The patch titled Subject: exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth To avoid an explosion of request_module calls on a chain of abusive scripts, fail maximum recursion with -ELOOP instead of -ENOEXEC. As soon as maximum recursion depth is hit, the error will fail all the way back up the chain, aborting immediately. This also has the side-effect of stopping the user's shell from attempting to reexecute the top-level file as a shell script. As seen in the dash source: if (cmd != path_bshell && errno == ENOEXEC) { *argv-- = cmd; *argv = cmd = path_bshell; goto repeat; } The above logic was designed for running scripts automatically that lacked the "#!" header, not to re-try failed recursion. On a legitimate -ENOEXEC, things continue to behave as the shell expects. Additionally, when tracking recursion, the binfmt handlers should not be involved. The recursion being tracked is the depth of calls through search_binary_handler(), so that function should be exclusively responsible for tracking the depth. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: halfdog <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: P J P <ppandit@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_em86.c | 1 - fs/binfmt_misc.c | 6 ------ fs/binfmt_script.c | 4 +--- fs/exec.c | 10 +++++----- include/linux/binfmts.h | 2 -- 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/binfmt_em86.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth fs/binfmt_em86.c --- a/fs/binfmt_em86.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth +++ a/fs/binfmt_em86.c @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static int load_em86(struct linux_binprm return -ENOEXEC; } - bprm->recursion_depth++; /* Well, the bang-shell is implicit... */ allow_write_access(bprm->file); fput(bprm->file); bprm->file = NULL; diff -puN fs/binfmt_misc.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth fs/binfmt_misc.c --- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth +++ a/fs/binfmt_misc.c @@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux if (!enabled) goto _ret; - retval = -ENOEXEC; - if (bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION) - goto _ret; - /* to keep locking time low, we copy the interpreter string */ read_lock(&entries_lock); fmt = check_file(bprm); @@ -200,8 +196,6 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux if (retval < 0) goto _error; - bprm->recursion_depth++; - retval = search_binary_handler(bprm); if (retval < 0) goto _error; diff -puN fs/binfmt_script.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth fs/binfmt_script.c --- a/fs/binfmt_script.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth +++ a/fs/binfmt_script.c @@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ static int load_script(struct linux_binp char interp[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE]; int retval; - if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!') || - (bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION)) + if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!')) return -ENOEXEC; /* * This section does the #! interpretation. * Sorta complicated, but hopefully it will work. -TYT */ - bprm->recursion_depth++; allow_write_access(bprm->file); fput(bprm->file); bprm->file = NULL; diff -puN fs/exec.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth fs/exec.c --- a/fs/exec.c~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -1371,6 +1371,10 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_b struct linux_binfmt *fmt; pid_t old_pid, old_vpid; + /* This allows 4 levels of binfmt rewrites before failing hard. */ + if (depth > 5) + return -ELOOP; + retval = security_bprm_check(bprm); if (retval) return retval; @@ -1395,12 +1399,8 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_b if (!try_module_get(fmt->module)) continue; read_unlock(&binfmt_lock); + bprm->recursion_depth = depth + 1; retval = fn(bprm); - /* - * Restore the depth counter to its starting value - * in this call, so we don't have to rely on every - * load_binary function to restore it on return. - */ bprm->recursion_depth = depth; if (retval >= 0) { if (depth == 0) { diff -puN include/linux/binfmts.h~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth include/linux/binfmts.h --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h~exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth +++ a/include/linux/binfmts.h @@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ struct linux_binprm { #define BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD_BIT 1 #define BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD (1 << BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD_BIT) -#define BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION 4 - /* Function parameter for binfmt->coredump */ struct coredump_params { siginfo_t *siginfo; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch audit-create-explicit-audit_seccomp-event-type.patch audit-catch-possible-null-audit-buffers.patch fs-pstore-ramc-fix-up-section-annotations.patch checkpatch-warn-about-using-config_experimental.patch binfmt_elfc-use-get_random_int-to-fix-entropy-depleting.patch proc-dont-show-nonexistent-capabilities.patch proc-pid-status-add-seccomp-field.patch proc-pid-status-show-all-supplementary-groups.patch exec-do-not-leave-bprm-interp-on-stack.patch exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html