[RFC PATCH v1 0/1] binfmt_elf: seal address zero

jeffxu
2024-08-01T17:08:51Z

From: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@chromium.org>

In load_elf_binary as part of the execve(), when the current
task’s personality has MMAP_PAGE_ZERO set, the kernel allocates
one page at address 0. According to the comment:

/* Why this, you ask??? Well SVr4 maps page 0 as read-only,
and some applications "depend" upon this behavior.
Since we do not have the power to recompile these, we
emulate the SVr4 behavior. Sigh. */

At one point, Linus suggested removing this [1].

Sealing this is probably safe, the comment doesn’t say
the app ever wanting to change the mapping to rwx. Sealing
also ensures that never happens.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whVa=nm_GW=NVfPHqcxDbWt4JjjK1YWb0cLjO4ZSGyiDA@mail.gmail.com/

Jeff Xu (1):
binfmt_elf: mseal address zero

fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++++
include/linux/mm.h | 4 ++++
mm/mseal.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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