Re: [PATCH v8 1/4] elf: Allow architectures to parse properties on the main executable

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On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:07:01PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> Currently the ELF code only attempts to parse properties on the image
> that will start execution, either the interpreter or for statically linked
> executables the main executable. The expectation is that any property
> handling for the main executable will be done by the interpreter. This is
> a bit inconsistent since we do map the executable and is causing problems
> for the arm64 BTI support when used in conjunction with systemd's use of
> seccomp to implement MemoryDenyWriteExecute which stops the dynamic linker
> adjusting the permissions of executable segments.
> 
> Allow architectures to handle properties for both the dynamic linker and
> main executable, adjusting arch_parse_elf_properties() to have a new
> flag is_interp flag as with arch_elf_adjust_prot() and calling it for
> both the main executable and any intepreter.
> 
> The user of this code, arm64, is adapted to ensure that there is no
> functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>



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