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[v9,16/24] linux-user: Use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for initial image mmap

Message ID 20230804220032.295411-17-richard.henderson@linaro.org
State New
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Series linux-user + tcg patch queue | expand

Commit Message

Richard Henderson Aug. 4, 2023, 10 p.m. UTC 
Use this as extra protection for the guest mapping over
any qemu host mappings.

Tested-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 linux-user/elfload.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 2aee2298ec..0c64aad8a5 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -3146,8 +3146,11 @@  static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd,
     /*
      * Reserve address space for all of this.
      *
-     * In the case of ET_EXEC, we supply MAP_FIXED so that we get
-     * exactly the address range that is required.
+     * In the case of ET_EXEC, we supply MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE so that we get
+     * exactly the address range that is required.  Without reserved_va,
+     * the guest address space is not isolated.  We have attempted to avoid
+     * conflict with the host program itself via probe_guest_base, but using
+     * MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE instead of MAP_FIXED provides an extra check.
      *
      * Otherwise this is ET_DYN, and we are searching for a location
      * that can hold the memory space required.  If the image is
@@ -3159,7 +3162,7 @@  static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd,
      */
     load_addr = target_mmap(loaddr, (size_t)hiaddr - loaddr + 1, PROT_NONE,
                             MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON | MAP_NORESERVE |
-                            (ehdr->e_type == ET_EXEC ? MAP_FIXED : 0),
+                            (ehdr->e_type == ET_EXEC ? MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE : 0),
                             -1, 0);
     if (load_addr == -1) {
         goto exit_mmap;