radhakrishnan" <rk@atr-labs.com>
To: Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Patch [1/1] minor bugfix in 2.6.26/arch/x86/mm/pat.c - caused problems in mmap() of /dev/mem character file
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:55:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1216315516.2324.10.camel@atlas> (raw)
FROM: V.Radhakrishnan <rk@atr-labs.com>
Description:
This is a 1-line bugfix !
The program linux-2.6.26/arch/x86/mm/pat.c has the following code
#ifdef CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
/* This check is done in drivers/char/mem.c in case of
NONPROMISC_DEVMEM*/
static inline int range_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long
size)
{
return 1;
}
#else { ... }
The above #ifdef must be actually #ifndef and not #ifdef
The bug does not allow a valid user (root) from accessing /dev/mem even
though the CONFIG_PROMISC_DEVMEM is NOT selected.
Actual patch for fix follows ...
------
--- arch/x86/mm/pat.c.orig 2008-07-17 22:04:18.000000000 +0530
+++ arch/x86/mm/pat.c 2008-07-17 22:43:39.000000000 +0530
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
* Suresh B Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
*
* Loosely based on earlier PAT patchset from Eric Biederman and Andi
Kleen.
- */
+ *
+ * Bug fixed - V. Radhakrishnan <rk@atr-labs.com> on 17-07-2008
+ #ifdef CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM changed to
+ #ifndef CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
+*/
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@ pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct fil
return vma_prot;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
+#ifndef CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM
/* This check is done in drivers/char/mem.c in case of
NONPROMISC_DEVMEM*/
static inline int range_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long
size)
{
@@ -586,4 +590,3 @@ void unmap_devmem(unsigned long pfn, uns
free_memtype(addr, addr + size);
}
-
Signed-off-by: Radhakrishnan <rk@atr-labs.com>
next reply other threads:[~2008-07-18 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-17 17:25 V.Radhakrishnan [this message]
2008-07-17 17:27 ` Patch [1/1] minor bugfix in 2.6.26/arch/x86/mm/pat.c - caused problems in mmap() of /dev/mem character file Linus Torvalds
2008-07-17 22:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-18 2:04 ` V.Radhakrishnan
2008-07-19 22:05 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-20 15:50 ` V.Radhakrishnan
2008-07-20 15:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-19 22:47 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-20 6:37 ` Ingo Molnar
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