Security: allow capable check to permit mmap or low vm space

On a kernel with CONFIG_SECURITY but without an LSM which implements
security_file_mmap it is impossible for an application to mmap addresses
lower than mmap_min_addr.  Based on a suggestion from a developer in the
openwall community this patch adds a check for CAP_SYS_RAWIO.  It is
assumed that any process with this capability can harm the system a lot
more easily than writing some stuff on the zero page and then trying to
get the kernel to trip over itself.  It also means that programs like X
on i686 which use vm86 emulation can work even with mmap_min_addr set.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>

diff --git a/security/dummy.c b/security/dummy.c
index 6d895ade73de485d9ceab48a28094068550e79b0..3ccfbbe973b6d3014ea9b8cf77015b206688bf6f 100644 (file)
--- a/security/dummy.c
+++ b/security/dummy.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int dummy_file_mmap (struct file *file, unsigned long reqprot,
                            unsigned long addr,
                            unsigned long addr_only)
 {
-       if (addr < mmap_min_addr)
+       if ((addr < mmap_min_addr) && !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
                return -EACCES;
        return 0;
 }