binfmt_elf: reintroduce using MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
Commit b212921b ("elf: don't use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf executable mappings") reverted back to using MAP_FIXED to map ELF LOAD segments because it was found that the segments in some binaries overlap and can cause MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE to fail. The original intent of MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE in the ELF loader was to prevent the silent clobbering of an existing mapping (e.g. stack) by the ELF image, which could lead to exploitable conditions. Quoting commit 4ed28639 ("fs, elf: drop MAP_FIXED usage from elf_map"), which originally introduced the use of MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE in the loader: Both load_elf_interp and load_elf_binary rely on elf_map to map segments [to a specific] address and they use MAP_FIXED to enforce that. This is however [a] dangerous thing prone to silent data corruption which can be even exploitable. ... Let's take CVE-2017-1000253 as an example ... we could end up mapping [the executable] over the existing stack ... The [stack layout] issue has been fixed since then ... So we should be safe and any [similar] attack should be impractical. On the other hand this is just too subtle [an] assumption ... it can break quite easily and [be] hard to spot. ... Address this [weakness] by changing MAP_FIXED to the newly added MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE. This will mean that mmap will fail if there is an existing mapping clashing with the requested one [instead of silently] clobbering it. Then processing ET_DYN binaries the loader already calculates a total size for the image when the first segment is mapped, maps the entire image, and then unmaps the remainder before the remaining segments are then individually mapped. To avoid the earlier problems (legitimate overlapping LOAD segments specified in the ELF), apply the same logic to ET_EXEC binaries as well. For both ET_EXEC and ET_DYN+INTERP use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for the initial total size mapping and then use MAP_FIXED to build the final (possibly legitimately overlapping) mappings. For ET_DYN w/out INTERP, continue to map at a system-selected address in the mmap region. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210916215947.3993776-1-keescook@chromium.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1595869887-23307-2-git-send-email-anthony.yznaga@oracle.com Co-developed-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Chen Jingwen <chenjingwen6@huawei.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@openvz.org> Cc: Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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