linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Fix ELF / FDPIC ELF core dumping, and use mmap

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Date:   Fri, 01 May 2020 06:13:24 -0500
From:   ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:     Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
        Aurelien Jacquiot <jacquiot.aurelien@...il.com>,
        linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Fix ELF / FDPIC ELF core dumping, and use mmap_sem properly in there

Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org> writes:

> On 1/5/20 5:07 am, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 7:10 AM Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Most of that file goes back to pre-git days. And most of the commits
>>>>> since are not so much about binfmt_flat, as they are about cleanups or
>>>>> changes elsewhere where binfmt_flat was just a victim.
>>>>
>>>> I'll have a look at this.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>> Quick hack test shows moving setup_new_exec(bprm) to be just before
>>>> install_exec_creds(bprm) works fine for the static binaries case.
>>>> Doing the flush_old_exec(bprm) there too crashed out - I'll need to
>>>> dig into that to see why.
>>>
>>> Just moving setup_new_exec() would at least allow us to then join the
>>> two together, and just say "setup_new_exec() does the credential
>>> installation too".
>>
>> But it is only half a help if we allow failure points between
>> flush_old_exec and install_exec_creds.
>>
>> Greg do things work acceptably if install_exec_creds is moved to right
>> after setup_new_exec? (patch below)
>
> Yes, confirmed. Worked fine with that patch applied.

Good.  Thank you.

That is what we need for other cleanups.  All three of those together.

>> This is what I was thinking about applying.
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>> index 831a2b25ba79..1a1d1fcb893f 100644
>> --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>> @@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>>   		/* OK, This is the point of no return */
>>   		set_personality(PER_LINUX_32BIT);
>>   		setup_new_exec(bprm);
>> +		install_exec_creds(bprm);
>>   	}
>>     	/*
>> @@ -963,8 +964,6 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>   -	install_exec_creds(bprm);
>> -
>>   	set_binfmt(&flat_format);
>>     #ifdef CONFIG_MMU

Eric