linux-kernel - Re: patch: VFS: fix passing of AT_PHDR value in auxv to ELF interpreter

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Date:	Fri, 04 May 2007 16:31:49 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Quentin Godfroy <godfroy@...pper.ens.fr>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David A. Madore" <David.Madore@....fr>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: patch: VFS: fix passing of AT_PHDR value in auxv to ELF interpreter

Quentin Godfroy wrote:
> +	elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
> +	for (i = 0; i< loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++)
> +		if (elf_ppnt->p_type == PT_PHDR) {
> +			phdr_addr = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
>   

Won't this break with ET_DYN executables?  And besides, isn't this the
same thing?  Shouldn't PT_PHDR->p_vaddr point to the vaddr of the Phdr
table itself?

    J
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