linux-kernel - [patch] binfmt_elf: clean up the PIE randomization code

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:29:09 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Jan Kratochvil <honza@...os.cz>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [patch] binfmt_elf: clean up the PIE randomization code

The recent PIE randomization patch changed the BAD_ADDR() macro
in binfmt_elf.c:

     -#define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
     +#define BAD_ADDR(x) IS_ERR_VALUE(x)

But in general this is not what is desired. There was only
one piece of code that wanted to use a different check.
It is much cleaner and clearer to revert part of the patch
so the code works like it did before and the change to
the macro is unnecessary. (This is what has been done in
the Red Hat Enterprise kernels.)

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c |   26 +++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

--- 2.6.22-git11-d390.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ 2.6.22-git11-d390/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = 
 		.hasvdso	= 1
 };
 
-#define BAD_ADDR(x) IS_ERR_VALUE(x)
+#define BAD_ADDR(x) ((unsigned long)(x) >= TASK_SIZE)
 
 static int set_brk(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static unsigned long total_mapping_size(
    an ELF header */
 
 static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
-		struct file *interpreter, unsigned long *interp_map_addr,
+		struct file *interpreter, unsigned long *interp_load_addr,
 		unsigned long no_base)
 {
 	struct elf_phdr *elf_phdata;
@@ -424,8 +424,6 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(str
 			map_addr = elf_map(interpreter, load_addr + vaddr,
 					   eppnt, elf_prot, elf_type, total_size);
 			total_size = 0;
-			if (!*interp_map_addr)
-				*interp_map_addr = map_addr;
 			error = map_addr;
 			if (BAD_ADDR(map_addr))
 				goto out_close;
@@ -491,7 +489,8 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(str
 			goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	error = load_addr;
+	*interp_load_addr = load_addr;
+	error = ((unsigned long)interp_elf_ex->e_entry) + load_addr;
 
 out_close:
 	kfree(elf_phdata);
@@ -995,25 +994,14 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
 	}
 
 	if (elf_interpreter) {
-		if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT) {
+		if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT)
 			elf_entry = load_aout_interp(&loc->interp_ex,
 						     interpreter);
-		} else {
-			unsigned long uninitialized_var(interp_map_addr);
-
+		else
 			elf_entry = load_elf_interp(&loc->interp_elf_ex,
 						    interpreter,
-						    &interp_map_addr,
+						    &interp_load_addr,
 						    load_bias);
-			if (!BAD_ADDR(elf_entry)) {
-				/*
-				 * load_elf_interp() returns relocation
-				 * adjustment
-				 */
-				interp_load_addr = elf_entry;
-				elf_entry += loc->interp_elf_ex.e_entry;
-			}
-		}
 		if (BAD_ADDR(elf_entry)) {
 			force_sig(SIGSEGV, current);
 			retval = IS_ERR((void *)elf_entry) ?
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/