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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:59:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.138.10.6] ([149.102.242.31]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 71dfb90a1353d-5ecc650fc3dsm176157e0c.15.2026.11.05.15.59.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:59:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <310aec2d-3a83-4544-870a-ccd5abd78f48@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 18:59:03 -0500 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: MAP_FIXED leaving holes on failure is very difficult to recover from and can even be a security hole To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" Cc: Linux kernel mailing list , linux-mm@kvack.org, Bert Karwatzki , Jiri Olsa , Kees Cook , Mark Brown , Matthew Wilcox , "Paul E. 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McKenney" , Paul Moore , Sidhartha Kumar , Suren Baghdasaryan , Vlastimil Babka , Andrew Morton , "Liam R. Howlett" References: <8b45a161-101f-4f28-9b7a-c7c8b8a29f90@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Demi Marie Obenour Autocrypt: addr=demiobenour@gmail.com; keydata= xsFNBFp+A0oBEADffj6anl9/BHhUSxGTICeVl2tob7hPDdhHNgPR4C8xlYt5q49yB+l2nipd aq+4Gk6FZfqC825TKl7eRpUjMriwle4r3R0ydSIGcy4M6eb0IcxmuPYfbWpr/si88QKgyGSV Z7GeNW1UnzTdhYHuFlk8dBSmB1fzhEYEk0RcJqg4AKoq6/3/UorR+FaSuVwT7rqzGrTlscnT DlPWgRzrQ3jssesI7sZLm82E3pJSgaUoCdCOlL7MMPCJwI8JpPlBedRpe9tfVyfu3euTPLPx wcV3L/cfWPGSL4PofBtB8NUU6QwYiQ9Hzx4xOyn67zW73/G0Q2vPPRst8LBDqlxLjbtx/WLR 6h3nBc3eyuZ+q62HS1pJ5EvUT1vjyJ1ySrqtUXWQ4XlZyoEFUfpJxJoN0A9HCxmHGVckzTRl 5FMWo8TCniHynNXsBtDQbabt7aNEOaAJdE7to0AH3T/Bvwzcp0ZJtBk0EM6YeMLtotUut7h2 Bkg1b//r6bTBswMBXVJ5H44Qf0+eKeUg7whSC9qpYOzzrm7+0r9F5u3qF8ZTx55TJc2g656C 9a1P1MYVysLvkLvS4H+crmxA/i08Tc1h+x9RRvqba4lSzZ6/Tmt60DPM5Sc4R0nSm9BBff0N m0bSNRS8InXdO1Aq3362QKX2NOwcL5YaStwODNyZUqF7izjK4QARAQABzTxEZW1pIE1hcmll IE9iZW5vdXIgKGxvdmVyIG9mIGNvZGluZykgPGRlbWlvYmVub3VyQGdtYWlsLmNvbT7CwXgE EwECACIFAlp+A0oCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJELKItV//nCLBhr8Q AK/xrb4wyi71xII2hkFBpT59ObLN+32FQT7R3lbZRjVFjc6yMUjOb1H/hJVxx+yo5gsSj5LS 9AwggioUSrcUKldfA/PKKai2mzTlUDxTcF3vKx6iMXKA6AqwAw4B57ZEJoMM6egm57TV19kz PMc879NV2nc6+elaKl+/kbVeD3qvBuEwsTe2Do3HAAdrfUG/j9erwIk6gha/Hp9yZlCnPTX+ VK+xifQqt8RtMqS5R/S8z0msJMI/ajNU03kFjOpqrYziv6OZLJ5cuKb3bZU5aoaRQRDzkFIR 6aqtFLTohTo20QywXwRa39uFaOT/0YMpNyel0kdOszFOykTEGI2u+kja35g9TkH90kkBTG+a