Re: [PATCH hotfix 6.12 3/8] mm: refactor map_deny_write_exec()

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:15:18PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 10:41 PM Lorenzo Stoakes
> <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Refactor the map_deny_write_exec() to not unnecessarily require a VMA
> > parameter but rather to accept VMA flags parameters, which allows us to use
> > this function early in mmap_region() in a subsequent commit.
> >
> > While we're here, we refactor the function to be more readable and add some
> > additional documentation.
> >
> > Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: deb0f6562884 ("mm/mmap: undo ->mmap() when arch_validate_flags() fails")
> > Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

>
> [..]
> > -static inline bool map_deny_write_exec(struct vm_area_struct *vma,  unsigned long vm_flags)
> > +static inline bool map_deny_write_exec(unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
> >  {
> > +       /* If MDWE is disabled, we have nothing to deny. */
> >         if (!test_bit(MMF_HAS_MDWE, &current->mm->flags))
> >                 return false;
> >
> > -       if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && (vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
> > +       /* If the new VMA is not executable, we have nothing to deny. */
> > +       if (!(new & VM_EXEC))
> > +               return false;
> > +
> > +       /* Under MDWE we absolutely do not accept writably executable... */
> > +       if (new & VM_WRITE)
> >                 return true;
> >
> > -       if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && (vm_flags & VM_EXEC))
> > +       /* ...nor newly executable VMAs. */
>
> nit: maybe clarify this as "nor existing VMAs newly becoming
> executable" or something like that

Ack

>
>
> > +       if (!(old & VM_EXEC))
> >                 return true;
> >
> >         return false;