[PATCH] lsm: preserve /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr when !CONFIG_SECURITY
Lorenzo Stoakes
lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com
Mon Feb 2 10:53:28 UTC 2026
On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 05:51:33PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> While reworking the LSM initialization code the
> /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr handler was inadvertently caught up in the
> change and the procfs entry wasn't setup when CONFIG_SECURITY was not
> selected at kernel build time. This patch restores the previous behavior
> and ensures that the procfs entry is setup regardless of the
> CONFIG_SECURITY state.
>
> Future work will improve upon this, likely by moving the procfs handler
> into the mm subsystem, but this patch should resolve the immediate
> regression.
>
> Fixes: 4ab5efcc2829 ("lsm: consolidate all of the LSM framework initcalls")
> Reported-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
(Sorry was at fosdem from fri)
LGTM and tested locally confirming it works, thanks so much for the quick
turnaround! Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com>
Tested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com>
Cheers, Lorenzo
> ---
> security/lsm.h | 9 ---------
> security/lsm_init.c | 7 +------
> security/min_addr.c | 5 ++---
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/lsm.h b/security/lsm.h
> index 81aadbc61685..db77cc83e158 100644
> --- a/security/lsm.h
> +++ b/security/lsm.h
> @@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ int lsm_task_alloc(struct task_struct *task);
>
> /* LSM framework initializers */
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> -int min_addr_init(void);
> -#else
> -static inline int min_addr_init(void)
> -{
> - return 0;
> -}
> -#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
> -
> #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITYFS
> int securityfs_init(void);
> #else
> diff --git a/security/lsm_init.c b/security/lsm_init.c
> index 05bd52e6b1f2..573e2a7250c4 100644
> --- a/security/lsm_init.c
> +++ b/security/lsm_init.c
> @@ -489,12 +489,7 @@ int __init security_init(void)
> */
> static int __init security_initcall_pure(void)
> {
> - int rc_adr, rc_lsm;
> -
> - rc_adr = min_addr_init();
> - rc_lsm = lsm_initcall(pure);
> -
> - return (rc_adr ? rc_adr : rc_lsm);
> + return lsm_initcall(pure);
> }
> pure_initcall(security_initcall_pure);
>
> diff --git a/security/min_addr.c b/security/min_addr.c
> index 0fde5ec9abc8..56e4f9d25929 100644
> --- a/security/min_addr.c
> +++ b/security/min_addr.c
> @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> #include <linux/minmax.h>
>
> -#include "lsm.h"
> -
> /* amount of vm to protect from userspace access by both DAC and the LSM*/
> unsigned long mmap_min_addr;
> /* amount of vm to protect from userspace using CAP_SYS_RAWIO (DAC) */
> @@ -54,10 +52,11 @@ static const struct ctl_table min_addr_sysctl_table[] = {
> },
> };
>
> -int __init min_addr_init(void)
> +static int __init mmap_min_addr_init(void)
> {
> register_sysctl_init("vm", min_addr_sysctl_table);
> update_mmap_min_addr();
>
> return 0;
> }
> +pure_initcall(mmap_min_addr_init);
> --
> 2.52.0
>
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