Re: [PATCH 7/7] exec: Implement kernel_execve

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jul 15 2020 - 02:42:52 EST


On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 02:49:23PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:31:40AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > +static int count_strings_kernel(const char *const *argv)
> > +{
> > + int i;
> > +
> > + if (!argv)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; argv[i]; ++i) {
> > + if (i >= MAX_ARG_STRINGS)
> > + return -E2BIG;
> > + if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
> > + return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
> > + cond_resched();
> > + }
> > + return i;
> > +}
>
> I notice count() is only ever called with MAX_ARG_STRINGS. Perhaps
> refactor that too? (And maybe rename it to count_strings_user()?)

Liks this?

http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/misc.git/commitdiff/35a3129dab5b712b018c30681d15de42d9509731