[PATCH] ELF: warn if process starts with executable stack

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Mon Nov 18 2019 - 09:51:21 EST


PT_GNU_STACK is fail open design, at least warn people that something
isn't right.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---

fs/exec.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -762,6 +762,13 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
goto out_unlock;
BUG_ON(prev != vma);

+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+ if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC) {
+ pr_warn_once("process '%s'/%u started with executable stack\n",
+ current->comm, current->pid);
+ }
+#endif
+
/* Move stack pages down in memory. */
if (stack_shift) {
ret = shift_arg_pages(vma, stack_shift);