mm: mmap: allow for the maximum number of bits for randomizing mmap_base by default
An ASLR regression was noticed [1] and tracked down to file-mapped areas being backed by THP in recent kernels. The 21-bit alignment constraint for such mappings reduces the entropy for randomizing the placement of 64-bit library mappings and breaks ASLR completely for 32-bit libraries. The reported issue is easily addressed by increasing vm.mmap_rnd_bits and vm.mmap_rnd_compat_bits. This patch just provides a simple way to set ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS and ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS to their maximum values allowed by the architecture at build time. [1] https://zolutal.github.io/aslrnt/ [akpm@linux-foundation.org: default to `y' if 32-bit, per Rafael] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240606180622.102099-1-aquini@redhat.com Fixes: 1854bc6e ("mm/readahead: Align file mappings for non-DAX") Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Cc: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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