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From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, WANG Cong <wangcong@zeuux.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 7/9] fs/exec.c: fix wrong return value of prepare_binprm()
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:52:33 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080512045233.GH2572@hacking> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080512043758.GP13907@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 05:37:58AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
>It returns positives *exactly* on success.  In the case you've quoted
>we don't have any problems with read; we do have a problem with _short_
>read (i.e. miscalculated field size or truncated binary).  In the case
>you've patched we _expect_ a short read; it's normal for short scripts,
>to start with.  And we are ready to deal with it - the buffer is prefilled
>with zeroes and either we have enough to recognize signature (in which case
>we'll find the binfmt handler and let it deal with the entire thing, with
>full checks of its own) or we will not, in which case nobody will recognize
>the damn thing and that's it.

Thanks for your detailed explanation.

Since it's expected, it's needless to fix it. :-)

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-12  4:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-08 13:52 [Patch 0/9] Fix resource leaks for exec related stuffs WANG Cong
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 1/9] fs/exec.c: export free_arg_pages WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:12   ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  3:59     ` WANG Cong
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 2/9] fs/exec.c: fix resource leaks and wrong goto's WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:16   ` Al Viro
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 3/9] fs/compat.c: " WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:21   ` Al Viro
2008-05-10 20:35     ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  3:46       ` WANG Cong
2008-05-12  4:05         ` Al Viro
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 4/9] fs/binfmt_script.c: fix resource leaks WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:24   ` Al Viro
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 5/9] fs/binfmt_em86.c: " WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:25   ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  3:53     ` WANG Cong
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 6/9] fs/binfmt_misc.c: " WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:25   ` Al Viro
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 7/9] fs/exec.c: fix wrong return value of prepare_binprm() WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:31   ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  3:56     ` WANG Cong
2008-05-12  4:01       ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  4:15         ` WANG Cong
2008-05-12  4:37           ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  4:52             ` WANG Cong [this message]
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 8/9] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix wrong return values WANG Cong
2008-05-08 13:52 ` [Patch 9/9] fs/exec.c: fix a wrong goto path WANG Cong
2008-05-10 19:37   ` Al Viro
2008-05-12  3:51     ` WANG Cong
2008-05-12  3:58       ` Al Viro
2008-05-10 20:47 ` [Patch 0/9] Fix resource leaks for exec related stuffs Al Viro

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