[PATCH v4 4/6] binfmt_elf: Use elf_load() for library

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 28 2023 - 23:24:44 EST


While load_elf_library() is a libc5-ism, we can still replace most of
its contents with elf_load() as well, further simplifying the code.

Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 23 ++++-------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index db47cb802f89..f8b4747f87ed 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1351,30 +1351,15 @@ static int load_elf_library(struct file *file)
eppnt++;

/* Now use mmap to map the library into memory. */
- error = vm_mmap(file,
- ELF_PAGESTART(eppnt->p_vaddr),
- (eppnt->p_filesz +
- ELF_PAGEOFFSET(eppnt->p_vaddr)),
+ error = elf_load(file, ELF_PAGESTART(eppnt->p_vaddr),
+ eppnt,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE | MAP_PRIVATE,
- (eppnt->p_offset -
- ELF_PAGEOFFSET(eppnt->p_vaddr)));
- if (error != ELF_PAGESTART(eppnt->p_vaddr))
- goto out_free_ph;
+ 0);

- elf_bss = eppnt->p_vaddr + eppnt->p_filesz;
- if (padzero(elf_bss)) {
- error = -EFAULT;
+ if (error != ELF_PAGESTART(eppnt->p_vaddr))
goto out_free_ph;
- }

- len = ELF_PAGEALIGN(eppnt->p_filesz + eppnt->p_vaddr);
- bss = ELF_PAGEALIGN(eppnt->p_memsz + eppnt->p_vaddr);
- if (bss > len) {
- error = vm_brk(len, bss - len);
- if (error)
- goto out_free_ph;
- }
error = 0;

out_free_ph:
--
2.34.1