[PATCH 3/6] binfmt_elf: remove the set_fs(KERNEL_DS) in elf_core_dump

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Mon Apr 6 22:03:09 AEST 2020


There is no logic in elf_core_dump itself that uses uaccess routines
on kernel pointers, the file writes are nicely encapsulated in dump_emit
which does its own set_fs.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c | 40 +++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index d744ce9a4b52..ef9f68bab7be 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,6 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	    vma->vm_pgoff == 0 && (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)) {
 		u32 __user *header = (u32 __user *) vma->vm_start;
 		u32 word;
-		mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();
 		/*
 		 * Doing it this way gets the constant folded by GCC.
 		 */
@@ -1368,14 +1367,8 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		magic.elfmag[EI_MAG1] = ELFMAG1;
 		magic.elfmag[EI_MAG2] = ELFMAG2;
 		magic.elfmag[EI_MAG3] = ELFMAG3;
-		/*
-		 * Switch to the user "segment" for get_user(),
-		 * then put back what elf_core_dump() had in place.
-		 */
-		set_fs(USER_DS);
 		if (unlikely(get_user(word, header)))
 			word = 0;
-		set_fs(fs);
 		if (word == magic.cmp)
 			return PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
@@ -2185,7 +2178,6 @@ static void fill_extnum_info(struct elfhdr *elf, struct elf_shdr *shdr4extnum,
 static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 {
 	int has_dumped = 0;
-	mm_segment_t fs;
 	int segs, i;
 	size_t vma_data_size = 0;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *gate_vma;
@@ -2238,9 +2230,6 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 
 	has_dumped = 1;
 
-	fs = get_fs();
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-
 	offset += sizeof(elf);				/* Elf header */
 	offset += segs * sizeof(struct elf_phdr);	/* Program headers */
 
@@ -2252,7 +2241,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 
 		phdr4note = kmalloc(sizeof(*phdr4note), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!phdr4note)
-			goto end_coredump;
+			goto cleanup;
 
 		fill_elf_note_phdr(phdr4note, sz, offset);
 		offset += sz;
@@ -2267,7 +2256,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	vma_filesz = kvmalloc(array_size(sizeof(*vma_filesz), (segs - 1)),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vma_filesz)
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
 			vma = next_vma(vma, gate_vma)) {
@@ -2285,17 +2274,17 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 	if (e_phnum == PN_XNUM) {
 		shdr4extnum = kmalloc(sizeof(*shdr4extnum), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!shdr4extnum)
-			goto end_coredump;
+			goto cleanup;
 		fill_extnum_info(&elf, shdr4extnum, e_shoff, segs);
 	}
 
 	offset = dataoff;
 
 	if (!dump_emit(cprm, &elf, sizeof(elf)))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (!dump_emit(cprm, phdr4note, sizeof(*phdr4note)))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* Write program headers for segments dump */
 	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
@@ -2317,22 +2306,22 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 		phdr.p_align = ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE;
 
 		if (!dump_emit(cprm, &phdr, sizeof(phdr)))
-			goto end_coredump;
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
 	if (!elf_core_write_extra_phdrs(cprm, offset))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
  	/* write out the notes section */
 	if (!write_note_info(&info, cprm))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(cprm))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* Align to page */
 	if (!dump_skip(cprm, dataoff - cprm->pos))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	for (i = 0, vma = first_vma(current, gate_vma); vma != NULL;
 			vma = next_vma(vma, gate_vma)) {
@@ -2354,22 +2343,19 @@ static int elf_core_dump(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 			} else
 				stop = !dump_skip(cprm, PAGE_SIZE);
 			if (stop)
-				goto end_coredump;
+				goto cleanup;
 		}
 	}
 	dump_truncate(cprm);
 
 	if (!elf_core_write_extra_data(cprm))
-		goto end_coredump;
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (e_phnum == PN_XNUM) {
 		if (!dump_emit(cprm, shdr4extnum, sizeof(*shdr4extnum)))
-			goto end_coredump;
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-end_coredump:
-	set_fs(fs);
-
 cleanup:
 	free_note_info(&info);
 	kfree(shdr4extnum);
-- 
2.25.1



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