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fs/proc/task_mmu.c: fix buffer overflow in add_page_map()
Recently we met quite a lot of random kernel panic issues after enabling CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR. After debuggind we found this has something to do with following bug in pagemap: In struct pagemapread: struct pagemapread { int pos, len; pagemap_entry_t *buffer; bool v2; }; pos is number of PM_ENTRY_BYTES in buffer, but len is the size of buffer, it is a mistake to compare pos and len in add_page_map() for checking buffer is full or not, and this can lead to buffer overflow and random kernel panic issue. Correct len to be total number of PM_ENTRY_BYTES in buffer. [[email protected]: document pagemapread.pos and .len units, fix PM_ENTRY_BYTES definition] Signed-off-by: Yonghua Zheng <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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