The patch titled
Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: don't copy ELF header around
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
elf-dont-copy-elf-header-around.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/elf-dont-copy-elf-header-around.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/elf-dont-copy-elf-header-around.patch
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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/binfmt_elf.c: don't copy ELF header around
ELF header is read into bprm->buf[] by generic execve code.
Save a memcpy and allocate just one header for the interpreter instead of
two headers (64 bytes instead of 128 on 64-bit).
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191208171242.GA19716@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-dont-copy-elf-header-around
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ static int padzero(unsigned long elf_bss
#endif
static int
-create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
- unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr)
+create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
+ unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr,
+ unsigned long e_entry)
{
unsigned long p = bprm->p;
int argc = bprm->argc;
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *b
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHNUM, exec->e_phnum);
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE, interp_load_addr);
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, 0);
- NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, exec->e_entry);
+ NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, e_entry);
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid));
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EUID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->euid));
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_GID, from_kgid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->gid));
@@ -690,12 +691,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
int bss_prot = 0;
int retval, i;
unsigned long elf_entry;
+ unsigned long e_entry;
unsigned long interp_load_addr = 0;
unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data;
unsigned long reloc_func_desc __maybe_unused = 0;
int executable_stack = EXSTACK_DEFAULT;
+ struct elfhdr *elf_ex = (struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf;
struct {
- struct elfhdr elf_ex;
struct elfhdr interp_elf_ex;
} *loc;
struct arch_elf_state arch_state = INIT_ARCH_ELF_STATE;
@@ -706,30 +708,27 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_
retval = -ENOMEM;
goto out_ret;
}
-
- /* Get the exec-header */
- loc->elf_ex = *((struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf);
retval = -ENOEXEC;
/* First of all, some simple consistency checks */
- if (memcmp(loc->elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0)
+ if (memcmp(elf_ex->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0)
goto out;
- if (loc->elf_ex.e_type != ET_EXEC && loc->elf_ex.e_type != ET_DYN)
+ if (elf_ex->e_type != ET_EXEC && elf_ex->e_type != ET_DYN)
goto out;
- if (!elf_check_arch(&loc->elf_ex))
+ if (!elf_check_arch(elf_ex))
goto out;
- if (elf_check_fdpic(&loc->elf_ex))
+ if (elf_check_fdpic(elf_ex))
goto out;
if (!bprm->file->f_op->mmap)
goto out;
- elf_phdata = load_elf_phdrs(&loc->elf_ex, bprm->file);
+ elf_phdata = load_elf_phdrs(elf_ex, bprm->file);
if (!elf_phdata)
goto out;
elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
- for (i = 0; i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < elf_ex->e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
char *elf_interpreter;
if (elf_ppnt->p_type != PT_INTERP)
@@ -783,7 +782,7 @@ out_free_interp:
}
elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
- for (i = 0; i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++)
+ for (i = 0; i < elf_ex->e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++)
switch (elf_ppnt->p_type) {
case PT_GNU_STACK:
if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X)
@@ -793,7 +792,7 @@ out_free_interp:
break;
case PT_LOPROC ... PT_HIPROC:
- retval = arch_elf_pt_proc(&loc->elf_ex, elf_ppnt,
+ retval = arch_elf_pt_proc(elf_ex, elf_ppnt,
bprm->file, false,
&arch_state);
if (retval)
@@ -837,7 +836,7 @@ out_free_interp:
* still possible to return an error to the code that invoked
* the exec syscall.
*/
- retval = arch_check_elf(&loc->elf_ex,
+ retval = arch_check_elf(elf_ex,
!!interpreter, &loc->interp_elf_ex,
&arch_state);
if (retval)
@@ -850,8 +849,8 @@ out_free_interp:
/* Do this immediately, since STACK_TOP as used in setup_arg_pages
may depend on the personality. */
- SET_PERSONALITY2(loc->elf_ex, &arch_state);
- if (elf_read_implies_exec(loc->elf_ex, executable_stack))
+ SET_PERSONALITY2(*elf_ex, &arch_state);
+ if (elf_read_implies_exec(*elf_ex, executable_stack))
current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && randomize_va_space)
@@ -878,7 +877,7 @@ out_free_interp:
/* Now we do a little grungy work by mmapping the ELF image into
the correct location in memory. */
for(i = 0, elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
- i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
+ i < elf_ex->e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
int elf_prot, elf_flags;
unsigned long k, vaddr;
unsigned long total_size = 0;
@@ -922,9 +921,9 @@ out_free_interp:
* If we are loading ET_EXEC or we have already performed
* the ET_DYN load_addr calculations, proceed normally.
*/
- if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set) {
+ if (elf_ex->e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set) {
elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED;
- } else if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
+ } else if (elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN) {
/*
* This logic is run once for the first LOAD Program
* Header for ET_DYN binaries to calculate the
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ out_free_interp:
load_bias = ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias - vaddr);
total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
- loc->elf_ex.e_phnum);
+ elf_ex->e_phnum);
if (!total_size) {
retval = -EINVAL;
goto out_free_dentry;
@@ -991,7 +990,7 @@ out_free_interp:
if (!load_addr_set) {
load_addr_set = 1;
load_addr = (elf_ppnt->p_vaddr - elf_ppnt->p_offset);
- if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
+ if (elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN) {
load_bias += error -
ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias + vaddr);
load_addr += load_bias;
@@ -1032,7 +1031,7 @@ out_free_interp:
}
}
- loc->elf_ex.e_entry += load_bias;
+ e_entry = elf_ex->e_entry + load_bias;
elf_bss += load_bias;
elf_brk += load_bias;
start_code += load_bias;
@@ -1075,7 +1074,7 @@ out_free_interp:
allow_write_access(interpreter);
fput(interpreter);
} else {
- elf_entry = loc->elf_ex.e_entry;
+ elf_entry = e_entry;
if (BAD_ADDR(elf_entry)) {
retval = -EINVAL;
goto out_free_dentry;
@@ -1093,8 +1092,8 @@ out_free_interp:
goto out;
#endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */
- retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
- load_addr, interp_load_addr);
+ retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, elf_ex,
+ load_addr, interp_load_addr, e_entry);
if (retval < 0)
goto out;
current->mm->end_code = end_code;
@@ -1112,7 +1111,7 @@ out_free_interp:
* growing down), and into the unused ELF_ET_DYN_BASE region.
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE) &&
- loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN && !interpreter)
+ elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN && !interpreter)
current->mm->brk = current->mm->start_brk =
ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are
ramfs-support-o_tmpfile.patch
elf-smaller-code-generation-around-auxv-vector-fill.patch
elf-fix-start_code-calculation.patch
elf-dont-copy-elf-header-around.patch
execve-warn-if-process-starts-with-executable-stack.patch
