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    binfmt_elf: fix PT_INTERP bss handling · 9f0ab4a3
    Roland McGrath authored
    
    
    In fs/binfmt_elf.c, load_elf_interp() calls padzero() for .bss even if
    the PT_LOAD has no PROT_WRITE and no .bss.  This generates EFAULT.
    
    Here is a small test case.  (Yes, there are other, useful PT_INTERP
    which have only .text and no .data/.bss.)
    
    	----- ptinterp.S
    	_start: .globl _start
    		 nop
    		 int3
    	-----
    	$ gcc -m32 -nostartfiles -nostdlib -o ptinterp ptinterp.S
    	$ gcc -m32 -Wl,--dynamic-linker=ptinterp -o hello hello.c
    	$ ./hello
    	Segmentation fault  # during execve() itself
    
    	After applying the patch:
    	$ ./hello
    	Trace trap  # user-mode execution after execve() finishes
    
    If the ELF headers are actually self-inconsistent, then dying is fine.
    But having no PROT_WRITE segment is perfectly normal and correct if
    there is no segment with p_memsz > p_filesz (i.e. bss).  John Reiser
    suggested checking for PROT_WRITE in the bss logic.  I think it makes
    most sense to simply apply the bss logic only when there is bss.
    
    This patch looks less trivial than it is due to some reindentation.
    It just moves the "if (last_bss > elf_bss) {" test up to include the
    partial-page bss logic as well as the more-pages bss logic.
    
    Reported-by: default avatarJohn Reiser <jreiser@bitwagon.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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