Re: [PATCH] elf: don't use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf interpreter mappings

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Sep 28 2021 - 18:21:28 EST


(cc Linus)

On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:56:57 +0800 Chen Jingwen <chenjingwen6@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In commit b212921b13bd ("elf: don't use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf executable mappings")
> we still leave MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE in place for load_elf_interp.
> Unfortunately, this will cause kernel to fail to start with
>
> [ 2.384321] 1 (init): Uhuuh, elf segment at 00003ffff7ffd000 requested but the memory is mapped already
> [ 2.386240] Failed to execute /init (error -17)
>
> The reason is that the elf interpreter (ld.so) has overlapping segments.
>
> readelf -l ld-2.31.so
> Program Headers:
> Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr
> FileSiz MemSiz Flags Align
> LOAD 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
> 0x000000000002c94c 0x000000000002c94c R E 0x10000
> LOAD 0x000000000002dae0 0x000000000003dae0 0x000000000003dae0
> 0x00000000000021e8 0x0000000000002320 RW 0x10000
> LOAD 0x000000000002fe00 0x000000000003fe00 0x000000000003fe00
> 0x00000000000011ac 0x0000000000001328 RW 0x10000
>
> The reason for this problem is the same as described in
> commit ad55eac74f20 ("elf: enforce MAP_FIXED on overlaying elf segments").
> Not only executable binaries, elf interpreters (e.g. ld.so) can have
> overlapping elf segments, so we better drop MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE and go
> back to MAP_FIXED in load_elf_interp.
>
> Fixes: 4ed28639519c ("fs, elf: drop MAP_FIXED usage from elf_map")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.19
> Signed-off-by: Chen Jingwen <chenjingwen6@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/binfmt_elf.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> index 69d900a8473d..a813b70f594e 100644
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> @@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
>
> vaddr = eppnt->p_vaddr;
> if (interp_elf_ex->e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set)
> - elf_type |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
> + elf_type |= MAP_FIXED;
> else if (no_base && interp_elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN)
> load_addr = -vaddr;
>
> --
> 2.12.3