exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth

To avoid an explosion of request_module calls on a chain of abusive
scripts, fail maximum recursion with -ELOOP instead of -ENOEXEC. As soon
as maximum recursion depth is hit, the error will fail all the way back
up the chain, aborting immediately.

This also has the side-effect of stopping the user's shell from attempting
to reexecute the top-level file as a shell script. As seen in the
dash source:

        if (cmd != path_bshell && errno == ENOEXEC) {
                *argv-- = cmd;
                *argv = cmd = path_bshell;
                goto repeat;
        }

The above logic was designed for running scripts automatically that lacked
the "#!" header, not to re-try failed recursion. On a legitimate -ENOEXEC,
things continue to behave as the shell expects.

Additionally, when tracking recursion, the binfmt handlers should not be
involved. The recursion being tracked is the depth of calls through
search_binary_handler(), so that function should be exclusively responsible
for tracking the depth.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: halfdog <me@halfdog.net>
Cc: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_script.c b/fs/binfmt_script.c
index 8c954997e7f7..1610a91637e5 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_script.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ static int load_script(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
         char interp[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
         int retval;
 
-        if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!') ||
-            (bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION))
+        if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!'))
                 return -ENOEXEC;
         /*
          * This section does the #! interpretation.
          * Sorta complicated, but hopefully it will work.  -TYT
          */
 
-        bprm->recursion_depth++;
         allow_write_access(bprm->file);
         fput(bprm->file);
         bprm->file = NULL;