EWttIht0Hy6YFmwjcAxisSakBuHnHuMSOiyRQLu43ej2+mDWgItLZ48Mu0C3IG1seeQDjEYP tqvyZ6bGkf2Vj+L6wLoLLIhRZxQOedqArIk/Sb2SzQYuxN44IDRt+3ZcDqsPppoKcxSyd1Ny 2tpvjYJXlfKmOYLhTWs8nwlAlSHX/c/jz/ywwf7eSvGknToo1Y0VpRtoxMaKW1nvH0OeCSVJ itfRP7YbiRVc2aNqWPCSgtqHAuVraBRbAFLKh9d2rKFB3BmynTUpc1BQLJP8+D5oNyb8Ts4x Xd3iV/uD8JLGJfYZIR7oGWFLP4uZ3tkneDfYzsFNBFp+A0oBEAC9ynZI9LU+uJkMeEJeJyQ/ 8VFkCJQPQZEsIGzOTlPnwvVna0AS86n2Z+rK7R/usYs5iJCZ55/JISWd8xD57ue0eB47bcJv VqGlObI2DEG8TwaW0O0duRhDgzMEL4t1KdRAepIESBEA/iPpI4gfUbVEIEQuqdqQyO4GAe+M kD0Hy5JH/0qgFmbaSegNTdQg5iqYjRZ3ttiswalql1/iSyv1WYeC1OAs+2BLOAT2NEggSiVO txEfgewsQtCWi8H1SoirakIfo45Hz0tk/Ad9ZWh2PvOGt97Ka85o4TLJxgJJqGEnqcFUZnJJ riwoaRIS8N2C8/nEM53jb1sH0gYddMU3QxY7dYNLIUrRKQeNkF30dK7V6JRH7pleRlf+wQcN fRAIUrNlatj9TxwivQrKnC9aIFFHEy/0mAgtrQShcMRmMgVlRoOA5B8RTulRLCmkafvwuhs6 dCxN0GNAORIVVFxjx9Vn7OqYPgwiofZ6SbEl0hgPyWBQvE85klFLZLoj7p+joDY1XNQztmfA rnJ9x+YV4igjWImINAZSlmEcYtd+xy3Li/8oeYDAqrsnrOjb+WvGhCykJk4urBog2LNtcyCj kTs7F+WeXGUo0NDhbd3Z6AyFfqeF7uJ3D5hlpX2nI9no/ugPrrTVoVZAgrrnNz0iZG2DVx46 x913pVKHl5mlYQARAQABwsFfBBgBAgAJBQJafgNKAhsMAAoJELKItV//nCLBwNIP/AiIHE8b oIqReFQyaMzxq6lE4YZCZNj65B/nkDOvodSiwfwjjVVE2V3iEzxMHbgyTCGA67+Bo/d5aQGj gn0TPtsGzelyQHipaUzEyrsceUGWYoKXYyVWKEfyh0cDfnd9diAm3VeNqchtcMpoehETH8fr RHnJdBcjf112PzQSdKC6kqU0Q196c4Vp5HDOQfNiDnTf7gZSj0BraHOByy9LEDCLhQiCmr+2 E0rW4tBtDAn2HkT9uf32ZGqJCn1O+2uVfFhGu6vPE5qkqrbSE8TG+03H8ecU2q50zgHWPdHM OBvy3EhzfAh2VmOSTcRK+tSUe/u3wdLRDPwv/DTzGI36Kgky9MsDC5gpIwNbOJP2G/q1wT1o Gkw4IXfWv2ufWiXqJ+k7HEi2N1sree7Dy9KBCqb+ca1vFhYPDJfhP75I/VnzHVssZ/rYZ9+5 1yDoUABoNdJNSGUYl+Yh9Pw9pE3Kt4EFzUlFZWbE4xKL/NPno+z4J9aWemLLszcYz/u3XnbO vUSQHSrmfOzX3cV4yfmjM5lewgSstoxGyTx2M8enslgdXhPthZlDnTnOT+C+OTsh8+m5tos8 HQjaPM01MKBiAqdPgksm1wu2DrrwUi6ChRVTUBcj6+/9IJ81H2P2gJk3Ls3AVIxIffLoY34E +MYSfkEjBz0E8CLOcAw7JIwAaeBT In-Reply-To: --------------83icaf8RpTmC0OcPxXVMnRa7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/5/26 10:11, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > [ please check kernel mails in MAINTAINERS - my and Liam's at least wer= e > incorrect, which makes it easy to miss. Fixed those up. ] I thought I did that, but obviously I didn't do it properly. > Thanks for the report. >=20 > In general linux system calls do not guarantee compound operation > atomicity, and any assumption based on that is incorrect. If you see an= > error - the operation failed, perhaps partially. >=20 > Further, a failed MAP_FIXED leaving gaps was the case for most of the> = history of