[PATCH v2] fs/binfmt_elf: Fix AT_PHDR for unusual ELF files

From: Akira Kawata
Date: Tue Nov 23 2021 - 02:34:27 EST


BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197921

As pointed out in the discussion of buglink, we cannot calculate AT_PHDR
as the sum of load_addr and exec->e_phoff. This is because exec->e_phoff
is the offset of PHDRs in the file and the address of PHDRs in the
memory may differ from it. This patch fixes the bug by calculating the
address of program headers from PT_LOADs directly.

Signed-off-by: Akira Kawata <akirakawata1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Remove unused load_addr from create_elf_tables.
- Improve the commit message.

fs/binfmt_elf.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index f8c7f26f1fbb..af8313e36665 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ static int padzero(unsigned long elf_bss)

static int
create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
- unsigned long load_addr, unsigned long interp_load_addr,
- unsigned long e_entry)
+ unsigned long interp_load_addr,
+ unsigned long e_entry, unsigned long phdr_addr)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
unsigned long p = bprm->p;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec,
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP, ELF_HWCAP);
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PAGESZ, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE);
NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_CLKTCK, CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
- NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHDR, load_addr + exec->e_phoff);
+ NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHDR, phdr_addr);
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);
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int parse_elf_properties(struct file *f, const struct elf_phdr *phdr,
static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
{
struct file *interpreter = NULL; /* to shut gcc up */
- unsigned long load_addr = 0, load_bias = 0;
+ unsigned long load_addr = 0, load_bias = 0, phdr_addr = 0;
int load_addr_set = 0;
unsigned long error;
struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata, *interp_elf_phdata = NULL;
@@ -1169,6 +1169,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
reloc_func_desc = load_bias;
}
}
+
+ if (elf_ppnt->p_offset <= elf_ex->e_phoff &&
+ elf_ex->e_phoff < elf_ppnt->p_offset + elf_ppnt->p_filesz) {
+ phdr_addr = elf_ex->e_phoff - elf_ppnt->p_offset +
+ elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
+ }
+
k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr;
if ((elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X) && k < start_code)
start_code = k;
@@ -1204,6 +1211,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
}

e_entry = elf_ex->e_entry + load_bias;
+ phdr_addr += load_bias;
elf_bss += load_bias;
elf_brk += load_bias;
start_code += load_bias;
@@ -1267,8 +1275,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
goto out;
#endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */

- retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, elf_ex,
- load_addr, interp_load_addr, e_entry);
+ retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, elf_ex, interp_load_addr,
+ e_entry, phdr_addr);
if (retval < 0)
goto out;

--
2.25.1