From: "Sonic Zhang" In NOMMU arch, if run "cat /proc/self/mem", data from physical address 0 are read. This behavior is different from MMU arch. In IA32, message "cat: /proc/self/mem: Input/output error" is reported. This issue is rootcaused by not validate the start address in NOMMU function get_user_pages(). Following patch solves this issue. Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang Cc: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/nommu.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/nommu.c~check-if-start-address-is-in-vma-region-in-nommu-function-get_user_pages mm/nommu.c --- a/mm/nommu.c~check-if-start-address-is-in-vma-region-in-nommu-function-get_user_pages +++ a/mm/nommu.c @@ -129,16 +129,20 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *t struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas) { int i; - static struct vm_area_struct dummy_vma; + struct vm_area_struct *vma; for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { + vma = find_vma(mm, start); + if(!vma) + return i ? : -EFAULT; + if (pages) { pages[i] = virt_to_page(start); if (pages[i]) page_cache_get(pages[i]); } if (vmas) - vmas[i] = &dummy_vma; + vmas[i] = vma; start += PAGE_SIZE; } return(i); _