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Commit 3950e975 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge branch 'exec-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

Pull execve updates from Eric Biederman:
 "During the development of v5.7 I ran into bugs and quality of
  implementation issues related to exec that could not be easily fixed
  because of the way exec is implemented. So I have been diggin into
  exec and cleaning up what I can.

  This cycle I have been looking at different ideas and different
  implementations to see what is possible to improve exec, and cleaning
  the way exec interfaces with in kernel users. Only cleaning up the
  interfaces of exec with rest of the kernel has managed to stabalize
  and make it through review in time for v5.9-rc1 resulting in 2 sets of
  changes this cycle.

   - Implement kernel_execve

   - Make the user mode driver code a better citizen

  With kernel_execve the code size got a little larger as the copying of
  parameters from userspace and copying of parameters from userspace is
  now separate. The good news is kernel threads no longer need to play
  games with set_fs to use exec. Which when combined with the rest of
  Christophs set_fs changes should security bugs with set_fs much more
  difficult"

* 'exec-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace: (23 commits)
  exec: Implement kernel_execve
  exec: Factor bprm_stack_limits out of prepare_arg_pages
  exec: Factor bprm_execve out of do_execve_common
  exec: Move bprm_mm_init into alloc_bprm
  exec: Move initialization of bprm->filename into alloc_bprm
  exec: Factor out alloc_bprm
  exec: Remove unnecessary spaces from binfmts.h
  umd: Stop using split_argv
  umd: Remove exit_umh
  bpfilter: Take advantage of the facilities of struct pid
  exit: Factor thread_group_exited out of pidfd_poll
  umd: Track user space drivers with struct pid
  bpfilter: Move bpfilter_umh back into init data
  exec: Remove do_execve_file
  umh: Stop calling do_execve_file
  umd: Transform fork_usermode_blob into fork_usermode_driver
  umd: Rename umd_info.cmdline umd_info.driver_name
  umd: For clarity rename umh_info umd_info
  umh: Separate the user mode driver and the user mode helper support
  umh: Remove call_usermodehelper_setup_file.
  ...
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