On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 03:30:19PM +0000, Chuck Silvers wrote: > Module Name: src > Committed By: chs > Date: Fri May 19 15:30:19 UTC 2017 > > Modified Files: > src/sys/uvm: uvm_map.c uvm_mmap.c > > Log Message: > make MAP_FIXED mapping operations atomic. fixes PR 52239. > previously, unmapping any entries being replaced was done separately > from entering the new mapping, which allowed another thread doing > a non-MAP_FIXED mapping to allocate the range out from under the > MAP_FIXED thread.
Does that have security ramifications? it sounds like something that won't be good if not atomic, but I don't know enough to tell if it can be abused. Thanks.
