This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read to the 6.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: elf-fix-kernel.randomize_va_space-double-read.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 6dcdb6c1b22826f1868d171bbb8b17ef333f046e Author: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Jun 21 21:54:50 2024 +0300 ELF: fix kernel.randomize_va_space double read [ 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> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index a43897b03ce9..777405719de8 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1003,7 +1003,8 @@ 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); @@ -1251,7 +1252,7 @@ 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