On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Eric Paris wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]>
Applied to
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/selinux-2.6.git#for-akpm
If nobody hollers, I'll push it to Linus when the next merge window opens.
- James
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