[PATCH] powerpc: ppc64 address space capped at 32TB, mmap randomisation disabled

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Mon Nov 18 14:55:28 EST 2013


Commit fba2369e6ceb (mm: use vm_unmapped_area() on powerpc architecture)
has a bug in slice_scan_available() where we compare an unsigned long
(high_slices) against a shifted int. As a result, comparisons against
the top 32 bits of high_slices (representing the top 32TB) always
returns 0 and the top of our mmap region is clamped at 32TB

This also breaks mmap randomisation since the randomised address is
always up near the top of the address space and it gets clamped down
to 32TB.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v3.10+
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 3e99c14..7ce9cf3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static bool slice_scan_available(unsigned long addr,
 		slice = GET_HIGH_SLICE_INDEX(addr);
 		*boundary_addr = (slice + end) ?
 			((slice + end) << SLICE_HIGH_SHIFT) : SLICE_LOW_TOP;
-		return !!(available.high_slices & (1u << slice));
+		return !!(available.high_slices & (1ul << slice));
 	}
 }
 


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