linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] execve updates for v6.8-rc1

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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 16:30:36 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, 
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] execve updates for v6.8-rc1

On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 16:19, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Anyway, I want to repeat: this patch is UNTESTED. It compiles for me.

Actually, I take that back. I did a clang build, and clang noted that
my "remove the retval initialization as unnecessary" was wrong,
because the

                if (!bprm->fdpath)
                        goto out_free;

code path in alloc_bprm() still wanted that initial -ENOMEM initialization.

So you need to fix the

        int retval;

in alloc_bprm() to be back to the original

        int retval = -ENOMEM;

but then it might all work.

Again - note the "might". Somebody needs to actually test it.  I may
try to do that in between pulls.

            Linus