Re: [RFC] SIGKILL vs. SIGSEGV on late execve() failures
From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Feb 15 2013 - 16:59:53 EST
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:02:50PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The only problem is that some suicides do SIGKILL, some SIGSEGV.
> > AFAICS, it started as SIGSEGV and had been switched to SIGKILL for a.out
> > (without any comments) in 1.1.62.
>
> Ok, I really don't think it matters which one we do - either SIGSEGV
> or SIGKILL is fine for a execve() that fails in those rare "impossible
> to recover from" circumstances. And no, I have no memory what the
> reason for the switch was, it's much too long ago..
How about this, then:
handle suicide on late failure exits in execve() in search_binary_handler()
... rather than doing that in the guts of ->load_binary(). And send
SIGSEGV in all cases.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index bbc8f88..a1c236d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -260,11 +260,8 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, STACK_TOP, EXSTACK_DEFAULT);
- if (retval < 0) {
- /* Someone check-me: is this error path enough? */
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval < 0)
return retval;
- }
install_exec_creds(bprm);
@@ -282,19 +279,15 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
map_size = ex.a_text+ex.a_data;
#endif
error = vm_brk(text_addr & PAGE_MASK, map_size);
- if (error != (text_addr & PAGE_MASK)) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (error != (text_addr & PAGE_MASK))
return error;
- }
error = bprm->file->f_op->read(bprm->file,
(char __user *)text_addr,
ex.a_text+ex.a_data, &pos);
- if ((signed long)error < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if ((signed long)error < 0)
return error;
- }
-
+
flush_icache_range(text_addr, text_addr+ex.a_text+ex.a_data);
} else {
if ((ex.a_text & 0xfff || ex.a_data & 0xfff) &&
@@ -327,28 +320,22 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE,
fd_offset);
- if (error != N_TXTADDR(ex)) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (error != N_TXTADDR(ex))
return error;
- }
error = vm_mmap(bprm->file, N_DATADDR(ex), ex.a_data,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE,
fd_offset + ex.a_text);
- if (error != N_DATADDR(ex)) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (error != N_DATADDR(ex))
return error;
- }
}
beyond_if:
set_binfmt(&aout_format);
retval = set_brk(current->mm->start_brk, current->mm->brk);
- if (retval < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval < 0)
return retval;
- }
current->mm->start_stack =
(unsigned long) create_aout_tables((char __user *) bprm->p, bprm);
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 11e078a..50e9194 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -734,10 +734,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, randomize_stack_top(STACK_TOP),
executable_stack);
- if (retval < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval < 0)
goto out_free_dentry;
- }
current->mm->start_stack = bprm->p;
@@ -759,10 +757,8 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
and clear the area. */
retval = set_brk(elf_bss + load_bias,
elf_brk + load_bias);
- if (retval) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval)
goto out_free_dentry;
- }
nbyte = ELF_PAGEOFFSET(elf_bss);
if (nbyte) {
nbyte = ELF_MIN_ALIGN - nbyte;
@@ -815,7 +811,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
error = elf_map(bprm->file, load_bias + vaddr, elf_ppnt,
elf_prot, elf_flags, 0);
if (BAD_ADDR(error)) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
retval = IS_ERR((void *)error) ?
PTR_ERR((void*)error) : -EINVAL;
goto out_free_dentry;
@@ -846,7 +841,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
elf_ppnt->p_memsz > TASK_SIZE ||
TASK_SIZE - elf_ppnt->p_memsz < k) {
/* set_brk can never work. Avoid overflows. */
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
retval = -EINVAL;
goto out_free_dentry;
}
@@ -878,12 +872,10 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
* up getting placed where the bss needs to go.
