linux-kernel - Re: Require mmap handler for a.out executables

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:07:37 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Require mmap handler for a.out executables

> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
> index f312103..5638acf 100644
> --- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
> @@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux
>  		return -ENOEXEC;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!bprm->file->f_op || !bprm->file->f_op->mmap)
> +		return -ENOEXEC;
> +

These checks need a big comment explanining why they are there, else people
will remove them again by accident.

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