PIN^1 [PATCH] elf: Guard against __LM_ID_CALLER [BZ #27609]

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Mon Sep 20 16:53:49 GMT 2021


On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:45 AM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> do_dlopen calls _dl_open with nsid == __LM_ID_CALLER (-2).  When _dl_open
> fails in nptl/tst-setuid1 , we can reach
>
> 881       /* Avoid keeping around a dangling reference to the libc.so link
> 882          map in case it has been cached in libc_map.  */
> 883       if (!args.libc_already_loaded)
> 884         GL(dl_ns)[nsid].libc_map = NULL;
> 885
>
> with nsid == -2.  Guard against __LM_ID_CALLER before updating libc_map
> to avoid buffer underflow.  This fixes BZ #27609.
> ---
>  elf/dl-open.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/elf/dl-open.c b/elf/dl-open.c
> index e90287bc62..5c54df5b7f 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-open.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-open.c
> @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ no more namespaces available for dlmopen()"));
>      {
>        /* Avoid keeping around a dangling reference to the libc.so link
>          map in case it has been cached in libc_map.  */
> -      if (!args.libc_already_loaded)
> +      if (!args.libc_already_loaded && nsid >= 0)
>         GL(dl_ns)[nsid].libc_map = NULL;
>
>        /* Remove the object from memory.  It may be in an inconsistent
> --
> 2.31.1
>

PING.

-- 
H.J.


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