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    exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack · b66c5984
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    If a series of scripts are executed, each triggering module loading via
    unprintable bytes in the script header, kernel stack contents can leak
    into the command line.
    
    Normally execution of binfmt_script and binfmt_misc happens recursively.
    However, when modules are enabled, and unprintable bytes exist in the
    bprm->buf, execution will restart after attempting to load matching
    binfmt modules.  Unfortunately, the logic in binfmt_script and
    binfmt_misc does not expect to get restarted.  They leave bprm->interp
    pointing to their local stack.  This means on restart bprm->interp is
    left pointing into unused stack memory which can then be copied into the
    userspace argv areas.
    
    After additional study, it seems that both recursion and restart remains
    the desirable way to handle exec with scripts, misc, and modules.  As
    such, we need to protect the changes to interp.
    
    This changes the logic to require allocation for any changes to the
    bprm->interp.  To avoid adding a new kmalloc to every exec, the default
    value is left as-is.  Only when passing through binfmt_script or
    binfmt_misc does an allocation take place.
    
    For a proof of concept, see DoTest.sh from:
    
       http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2012/LinuxKernelBinfmtScriptStackDataDisclosure/Signed-off-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    Cc: halfdog <me@halfdog.net>
    Cc: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
    Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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