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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 55c78c318ccd..bfa61e005aac 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3852,7 +3852,17 @@ static int selinux_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (default_noexec &&
(prot & PROT_EXEC) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)) {
int rc = 0;
- if (vma_is_initial_heap(vma)) {
+ /*
+ * We don't use the vma_is_initial_heap() helper as it has
+ * a history of problems and is currently broken on systems
+ * where there is no heap, e.g. brk == start_brk. Before
+ * replacing the conditional below with vma_is_initial_heap(),
+ * or something similar, please ensure that the logic is the
+ * same as what we have below or you have tested every possible
+ * corner case you can think to test.
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_start >= vma->vm_mm->start_brk &&
+ vma->vm_end <= vma->vm_mm->brk) {
rc = avc_has_perm(sid, sid, SECCLASS_PROCESS,
PROCESS__EXECHEAP, NULL);
} else if (!vma->vm_file && (vma_is_initial_stack(vma) ||