linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] aout: move setup_arg_pages() prior to reading/mapping the binary

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Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 06:38:42 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] aout: move setup_arg_pages() prior to reading/mapping
 the binary


Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c |   14 +++++++-------
 fs/binfmt_aout.c          |   14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
index fd84387..39e4909 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_aout.c
@@ -315,6 +315,13 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
 	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 
+	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, IA32_STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		/* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+		return retval;
+	}
+
 	install_exec_creds(bprm);
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 
@@ -410,13 +417,6 @@ beyond_if:
 
 	set_brk(current->mm->start_brk, current->mm->brk);
 
-	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, IA32_STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		/* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */
-		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
-		return retval;
-	}
-
 	current->mm->start_stack =
 		(unsigned long)create_aout_tables((char __user *)bprm->p, bprm);
 	/* start thread */
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index a6395bd..0b39e46 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	current->mm->free_area_cache = current->mm->mmap_base;
 	current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
 
+	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
+	if (retval < 0) { 
+		/* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */ 
+		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0); 
+		return retval;
+	}
+
 	install_exec_creds(bprm);
  	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 
@@ -352,13 +359,6 @@ beyond_if:
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
-	if (retval < 0) { 
-		/* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */ 
-		send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0); 
-		return retval;
-	}
-
 	current->mm->start_stack =
 		(unsigned long) create_aout_tables((char __user *) bprm->p, bprm);
 #ifdef __alpha__
-- 
1.7.2.5


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