linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] exec: Move the call of prepare_binprm into search_binary

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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 15:24:10 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
        Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@...mail.de>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] exec: Move the call of prepare_binprm into
 search_binary_handler

On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 02:42:52PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> The code in prepare_binary_handler needs to be run every time
> search_binary_handler is called so move the call into search_binary_handler
> itself to make the code simpler and easier to understand.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Yes, nice. :) I don't see any ordering dependencies here. The only thing
I see is a potential for more "work done by kernel before bailing" in
the sense that the arg copying will be performed before we check the
kernel_read() result. I struggle to see how that might be a problem,
and this get us to fewer exec.c exports. Yay!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook