2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Pavel Emelyanov commit ff9bc512f198eb47204f55b24c6fe3d36ed89592 upstream Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:10 -0700 Subject: [patch 05/42] binfmt_misc: fix false -ENOEXEC when coupled with other binary handlers In case the binfmt_misc binary handler is registered *before* the e.g. script one (when for example being compiled as a module) the following situation may occur: 1. user launches a script, whose interpreter is a misc binary; 2. the load_misc_binary sets the misc_bang and returns -ENOEVEC, since the binary is a script; 3. the load_script_binary loads one and calls for search_binary_hander to run the interpreter; 4. the load_misc_binary is called again, but refuses to load the binary due to misc_bang bit set. The fix is to move the misc_bang setting lower - prior to the actual call to the search_binary_handler. Caused by the commit 3a2e7f47 (binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow) Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov Reported-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Tested-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/binfmt_misc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c @@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux if (bprm->misc_bang) goto _ret; - bprm->misc_bang = 1; - /* to keep locking time low, we copy the interpreter string */ read_lock(&entries_lock); fmt = check_file(bprm); @@ -198,6 +196,8 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux if (retval < 0) goto _error; + bprm->misc_bang = 1; + retval = search_binary_handler (bprm, regs); if (retval < 0) goto _error; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/