Re: [PATCH] exec: NULL out bprm->argv0 when it is an ERR_PTR

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On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 10:19:11AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Attempting to free an ERR_PTR will not work. ;)
> 
>     process 'syz-executor210' launched '/dev/fd/3' with NULL argv: empty string added
>     kernel BUG at arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:23!
> 
> Set bprm->argv0 to NULL if it fails to get a string from userspace so
> that bprm_free() will not try to free an invalid pointer when cleaning up.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+03e1af5c332f7e0eb84b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6729d8d1.050a0220.701a.0017.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 7bdc6fc85c9a ("exec: fix up /proc/pid/comm in the execveat(AT_EMPTY_PATH) case")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza.

Thanks.




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