[RFC PATCH v6 09/26] mm/mmap: Prevent Shadow Stack VMA merges

[Yu-cheng Yu]

To prevent function call/return spills into the next shadow stack
area, do not merge shadow stack areas.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 6c04292e16a7..30836512ca79 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,12 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not merge shadow stack areas.
+	 */
+	if (vm_flags & VM_SHSTK)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (prev)
 		next = prev->vm_next;
 	else
-- 
2.17.1