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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Yin Fengwei <nh26223@aliyun.com>
Cc: Ismael Luceno <ismael@iodev.co.uk>,
	Yin Fengwei <fengwei_yin@linux.alibaba.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	zhourundong.zrd@linux.alibaba.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf: remove the 4k limitation of program header size
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 08:16:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202508040815.0BB8B41AD@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b98058f0-79fd-4dc5-af7f-d37941eb5707@aliyun.com>

On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 10:00:41PM +0800, Yin Fengwei wrote:
> If this is really a concern, we can add 4K restriction only for
> noMMU. Thanks.

My point is that the headers are loaded via elf_read()/kernel_read().
There is no direct mapping, etc, that would result in some single page;
it's already bounds checked, loaded into a distinct memory area, etc.

-- 
Kees Cook


      reply	other threads:[~2025-08-04 15:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-17 11:01 fengwei_yin
2025-07-17 23:31 ` Kees Cook
2025-07-19  9:17   ` YinFengwei
2025-08-02  3:53     ` Ismael Luceno
     [not found]       ` <202508021029.7CC8B334@keescook>
2025-08-03  5:28         ` Ismael Luceno
2025-08-04  2:12           ` