[PATCH] x86_64: Check for bad elf entry address.

Fixes a local DOS on Intel systems that lead to an endless
recursive fault.  AMD machines don't seem to be affected.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 1b117a441298..c2eac2a50bd2 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -938,6 +938,11 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
                 kfree(elf_interpreter);
         } else {
                 elf_entry = loc->elf_ex.e_entry;
+                if (BAD_ADDR(elf_entry)) {
+                        send_sig(SIGSEGV, current, 0);
+                        retval = -ENOEXEC; /* Nobody gets to see this, but.. */
+                        goto out_free_dentry;
+                }
         }
 
         kfree(elf_phdata);