[PATCH v3] hugetlbfs: Ensure generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() returns higher address than mmap_min_addr

From: Donet Tom
Date: Wed Jul 10 2024 - 01:20:05 EST


generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() was returning an address less
than mmap_min_addr if the mmap argument addr, after alignment, was
less than mmap_min_addr, causing mmap to fail.

This is because current generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() code does
not take into account mmap_min_addr.

This patch ensures that generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area() always returns
an address that is greater than mmap_min_addr. Additionally, similar to
generic_get_unmapped_area(), vm_end_gap() checks are included to maintain
stack gap.

How to reproduce
================

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define HUGEPAGE_SIZE (16 * 1024 * 1024)

int main() {

void *addr = mmap((void *)-1, HUGEPAGE_SIZE,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_HUGETLB, -1, 0);
if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
perror("mmap");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

snprintf((char *)addr, HUGEPAGE_SIZE, "Hello, Huge Pages!");

printf("%s\n", (char *)addr);

if (munmap(addr, HUGEPAGE_SIZE) == -1) {
perror("munmap");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

return 0;
}

Result without fix
==================
# cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i HugePages_Free
HugePages_Free: 20
# ./test
mmap: Permission denied
#

Result with fix
===============
# cat /proc/meminfo |grep -i HugePages_Free
HugePages_Free: 20
# ./test
Hello, Huge Pages!
#

V3:
Changed subject prefix and commit message.

V2:
Added vm_end_gap() check.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240709092122.41232-1-donettom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

V1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240705071150.84972-1-donettom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Reported-by Pavithra Prakash <pavrampu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Donet Tom <donettom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 412f295acebe..cdd8e53ddd19 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -222,13 +222,13 @@ generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long flags)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
- struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
struct hstate *h = hstate_file(file);
const unsigned long mmap_end = arch_get_mmap_end(addr, len, flags);

if (len & ~huge_page_mask(h))
return -EINVAL;
- if (len > TASK_SIZE)
+ if (len > mmap_end - mmap_min_addr)
return -ENOMEM;

if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ generic_hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,

if (addr) {
addr = ALIGN(addr, huge_page_size(h));
- vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
- if (mmap_end - len >= addr &&
- (!vma || addr + len <= vm_start_gap(vma)))
+ vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev);
+ if (mmap_end - len >= addr && addr >= mmap_min_addr &&
+ (!vma || addr + len <= vm_start_gap(vma)) &&
+ (!prev || addr >= vm_end_gap(prev)))
return addr;
}

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