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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lguest/lguest.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index f64b85bcd6d..d9da7e14853 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -301,20 +301,27 @@ static void *map_zeroed_pages(unsigned int num) /* * We use a private mapping (ie. if we write to the page, it will be - * copied). + * copied). We allocate an extra two pages PROT_NONE to act as guard + * pages against read/write attempts that exceed allocated space. */ - addr = mmap(NULL, getpagesize() * num, - PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0); + addr = mmap(NULL, getpagesize() * (num+2), + PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0); + if (addr == MAP_FAILED) err(1, "Mmapping %u pages of /dev/zero", num); + if (mprotect(addr + getpagesize(), getpagesize() * num, + PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) == -1) + err(1, "mprotect rw %u pages failed", num); + /* * One neat mmap feature is that you can close the fd, and it * stays mapped. */ close(fd); - return addr; + /* Return address after PROT_NONE page */ + return addr + getpagesize(); } /* Get some more pages for a device. */ @@ -346,7 +353,7 @@ static void map_at(int fd, void *addr, unsigned long offset, unsigned long len) * done to it. This allows us to share untouched memory between * Guests. */ - if (mmap(addr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, + if (mmap(addr, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_FIXED|MAP_PRIVATE, fd, offset) != MAP_FAILED) return; @@ -576,10 +583,10 @@ static void *_check_pointer(unsigned long addr, unsigned int size, unsigned int line) { /* - * We have to separately check addr and addr+size, because size could - * be huge and addr + size might wrap around. + * Check if the requested address and size exceeds the allocated memory, + * or addr + size wraps around. */ - if (addr >= guest_limit || addr + size >= guest_limit) + if ((addr + size) > guest_limit || (addr + size) < addr) errx(1, "%s:%i: Invalid address %#lx", __FILE__, line, addr); /* * We return a pointer for the caller's convenience, now we know it's |