[PATCH] uv_mmtimer: keep the mapping of the RTC read-only
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 13:03:02 EST
From: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
uv_mmtimer_mmap() refuses a writable mapping of the page with the real time
clock, which is a page of registers of the UV hub. It leaves VM_MAYWRITE
set, though. Who has opened the device for reading and writing can map the
page shared and read-only and then make the mapping writable with
mprotect(), which gives him the access to the hub registers that the check
is there to prevent.
Clear VM_MAYWRITE. mprotect(PROT_WRITE) now fails with -EACCES on such a
mapping, on a private one too.
Fixes: fbd8ae106850 ("drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c: add memory mapped RTC driver for UV")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c b/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c
index 956ebe2080a5..1cced9ef745b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/char/uv_mmtimer.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ static int uv_mmtimer_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
if (PAGE_SIZE > (1 << 16))
return -ENOSYS;
+ /* Don't let mprotect() add the permission afterwards. */
+ vm_flags_clear(vma, VM_MAYWRITE);
+
vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
uv_mmtimer_addr = UV_LOCAL_MMR_BASE | UVH_RTC;
--
2.56.0