linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RESEND] PIE randomization

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707091333230.11634@jikos.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:41:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kratochvil <honza@...os.cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ernie Petrides <petrides@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] PIE randomization

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Jakub Jelinek wrote:

> I believe BAD_ADDR macro was changes from ((unsigned long)(x) >= 
> TASK_SIZE) (which is the right test for invalid user addresses, stronger 
> check than >= PAGE_MASK) to >= PAGE_MASK only because of the one check 
> of the return value of load_elf_interp.  

Yes, this is correct.

> All other uses of BAD_ADDR macro are either on userland addresses (what 
> do_mmap, elf_map, do_brk etc. return; where TASK_SIZE or more is 
> certainly wrong) 

True. But these functions are supposed to perform all the necessary checks 
and return ERR_PTR if anything fails, so everything is fine and nothing 
gets broken.

> or in one case still on unbiased ELF p_vaddr: if (BAD_ADDR(k) || 
> elf_ppnt->p_filesz > elf_ppnt->p_memsz || in load_elf_binary (where >= 
> TASK_SIZE check is ok too).
> So perhaps doing this instead of changing BAD_ADDR to IS_ERR_VAL
> might be better:
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>
[ ... ]
> -			if (!BAD_ADDR(elf_entry)) {
> +			if (!IS_ERR((void *)elf_entry)) {

I agree that this is better solution. Andrew, this Jakub's patch should 
replace the pie-randomization-fix-bad_addr-macro.patch if possible. You 
can add 

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

if that makes any difference.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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