On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 04:51:13PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > I intend to the following text to the changelog. At this point I > believe I have read through everything and nothing raises any concerns > for me: > > --- text begin --- > > To see why it is safe to move this code please note that effectively > this change moves the personality setting in the binfmt and the following > three lines of code after everything except unlocking the mutexes: > arch_pick_mmap_layout > arch_setup_new_exec > mm->task_size = TASK_SIZE > > The function arch_pick_mmap_layout at most sets: > mm->get_unmapped_area > mm->mmap_base > mm->mmap_legacy_base > mm->mmap_compat_base > mm->mmap_compat_legacy_base > which nothing in flush_old_exec or setup_new_exec depends on. > > The function arch_setup_new_exec only sets architecture specific > state and the rest of the functions only deal in state that applies > to all architectures. > > The last line just sets mm->task_size and again nothing in flush_old_exec > or setup_new_exec depend on task_size. > > --- text end --- > [...] > > So, with a bit larger changelog discussing what's moving "earlier", > > I think this looks good: > > Please see above. Awesome! Thanks for checking my checking of your checking. ;) Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Kees Cook