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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-05-14 09:15:16 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-05-14 09:15:16 -0700
commit1a80a098c606b285fb0a13aa992af4f86da1ff06 (patch)
treec7b2e187b48c8e0a5299223cef7f6160a73cba3d
parent00f281fd9d8ddc1a83d3b188c087edac2116a089 (diff)
parent11854fe263eb1b9a8efa33b0c087add7719ea9b4 (diff)
Merge tag 'execve-v6.15-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull execve fix from Kees Cook: "This fixes a corner case for ASLR-disabled static-PIE brk collision with vdso allocations: - binfmt_elf: Move brk for static PIE even if ASLR disabled" * tag 'execve-v6.15-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: binfmt_elf: Move brk for static PIE even if ASLR disabled
-rw-r--r--fs/binfmt_elf.c71
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 584fa89bc877..4c1ea6b52a53 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata, *interp_elf_phdata = NULL;
struct elf_phdr *elf_property_phdata = NULL;
unsigned long elf_brk;
+ bool brk_moved = false;
int retval, i;
unsigned long elf_entry;
unsigned long e_entry;
@@ -1097,15 +1098,19 @@ out_free_interp:
/* Calculate any requested alignment. */
alignment = maximum_alignment(elf_phdata, elf_ex->e_phnum);
- /*
- * There are effectively two types of ET_DYN
- * binaries: programs (i.e. PIE: ET_DYN with PT_INTERP)
- * and loaders (ET_DYN without PT_INTERP, since they
- * _are_ the ELF interpreter). The loaders must
- * be loaded away from programs since the program
- * may otherwise collide with the loader (especially
- * for ET_EXEC which does not have a randomized
- * position). For example to handle invocations of
+ /**
+ * DOC: PIE handling
+ *
+ * There are effectively two types of ET_DYN ELF
+ * binaries: programs (i.e. PIE: ET_DYN with
+ * PT_INTERP) and loaders (i.e. static PIE: ET_DYN
+ * without PT_INTERP, usually the ELF interpreter
+ * itself). Loaders must be loaded away from programs
+ * since the program may otherwise collide with the
+ * loader (especially for ET_EXEC which does not have
+ * a randomized position).
+ *
+ * For example, to handle invocations of
* "./ld.so someprog" to test out a new version of
* the loader, the subsequent program that the
* loader loads must avoid the loader itself, so
@@ -1118,6 +1123,9 @@ out_free_interp:
* ELF_ET_DYN_BASE and loaders are loaded into the
* independently randomized mmap region (0 load_bias
* without MAP_FIXED nor MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE).
+ *
+ * See below for "brk" handling details, which is
+ * also affected by program vs loader and ASLR.
*/
if (interpreter) {
/* On ET_DYN with PT_INTERP, we do the ASLR. */
@@ -1234,8 +1242,6 @@ out_free_interp:
start_data += load_bias;
end_data += load_bias;
- current->mm->start_brk = current->mm->brk = ELF_PAGEALIGN(elf_brk);
-
if (interpreter) {
elf_entry = load_elf_interp(interp_elf_ex,
interpreter,
@@ -1291,27 +1297,44 @@ out_free_interp:
mm->end_data = end_data;
mm->start_stack = bprm->p;
- if ((current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) && (snapshot_randomize_va_space > 1)) {
+ /**
+ * DOC: "brk" handling
+ *
+ * For architectures with ELF randomization, when executing a
+ * loader directly (i.e. static PIE: ET_DYN without PT_INTERP),
+ * move the brk area out of the mmap region and into the unused
+ * ELF_ET_DYN_BASE region. Since "brk" grows up it may collide
+ * early with the stack growing down or other regions being put
+ * into the mmap region by the kernel (e.g. vdso).
+ *
+ * In the CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK case, though, everything is turned
+ * off because we're not allowed to move the brk at all.
+ */
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK) &&
+ IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE) &&
+ elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN && !interpreter) {
+ elf_brk = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
+ /* This counts as moving the brk, so let brk(2) know. */
+ brk_moved = true;
+ }
+ mm->start_brk = mm->brk = ELF_PAGEALIGN(elf_brk);
+
+ 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
- * headers), move the brk area out of the mmap region
- * (since it grows up, and may collide early with the stack
- * growing down), and into the unused ELF_ET_DYN_BASE region.
+ * If we didn't move the brk to ELF_ET_DYN_BASE (above),
+ * leave a gap between .bss and brk.
*/
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE) &&
- elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN && !interpreter) {
- mm->brk = mm->start_brk = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
- } else {
- /* Otherwise leave a gap between .bss and brk. */
+ if (!brk_moved)
mm->brk = mm->start_brk = mm->brk + PAGE_SIZE;
- }
mm->brk = mm->start_brk = arch_randomize_brk(mm);
+ brk_moved = true;
+ }
+
#ifdef compat_brk_randomized
+ if (brk_moved)
current->brk_randomized = 1;
#endif
- }
if (current->personality & MMAP_PAGE_ZERO) {
/* Why this, you ask??? Well SVr4 maps page 0 as read-only,