From 3349ef6a366a61d631f6a263d12cea240957719d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brauner Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:20:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] binfmt_elf_fdpic: only honour the first PT_INTERP The program header scan handles PT_INTERP from a switch nested in the scan loop, so its break leaves the switch and not the loop. A binary carrying more than one PT_INTERP runs the case again and overwrites both interpreter_name and interpreter. The previous name allocation leaks and so does the previous interpreter reference, along with the write denial open_exec() took on it. The denial is never released, so the file stays unwritable for as long as the system runs. An unprivileged caller reaches this with a crafted binary and repeats it at will. binfmt_elf stops at the first PT_INTERP. Do the same here. The flaw dates back to the driver's introduction in the pre-git history tree introduced in v2.6.11 by 91808d6ebe39 ("[PATCH] FRV: Add FDPIC ELF binary format driver"). Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721-gezittert-medium-kreide-b41fc1f0277e@brauner Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) --- fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c index 7e3108489c83..fe0b5c5ed2bc 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c @@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm) for (i = 0; i < exec_params.hdr.e_phnum; i++, phdr++) { switch (phdr->p_type) { case PT_INTERP: + /* elf ABI allows only one interpreter */ + if (interpreter_name) + continue; + retval = -ENOMEM; if (phdr->p_filesz > PATH_MAX) goto error;