From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2a97388a807b6ab5538aa8f8537b2463c6988bd2 ] ELF loader uses "randomize_va_space" twice. It is sysctl and can change at any moment, so 2 loads could see 2 different values in theory with unpredictable consequences. Issue exactly one load for consistent value across one exec. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3329905c-7eb8-400a-8f0a-d87cff979b5b@p183 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index 7b3d2d4914073..fb2c8d14327ae 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1008,7 +1008,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm) if (elf_read_implies_exec(*elf_ex, executable_stack)) current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC; - if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && randomize_va_space) + const int snapshot_randomize_va_space = READ_ONCE(randomize_va_space); + if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && snapshot_randomize_va_space) current->flags |= PF_RANDOMIZE; setup_new_exec(bprm); @@ -1300,7 +1301,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm) mm->end_data = end_data; mm->start_stack = bprm->p; - if ((current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) && (randomize_va_space > 1)) { + if ((current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) && (snapshot_randomize_va_space > 1)) { /* * For architectures with ELF randomization, when executing * a loader directly (i.e. no interpreter listed in ELF -- 2.43.0