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<title>linux.git/fs/binfmt_em86.c, branch v5.8</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)</title>
<updated>2020-06-05T02:18:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-06-05T02:18:29+00:00</published>
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Merge yet more updates from Andrew Morton:

 - More MM work. 100ish more to go. Mike Rapoport's "mm: remove
   __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK" series should fix the current ppc issue

 - Various other little subsystems

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;: (127 commits)
  lib/ubsan.c: fix gcc-10 warnings
  tools/testing/selftests/vm: remove duplicate headers
  selftests: vm: pkeys: fix multilib builds for x86
  selftests: vm: pkeys: use the correct page size on powerpc
  selftests/vm/pkeys: override access right definitions on powerpc
  selftests/vm/pkeys: test correct behaviour of pkey-0
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce a sub-page allocator
  selftests/vm/pkeys: detect write violation on a mapped access-denied-key page
  selftests/vm/pkeys: associate key on a mapped page and detect write violation
  selftests/vm/pkeys: associate key on a mapped page and detect access violation
  selftests/vm/pkeys: improve checks to determine pkey support
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix assertion in test_pkey_alloc_exhaust()
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix number of reserved powerpc pkeys
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce powerpc support
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce generic pkey abstractions
  selftests: vm: pkeys: use the correct huge page size
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really random
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix assertion in pkey_disable_set/clear()
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix pkey_disable_clear()
  selftests: vm: pkeys: add helpers for pkey bits
  ...
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Merge yet more updates from Andrew Morton:

 - More MM work. 100ish more to go. Mike Rapoport's "mm: remove
   __ARCH_HAS_5LEVEL_HACK" series should fix the current ppc issue

 - Various other little subsystems

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;: (127 commits)
  lib/ubsan.c: fix gcc-10 warnings
  tools/testing/selftests/vm: remove duplicate headers
  selftests: vm: pkeys: fix multilib builds for x86
  selftests: vm: pkeys: use the correct page size on powerpc
  selftests/vm/pkeys: override access right definitions on powerpc
  selftests/vm/pkeys: test correct behaviour of pkey-0
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce a sub-page allocator
  selftests/vm/pkeys: detect write violation on a mapped access-denied-key page
  selftests/vm/pkeys: associate key on a mapped page and detect write violation
  selftests/vm/pkeys: associate key on a mapped page and detect access violation
  selftests/vm/pkeys: improve checks to determine pkey support
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix assertion in test_pkey_alloc_exhaust()
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix number of reserved powerpc pkeys
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce powerpc support
  selftests/vm/pkeys: introduce generic pkey abstractions
  selftests: vm: pkeys: use the correct huge page size
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really random
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix assertion in pkey_disable_set/clear()
  selftests/vm/pkeys: fix pkey_disable_clear()
  selftests: vm: pkeys: add helpers for pkey bits
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>exec: simplify the copy_strings_kernel calling convention</title>
<updated>2020-06-05T02:06:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2020-06-04T23:51:14+00:00</published>
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copy_strings_kernel is always used with a single argument,
adjust the calling convention to that.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200501104105.2621149-2-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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copy_strings_kernel is always used with a single argument,
adjust the calling convention to that.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200501104105.2621149-2-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>exec: Remove recursion from search_binary_handler</title>
<updated>2020-05-21T15:16:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-18T23:43:20+00:00</published>
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Recursion in kernel code is generally a bad idea as it can overflow
the kernel stack.  Recursion in exec also hides that the code is
looping and that the loop changes bprm-&gt;file.

Instead of recursing in search_binary_handler have the methods that
would recurse set bprm-&gt;interpreter and return 0.  Modify exec_binprm
to loop when bprm-&gt;interpreter is set.  Consolidate all of the
reassignments of bprm-&gt;file in that loop to make it clear what is
going on.

The structure of the new loop in exec_binprm is that all errors return
immediately, while successful completion (ret == 0 &amp;&amp;
!bprm-&gt;interpreter) just breaks out of the loop and runs what
exec_bprm has always run upon successful completion.

Fail if the an interpreter is being call after execfd has been set.
The code has never properly handled an interpreter being called with
execfd being set and with reassignments of bprm-&gt;file and the
assignment of bprm-&gt;executable in generic code it has finally become
possible to test and fail when if this problematic condition happens.

With the reassignments of bprm-&gt;file and the assignment of
bprm-&gt;executable moved into the generic code add a test to see if
bprm-&gt;executable is being reassigned.