linux. Avoiding that is infeasible. >=20 > I advise you to review the NOTES section > https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html on MAP_FIXED - your > suggested use of it is not recommended. Does that mean that MAP_FIXED should be deprecated? It seems that the safe use-cases can all use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE, and that the use-cases that cannot be served by MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE cannot be served by current Linux. Specifically, if a MAP_FIXED mmap() fails, the mapping might either still be there (in which case one _must_ call munmap() to cleanup) or it might not be there (in which case one _must not_ call munmap()). There's no race-free way to tell which is the case. This means that MAP_FIXED is unusable in multithreaded programs, unless one is okay with leaking address space. Are there cases, such as anonymous mappings, that cannot leave holes? I believe there are some programs that depend on this to handle SIGBUS faults from truncated mapped files. If even that can leave a hole, the only thread-safe alternative would be longjmp() out of the SIGBUS handler. An alternative behavior would be to unmap the pages, but keep the address space reserved, as if the mapping was a PROT_NONE anonymous one. That would avoid the "it may or may not have been freed" situation, as it would be safe to retry the mapping or call munmap(). --=20 Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) --------------83icaf8RpTmC0OcPxXVMnRa7-- --------------v3Fk1rd1TVAVxiYTaToqVCZE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEopQtqVJW1aeuo9/sszaHOrMp8lMFAmrtGFYACgkQszaHOrMp 8lP62Q/7BcuZTzNzDjqSulu1PZ3/tUbs2jPgRtVT5LhsEf2oiGxL2EdiAWkv3BjC H+8rqHEku3aP58uLRffqPi9kZY9Xa+V8OfD65coQFYoAjjNwUw9FunF3xlkz16Qb uo4J0RpFHdJ28SIJI3soCLpyIblsRrsVngml34smiRZ45cpiN7E2D0w3/gxe5hkm WCkZTlLEzIwTVHNp9ersihO/42l9fgwCoTg0mYhwRb6cBtQVe/dnzX43GuSbXXb6 nXmS3olDR2vkdIejl6WHwLgspT4nRcZMotr27kspanPKfy9CXF/bvNjyTdIbnmcO duL3/Giw+FiFDWo3NreNgcviFYA0xwitOvyzUhkab+Hc0V6H8ihx1C59E8+cUPgu juZZg+Vm90eCIx7UkSvIEVEsXi1wcnLBvAJiLOT8Io2kqQOs4RaelRkTRosawY8u SVzdnkSpHNcd9bQ/KTKRZ6LaT1//M8TO9zIQj0RW3v67J4nApgEh02LK+zQSO9z7 BnryJdGTann2cQkth8VNyTLYN2VCo5UW8gYh1fvQFjU0Cp3aP87tKxwRC59Et+kq LEaNGRSNYAb65WN6s+SYq/+OxAA60qB68jTIHMbfYbL8mXmlEf+lPctmihxE96YG vOIZB3vR6DsPbjyl/ZlPhQptzUt6nwuMMTmX85RgNSHwICvq3To= =aUcF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------v3Fk1rd1TVAVxiYTaToqVCZE--