Bug 630564 - kernel: additional stack guard patches [rhel-4.9]
Summary: kernel: additional stack guard patches [rhel-4.9]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Johannes Weiner
QA Contact: Petr Beňas
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 630562
Blocks: 630563 632514 632515
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-06 08:32 UTC by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:59 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 630562
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-02-16 15:52:58 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
Backport of upstream patch (1.62 KB, patch)
2010-09-06 16:06 UTC, Jerome Marchand 		no flags Details | Diff
modified reproducer (830 bytes, text/x-csrc)
2010-09-06 18:49 UTC, Jerome Marchand 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0263 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9 kernel security and bug fix update 2011-02-16 15:14:55 UTC

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2010-09-06 08:32:27 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #630562 +++

Description of problem:
Please backport:
  mm: make the mlock() stack guard page checks stricter
  7798330ac8114c731cfab83e634c6ecedaa233d7

  guard page for stacks that grow upwards
  8ca3eb08097f6839b2206e2242db4179aee3cfb3
Comment 2 Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2010-09-06 08:37:17 UTC 
>   guard page for stacks that grow upwards
>   8ca3eb08097f6839b2206e2242db4179aee3cfb3

  testcase: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/24/326
  https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/127431/
Comment 4 Jerome Marchand 2010-09-06 16:06:45 UTC 
Created attachment 443322 [details]
Backport of upstream patch
Comment 5 Jerome Marchand 2010-09-06 18:49:25 UTC 
Created attachment 443353 [details]
modified reproducer

I changed the mapping address to resolve EINVAL error of mmap
Comment 11 Vivek Goyal 2010-09-16 17:53:12 UTC 
Committed in 89.35.EL . RPMS are available at http://people.redhat.com/vgoyal/rhel4/
Comment 15 Petr Beňas 2010-11-30 16:42:49 UTC 
Probably wrong fixed-in-version. Reproduced in 89.EL, 89.30.EL and verified in 89.35.EL but also unexpectedly in 89.34.EL.
Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2011-02-16 15:52:58 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0263.html
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