In search_binary_handler remove the test for !bprm-&gt;file.  With all
reassignments of bprm-&gt;file moved to exec_binprm bprm-&gt;file can never
be NULL in search_binary_handler.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sgfwyd84.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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Recursion in kernel code is generally a bad idea as it can overflow
the kernel stack.  Recursion in exec also hides that the code is
looping and that the loop changes bprm-&gt;file.

Instead of recursing in search_binary_handler have the methods that
would recurse set bprm-&gt;interpreter and return 0.  Modify exec_binprm
to loop when bprm-&gt;interpreter is set.  Consolidate all of the
reassignments of bprm-&gt;file in that loop to make it clear what is
going on.

The structure of the new loop in exec_binprm is that all errors return
immediately, while successful completion (ret == 0 &amp;&amp;
!bprm-&gt;interpreter) just breaks out of the loop and runs what
exec_bprm has always run upon successful completion.

Fail if the an interpreter is being call after execfd has been set.
The code has never properly handled an interpreter being called with
execfd being set and with reassignments of bprm-&gt;file and the
assignment of bprm-&gt;executable in generic code it has finally become
possible to test and fail when if this problematic condition happens.

With the reassignments of bprm-&gt;file and the assignment of
bprm-&gt;executable moved into the generic code add a test to see if
bprm-&gt;executable is being reassigned.

In search_binary_handler remove the test for !bprm-&gt;file.  With all
reassignments of bprm-&gt;file moved to exec_binprm bprm-&gt;file can never
be NULL in search_binary_handler.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sgfwyd84.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>exec: Move the call of prepare_binprm into search_binary_handler</title>
<updated>2020-05-21T15:16:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-14T03:25:20+00:00</published>
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The code in prepare_binary_handler needs to be run every time
search_binary_handler is called so move the call into search_binary_handler
itself to make the code simpler and easier to understand.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87d070zrvx.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: James Morris &lt;jamorris@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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The code in prepare_binary_handler needs to be run every time
search_binary_handler is called so move the call into search_binary_handler
itself to make the code simpler and easier to understand.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87d070zrvx.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: James Morris &lt;jamorris@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files</title>
<updated>2019-05-21T08:50:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-19T12:08:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=09c434b8a0047c69e48499de0107de312901e798'/>
<id>09c434b8a0047c69e48499de0107de312901e798</id>
<content type='text'>
Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have MODULE_LICENCE("GPL*") inside which was used in the initial
   scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have MODULE_LICENCE("GPL*") inside which was used in the initial
   scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>fs/binfmt_em86.c: fix incompatible pointer type</title>
<updated>2016-08-02T23:35:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Wagner</name>
<email>daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-08-02T21:04:57+00:00</published>
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Since the -Wincompatible-pointer-types is reported as error, alpha
doesn't build anymore.  Let's fix it in a minimal way.

  fs/binfmt_em86.c:73:35: error: passing argument 2 of `copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
     retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &amp;i_arg, bprm);
                                     ^            ^
  fs/binfmt_em86.c:77:34: error: passing argument 2 of `copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &amp;i_name, bprm);
                                    ^

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1469525978-23359-1-git-send-email-wagi@monom.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner &lt;daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Since the -Wincompatible-pointer-types is reported as error, alpha
doesn't build anymore.  Let's fix it in a minimal way.

  fs/binfmt_em86.c:73:35: error: passing argument 2 of `copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
     retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &amp;i_arg, bprm);
                                     ^            ^
  fs/binfmt_em86.c:77:34: error: passing argument 2 of `copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &amp;i_name, bprm);
                                    ^

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1469525978-23359-1-git-send-email-wagi@monom.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner &lt;daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>syscalls: implement execveat() system call</title>
<updated>2014-12-13T20:42:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Drysdale</name>
<email>drysdale@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-13T00:57:29+00:00</published>
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This patchset adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd
Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528).

The primary aim of adding an execveat syscall is to allow an
implementation of fexecve(3) that does not rely on the /proc filesystem,
at least for executables (rather than scripts).  The current glibc version
of fexecve(3) is implemented via /proc, which causes problems in sandboxed
or otherwise restricted environments.

Given the desire for a /proc-free fexecve() implementation, HPA suggested
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/556) that an execveat(2) syscall would be
an appropriate generalization.

Also, having a new syscall means that it can take a flags argument without
back-compatibility concerns.  The current implementation just defines the
AT_EMPTY_PATH and AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW flags, but other flags could be
added in future -- for example, flags for new namespaces (as suggested at
https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/474).

