Do not clobber the buffer space passed from `search_binary_handler' and originally preloaded by `prepare_binprm' with the executable's file header by overwriting it with its interpreter's file header. Instead keep the buffer space intact and directly use the data structure locally allocated for the interpreter's file header, fixing a bug introduced in 2.1.14 with loadable module support (linux-mips.org commit beb11695 [Import of Linux/MIPS 2.1.14], predating kernel.org repo's history). Adjust the amount of data read from the interpreter's file accordingly. This was not an issue before loadable module support, because back then `load_elf_binary' was executed only once for a given ELF executable, whether the function succeeded or failed. With loadable module support supported and enabled, upon a failure of `load_elf_binary' -- which may for example be caused by architecture code rejecting an executable due to a missing hardware feature requested in the file header -- a module load is attempted and then the function reexecuted by `search_binary_handler'. With the executable's file header replaced with its interpreter's file header the executable can then be erroneously accepted in this subsequent attempt. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi, Is there any technical issue with this change? I'll be happy to address any. Otherwise any chance to have it included in 4.4? Maciej linux-load-elf-binary-interp-buf-fix.diff Index: linux-org-test/fs/binfmt_elf.c =================================================================== --- linux-org-test.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2015-07-18 00:11:13.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-org-test/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2015-07-18 00:32:41.509841000 +0100 @@ -759,16 +759,16 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_ */ would_dump(bprm, interpreter); - retval = kernel_read(interpreter, 0, bprm->buf, - BINPRM_BUF_SIZE); - if (retval != BINPRM_BUF_SIZE) { + /* Get the exec headers */ + retval = kernel_read(interpreter, 0, + &loc->interp_elf_ex, + sizeof(loc->interp_elf_ex)); + if (retval != sizeof(loc->interp_elf_ex)) { if (retval >= 0) retval = -EIO; goto out_free_dentry; } - /* Get the exec headers */ - loc->interp_elf_ex = *((struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf); break; } elf_ppnt++; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html