Re: [RFC v2] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc flags to the interpreter

From: Laurent Vivier
Date: Wed Jan 15 2020 - 07:19:36 EST


Le 07/01/2020 Ã 15:50, Laurent Vivier a ÃcritÂ:
> Hi,
>
> this change is simple, easy to read and understand but it is really
> needed by user space application interpreter to know the status of the
> system configuration.
>
> Could we have a comment saying if there is a problem or if it is good to
> be merged?

Anyone?

> Thanks,
> Laurent
>
> Le 22/11/2019 Ã 16:08, Laurent Vivier a ÃcritÂ:
>> It can be useful to the interpreter to know which flags are in use.
>>
>> For instance, knowing if the preserve-argv[0] is in use would
>> allow to skip the pathname argument.
>>
>> This patch uses an unused auxiliary vector, AT_FLAGS, to pass the
>> content of the binfmt flags (special flags: P, F, C, O).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>> v2: only pass special flags (remove Magic and Enabled flags)
>>
>> fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +-
>> fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 2 +-
>> fs/binfmt_misc.c | 6 ++++++
>> include/linux/binfmts.h | 2 +-
>> 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
>> index c5642bcb6b46..7a34c03e5857 100644
>> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
>> @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHENT, sizeof(struct elf_phdr));
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHNUM, exec->e_phnum);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE, interp_load_addr);
>> - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, 0);
>> + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, bprm->fmt_flags);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, exec->e_entry);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid));
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EUID, from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->euid));
>> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
>> index d86ebd0dcc3d..8fe839be125e 100644
>> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
>> @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHENT, sizeof(struct elf_phdr));
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHNUM, exec_params->hdr.e_phnum);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_BASE, interp_params->elfhdr_addr);
>> - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, 0);
>> + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, bprm->fmt_flags);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_ENTRY, exec_params->entry_addr);
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_UID, (elf_addr_t) from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->uid));
>> NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EUID, (elf_addr_t) from_kuid_munged(cred->user_ns, cred->euid));
>> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
>> index cdb45829354d..25a392f23409 100644
>> --- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
>> @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ enum {Enabled, Magic};
>> #define MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY (1 << 30)
>> #define MISC_FMT_CREDENTIALS (1 << 29)
>> #define MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE (1 << 28)
>> +#define MISC_FMT_FLAGS_MASK (MISC_FMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0 | MISC_FMT_OPEN_BINARY | \
>> + MISC_FMT_CREDENTIALS | MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE)
>> +
>>
>> typedef struct {
>> struct list_head list;
>> @@ -149,6 +152,9 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>> if (!fmt)
>> return retval;
>>
>> + /* pass special flags to the interpreter */
>> + bprm->fmt_flags = fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_FLAGS_MASK;
>> +
>> /* Need to be able to load the file after exec */
>> retval = -ENOENT;
>> if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_PATH_INACCESSIBLE)
>> diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
>> index b40fc633f3be..dae0d0d7b84d 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
>> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct linux_binprm {
>> different for binfmt_{misc,script} */
>> unsigned interp_flags;
>> unsigned interp_data;
>> - unsigned long loader, exec;
>> + unsigned long loader, exec, fmt_flags;
>>
>> struct rlimit rlim_stack; /* Saved RLIMIT_STACK used during exec. */
>>
>>
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