linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 64/64] fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings

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Message-Id: <20150603063931.219790552@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Wed,  3 Jun 2015 20:43:32 +0900
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 64/64] fs/binfmt_elf.c:load_elf_binary(): return -EINVAL on zero-length mappings

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

commit 2b1d3ae940acd11be44c6eced5873d47c2e00ffa upstream.

load_elf_binary() returns `retval', not `error'.

Fixes: a87938b2e246b81b4fb ("fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix bug in loading of PIE binaries")
Reported-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
 			total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
 							loc->elf_ex.e_phnum);
 			if (!total_size) {
-				error = -EINVAL;
+				retval = -EINVAL;
 				goto out_free_dentry;
 			}
 		}


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