Re: [PATCH v4 RESEND 0/2] fs/binfmt_elf: Fix AT_PHDR for unusual ELF files

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On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 07:40:50AM +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 12:25 AM Akira Kawata <akirakawata1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >  These patches fix a bug in AT_PHDR calculation.
> >
> >  We cannot calculate AT_PHDR as the sum of load_addr and exec->e_phoff.
> >  This is because exec->e_phoff is the offset of PHDRs in the file and the
> >  address of PHDRs in the memory may differ from it. These patches fix the
> >  bug by calculating the address of program headers from PT_LOADs
> >  directly.
> >
> >  Sorry for my latency.
> >
> >  Changes in v4
> >  - Reflecting comments from Lukas, add a refactoring commit.
> >
> 
> Thanks for removing the dead store with your refactoring as a small
> stylistic change, but I really think that Kees Cook's comment that you
> simply removed an important feature is much more important to address.
> There was no reply to that and it seems that Kees hypothesis that the
> feature has been removed, was not questioned by anyone.
> 
> Lukas
> 

Thank you for your comments.

I will try to understand Kees Cook's comment again although I couldn't
it the last year.

Akira

> >  Changes in v3:
> >  - Fix a reported bug from kernel test robot.
> >
> >  Changes in v2:
> >  - Remove unused load_addr from create_elf_tables.
> >  - Improve the commit message. *** SUBJECT HERE ***
> >
> > Akira Kawata (2):
> >   fs/binfmt_elf: Fix AT_PHDR for unusual ELF files
> >   fs/binfmt_elf: Refactor load_elf_binary function
> >
> >  fs/binfmt_elf.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> > base-commit: 4eee8d0b64ecc3231040fa68ba750317ffca5c52
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >



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