*/
retval = set_brk(elf_bss, elf_brk);
- if (retval) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval)
goto out_free_dentry;
- }
+
if (likely(elf_bss != elf_brk) && unlikely(padzero(elf_bss))) {
- send_sig(SIGSEGV, current, 0);
retval = -EFAULT; /* Nobody gets to see this, but.. */
goto out_free_dentry;
}
@@ -929,19 +921,15 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
#ifdef ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
retval = arch_setup_additional_pages(bprm, !!elf_interpreter);
- if (retval < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval < 0)
goto out;
- }
#endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */
install_exec_creds(bprm);
retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
load_addr, interp_load_addr);
- if (retval < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
+ if (retval < 0)
goto out;
- }
/* N.B. passed_fileno might not be initialized? */
current->mm->end_code = end_code;
current->mm->start_code = start_code;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 30de01c..5c03732 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
goto error;
/* there's now no turning back... the old userspace image is dead,
- * defunct, deceased, etc. after this point we have to exit via
- * error_kill */
+ * defunct, deceased, etc. */
set_personality(PER_LINUX_FDPIC);
if (elf_read_implies_exec(&exec_params.hdr, executable_stack))
current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
@@ -343,24 +342,22 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
retval = setup_arg_pages(bprm, current->mm->start_stack,
executable_stack);
- if (retval < 0) {
- send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
- goto error_kill;
- }
+ if (retval < 0)
+ goto error;
#endif
/* load the executable and interpreter into memory */
retval = elf_fdpic_map_file(&exec_params, bprm->file, current->mm,
"executable");
if (retval < 0)
- goto error_kill;
+ goto error;
if (interpreter_name) {
retval = elf_fdpic_map_file(&interp_params, interpreter,
current->mm, "interpreter");
if (retval < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to load interpreter\n");
- goto error_kill;
+ goto error;
}
allow_write_access(interpreter);
@@ -397,7 +394,7 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
if (IS_ERR_VALUE(current->mm->start_brk)) {
retval = current->mm->start_brk;
current->mm->start_brk = 0;
- goto error_kill;
+ goto error;
}
current->mm->brk = current->mm->start_brk;
@@ -410,7 +407,7 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
install_exec_creds(bprm);
if (create_elf_fdpic_tables(bprm, current->mm,
&exec_params, &interp_params) < 0)
- goto error_kill;
+ goto error;
kdebug("- start_code %lx", current->mm->start_code);
kdebug("- end_code %lx", current->mm->end_code);
@@ -449,12 +446,6 @@ error:
kfree(interp_params.phdrs);
kfree(interp_params.loadmap);
return retval;
-
- /* unrecoverable error - kill the process */
-error_kill:
- send_sig(SIGSEGV, current, 0);
- goto error;
-
}
/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 7b6f4d5..027b2de 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1416,28 +1416,28 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
}
read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
put_binfmt(fmt);
- if (retval != -ENOEXEC || bprm->mm == NULL)
- break;
- if (!bprm->file) {
+ if (bprm->mm == NULL) {
+ /* we got to flush_old_exec() and failed after it */
+ send_sig(SIGSEGV, current, 0);
+ read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
+ return retval;
+ }
+ if (retval != -ENOEXEC || !bprm->file) {
read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
return retval;
}
}
read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- if (retval != -ENOEXEC || bprm->mm == NULL) {
- break;
- } else {
#define printable(c) (((c)=='\t') || ((c)=='\n') || (0x20<=(c) && (c)<=0x7e))
- if (printable(bprm->buf[0]) &&
- printable(bprm->buf[1]) &&
- printable(bprm->buf[2]) &&
- printable(bprm->buf[3]))
- break; /* -ENOEXEC */
- if (try)
- break; /* -ENOEXEC */
- request_module("binfmt-%04x", *(unsigned short *)(&bprm->buf[2]));
- }
+ if (printable(bprm->buf[0]) &&
+ printable(bprm->buf[1]) &&
+ printable(bprm->buf[2]) &&
+ printable(bprm->buf[3]))
+ break; /* -ENOEXEC */
+ if (try)
+ break; /* -ENOEXEC */
+ request_module("binfmt-%04x", *(unsigned short *)(&bprm->buf[2]));
#else
break;
#endif
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