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authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-10-02 08:45:08 -0400
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-10-02 08:45:08 -0400
commit59458f40e25915a355d8b1d701425fe9f4f9ea23 (patch)
treef1c9a2934df686e36d75f759ab7313b6f0e0e5f9 /fs/binfmt_aout.c
parent825f9075d74028d11d7f5932f04e1b5db3022b51 (diff)
parentd834c16516d1ebec4766fc58c059bf01311e6045 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' into gfs2
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/binfmt_aout.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/binfmt_aout.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
index f312103434d4..517e111bb7ef 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
return -ENOEXEC;
}
+ /*
+ * Requires a mmap handler. This prevents people from using a.out
+ * as part of an exploit attack against /proc-related vulnerabilities.
+ */
+ if (!bprm->file->f_op || !bprm->file->f_op->mmap)
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+
fd_offset = N_TXTOFF(ex);
/* Check initial limits. This avoids letting people circumvent
@@ -476,6 +483,13 @@ static int load_aout_library(struct file *file)
goto out;
}
+ /*
+ * Requires a mmap handler. This prevents people from using a.out
+ * as part of an exploit attack against /proc-related vulnerabilities.
+ */
+ if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->mmap)
+ goto out;
+
if (N_FLAGS(ex))
goto out;