[PATCH 11/19] Check if the process is an ELF executable

[Janani Venkataraman]

From:Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>

Validate if the process is an ELF exec. This will be later extended to identify
if the task is a native ELF or a compat ELF.

Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/proc/gencore.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/gencore.c b/fs/proc/gencore.c
index 580a8b5..5f56910 100644
--- a/fs/proc/gencore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/gencore.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  *      Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
  */
 
+#include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -85,6 +86,29 @@ static int release_gencore(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+ /*
+ * Determine whether the task is an ELF executable.
+ * Returns
+ *     < 0     - Non-ELF
+ *     0       - Native ELF Executable
+ */
+static int get_elf_class(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct elfhdr hdr;
+	int ret = 0;
+	ret = kernel_read(task->mm->exe_file, 0, (char*)&hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	
+	/* Verify the ELF magic on the exe_file */
+	if (memcmp(hdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (elf_check_arch(&hdr))
+		return 0;
+	
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Validate if the call is valid. We also need to prevent >1 open
  * of the same file.
@@ -93,10 +117,15 @@ static int open_gencore(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 	struct core_proc *cp;
+	int elf_class;
 	int ret = 0;
 	if (!task)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	elf_class = get_elf_class(task);
+	if (elf_class < 0)
+		return elf_class;
+
 	mutex_lock(&core_mutex);
 	cp = get_core_proc(task);
 	mutex_unlock(&core_mutex);	

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