Related history:
 - https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/27/123 is an example of someone
   realizing that fexecve() is likely to fail in a chroot environment.
 - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514043 covered
   documenting the /proc requirement of fexecve(3) in its manpage, to
   "prevent other people from wasting their time".
 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241609 described a
   problem where a process that did setuid() could not fexecve()
   because it no longer had access to /proc/self/fd; this has since
   been fixed.

This patch (of 4):

Add a new execveat(2) system call.  execveat() is to execve() as openat()
is to open(): it takes a file descriptor that refers to a directory, and
resolves the filename relative to that.

In addition, if the filename is empty and AT_EMPTY_PATH is specified,
execveat() executes the file to which the file descriptor refers.  This
replicates the functionality of fexecve(), which is a system call in other
UNIXen, but in Linux glibc it depends on opening "/proc/self/fd/&lt;fd&gt;" (and
so relies on /proc being mounted).

The filename fed to the executed program as argv[0] (or the name of the
script fed to a script interpreter) will be of the form "/dev/fd/&lt;fd&gt;"
(for an empty filename) or "/dev/fd/&lt;fd&gt;/&lt;filename&gt;", effectively
reflecting how the executable was found.  This does however mean that
execution of a script in a /proc-less environment won't work; also, script
execution via an O_CLOEXEC file descriptor fails (as the file will not be
accessible after exec).

Based on patches by Meredydd Luff.

Signed-off-by: David Drysdale &lt;drysdale@google.com&gt;
Cc: Meredydd Luff &lt;meredydd@senatehouse.org&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah.kh@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Rich Felker &lt;dalias@aerifal.cx&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk.manpages@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This patchset adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd
Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528).

The primary aim of adding an execveat syscall is to allow an
implementation of fexecve(3) that does not rely on the /proc filesystem,
at least for executables (rather than scripts).  The current glibc version
of fexecve(3) is implemented via /proc, which causes problems in sandboxed
or otherwise restricted environments.

Given the desire for a /proc-free fexecve() implementation, HPA suggested
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/556) that an execveat(2) syscall would be
an appropriate generalization.

Also, having a new syscall means that it can take a flags argument without
back-compatibility concerns.  The current implementation just defines the
AT_EMPTY_PATH and AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW flags, but other flags could be
added in future -- for example, flags for new namespaces (as suggested at
https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/474).

Related history:
 - https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/27/123 is an example of someone
   realizing that fexecve() is likely to fail in a chroot environment.
 - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514043 covered
   documenting the /proc requirement of fexecve(3) in its manpage, to
   "prevent other people from wasting their time".
 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=241609 described a
   problem where a process that did setuid() could not fexecve()
   because it no longer had access to /proc/self/fd; this has since
   been fixed.

This patch (of 4):

Add a new execveat(2) system call.  execveat() is to execve() as openat()
is to open(): it takes a file descriptor that refers to a directory, and
resolves the filename relative to that.

In addition, if the filename is empty and AT_EMPTY_PATH is specified,
execveat() executes the file to which the file descriptor refers.  This
replicates the functionality of fexecve(), which is a system call in other
UNIXen, but in Linux glibc it depends on opening "/proc/self/fd/&lt;fd&gt;" (and
so relies on /proc being mounted).

The filename fed to the executed program as argv[0] (or the name of the
script fed to a script interpreter) will be of the form "/dev/fd/&lt;fd&gt;"
(for an empty filename) or "/dev/fd/&lt;fd&gt;/&lt;filename&gt;", effectively
reflecting how the executable was found.  This does however mean that
execution of a script in a /proc-less environment won't work; also, script
execution via an O_CLOEXEC file descriptor fails (as the file will not be
accessible after exec).

Based on patches by Meredydd Luff.

Signed-off-by: David Drysdale &lt;drysdale@google.com&gt;
Cc: Meredydd Luff &lt;meredydd@senatehouse.org&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah.kh@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Rich Felker &lt;dalias@aerifal.cx&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk.manpages@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>file-&gt;f_op is never NULL...</title>
<updated>2013-10-25T03:34:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-22T20:27:52+00:00</published>
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<title>exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth</title>
<updated>2012-12-18T01:15:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-12-18T00:03:20+00:00</published>
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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 &amp;&amp; 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 &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: halfdog &lt;me@halfdog.net&gt;
Cc: P J P &lt;ppandit@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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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 &amp;&amp; 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 &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: halfdog &lt;me@halfdog.net&gt;
Cc: P J P &lt;ppandit@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>get rid of pt_regs argument of -&gt;load_binary()</title>
<updated>2012-11-29T02:53:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-21T02:00:48+00:00</published>
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