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Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc
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binfmt_script and binfmt_misc disallow recursion to avoid stack overflow
using sh_bang and misc_bang.  It causes problem in some cases:

$ echo '#!/bin/ls' > /tmp/t0
$ echo '#!/tmp/t0' > /tmp/t1
$ echo '#!/tmp/t1' > /tmp/t2
$ chmod +x /tmp/t*
$ /tmp/t2
zsh: exec format error: /tmp/t2

Similar problem with binfmt_misc.

This patch introduces field 'recursion_depth' into struct linux_binprm to
track recursion level in binfmt_misc and binfmt_script.  If recursion
level more then BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION it generates -ENOEXEC.

[[email protected]: make linux_binprm.recursion_depth a uint]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Viro <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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kiryl authored and torvalds committed Oct 16, 2008
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion fs/binfmt_em86.c
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Expand Up @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int load_em86(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
return -ENOEXEC;
}

bprm->sh_bang = 1; /* Well, the bang-shell is implicit... */
bprm->recursion_depth++; /* Well, the bang-shell is implicit... */
allow_write_access(bprm->file);
fput(bprm->file);
bprm->file = NULL;
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions fs/binfmt_misc.c
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Expand Up @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
goto _ret;

retval = -ENOEXEC;
if (bprm->misc_bang)
if (bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION)
goto _ret;

/* to keep locking time low, we copy the interpreter string */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
if (retval < 0)
goto _error;

bprm->misc_bang = 1;
bprm->recursion_depth++;

retval = search_binary_handler (bprm, regs);
if (retval < 0)
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions fs/binfmt_script.c
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Expand Up @@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ static int load_script(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
char interp[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
int retval;

if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!') || (bprm->sh_bang))
if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!') ||
(bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION))
return -ENOEXEC;
/*
* This section does the #! interpretation.
* Sorta complicated, but hopefully it will work. -TYT
*/

bprm->sh_bang = 1;
bprm->recursion_depth++;
allow_write_access(bprm->file);
fput(bprm->file);
bprm->file = NULL;
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/binfmts.h
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Expand Up @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct linux_binprm{
#ifdef __alpha__
unsigned int taso:1;
#endif
unsigned int recursion_depth;
struct file * file;
int e_uid, e_gid;
kernel_cap_t cap_post_exec_permitted;
Expand All @@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ struct linux_binprm{
#define BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD_BIT 1
#define BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD (1 << BINPRM_FLAGS_EXECFD_BIT)

#define BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION 4

/*
* This structure defines the functions that are used to load the binary formats that
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