Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc

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. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: make linux_binprm.recursion_depth a uint] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
torvalds · Oct 16, 2008 · bf2a9a3 · bf2a9a3
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diff --git a/fs/binfmt_em86.c b/fs/binfmt_em86.c
@@ -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;

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -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 */
@@ -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)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_script.c b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -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;

diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -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;
@@ -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