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

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 01:12:13PM +0100, Pedro Falcato wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 4:24 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> While I understand you want to break as little as possible (as the ELF
> loader maintainer), I'm wondering if we could axe CONFIG_USELIB
> altogether? Since CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT also got axed. Does this have
> users anywhere?

I can't even find a libc5 image I can test. :P

I made it non-default in '22:

7374fa33dc2d ("init/Kconfig: remove USELIB syscall by default")

I'm not sure we can drop it entirely, though.

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Kees Cook