linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf.c: disallow zero entry point address

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Date:   Sun, 12 Dec 2021 09:38:54 +0200
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/binfmt_elf.c: disallow zero entry point address

On 12/11/21, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@...il.com> wrote:
> According to gABI, the entry point address in the ELF header gives the
> virtual address to which the system first transfers control, thus
> starting the process.  If the file has no associated entry point, this
> member holds zero.  Update the ELF loader to disallow an ELF binary
> with zero entry point address.  This fixes:
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215303
>
> Tested by booting Fedora 35 and running a shared library with zero entry
> point address:
>
> $ readelf -h load.so | grep "Entry point address:"
>   Entry point address:               0x0
> $ ./load.so
> bash: ./load.so: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Why not let it segfault?

> +	if (elf_ex->e_entry == 0)
> +		goto out;