The patch titled Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix GPF when dereferencing invalid interpreter has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Nikitas Angelinas <nikitas.angelinas@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix GPF when dereferencing invalid interpreter Syzkaller found an issue where an invalid interpreter pointer is dereferenced on the failure path in load_elf_binary()->allow_write_access(). Fix this by jumping to a different label in the cleanup path. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190330140032.GA1527@vostro Fixes: 44e63c4a0263 ("fs/binfmt_elf.c: free PT_INTERP filename ASAP") Signed-off-by: Nikitas Angelinas <nikitas.angelinas@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+0d1fcd7268b21baced4a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap-fix +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_ kfree(elf_interpreter); retval = PTR_ERR(interpreter); if (IS_ERR(interpreter)) - goto out_free_dentry; + goto out_free_ph; /* * If the binary is not readable then enforce _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from nikitas.angelinas@xxxxxxxxx are elf-free-pt_interp-filename-asap-fix.patch