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1 files changed, 52 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 3a93755e880f..f44e93d2650d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -905,17 +905,60 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
elf_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE;
vaddr = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
+ /*
+ * 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) {
elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED;
} else if (loc->elf_ex.e_type == ET_DYN) {
- /* Try and get dynamic programs out of the way of the
- * default mmap base, as well as whatever program they
- * might try to exec. This is because the brk will
- * follow the loader, and is not movable. */
- load_bias = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE - vaddr;
- if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE)
- load_bias += arch_mmap_rnd();
- load_bias = ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias);
+ /*
+ * This logic is run once for the first LOAD Program
+ * Header for ET_DYN binaries to calculate the
+ * randomization (load_bias) for all the LOAD
+ * Program Headers, and to calculate the entire
+ * size of the ELF mapping (total_size). (Note that
+ * load_addr_set is set to true later once the
+ * initial mapping is performed.)
+ *
+ * There are effectively two types of ET_DYN
+ * binaries: programs (i.e. PIE: ET_DYN with INTERP)
+ * and loaders (ET_DYN without 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
+ * "./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
+ * they cannot share the same load range. Sufficient
+ * room for the brk must be allocated with the
+ * loader as well, since brk must be available with
+ * the loader.
+ *
+ * Therefore, programs are loaded offset from
+ * ELF_ET_DYN_BASE and loaders are loaded into the
+ * independently randomized mmap region (0 load_bias
+ * without MAP_FIXED).
+ */
+ if (elf_interpreter) {
+ load_bias = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
+ if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE)
+ load_bias += arch_mmap_rnd();
+ elf_flags |= MAP_FIXED;
+ } else
+ load_bias = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Since load_bias is used for all subsequent loading
+ * calculations, we must lower it by the first vaddr
+ * so that the remaining calculations based on the
+ * ELF vaddrs will be correctly offset. The result
+ * is then page aligned.
+ */
+ load_bias = ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias - vaddr);
+
total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
loc->elf_ex.e_phnum);
if (!total_size) {
@@ -2295,6 +2338,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
goto end_coredump;
}
}
+ dump_truncate(cprm);
if (!elf_core_write_extra_data(cprm))
goto end_coredump;