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binfmt_elf: Leave a gap between .bss and brk
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:25:44 +0000 (22:25 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 22 May 2025 12:09:59 +0000 (14:09 +0200)
commit7a60eba05aafa9c711fb5d6f2f853a80fc21ffdb
tree638eda61100ef2b636d2702d6c81fdd0df2e03b0
parentfea22a3e06e521030312f6dd0c340710e7ec2b0c
binfmt_elf: Leave a gap between .bss and brk

[ Upstream commit 2a5eb9995528441447d33838727f6ec1caf08139 ]

Currently the brk starts its randomization immediately after .bss,
which means there is a chance that when the random offset is 0, linear
overflows from .bss can reach into the brk area. Leave at least a single
page gap between .bss and brk (when it has not already been explicitly
relocated into the mmap range).

Reported-by: <y0un9n132@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/CA+2EKTVLvc8hDZc+2Yhwmus=dzOUG5E4gV7ayCbu0MPJTZzWkw@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217062545.1631668-2-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Stable-dep-of: 11854fe263eb ("binfmt_elf: Move brk for static PIE even if ASLR disabled")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
fs/binfmt_elf.c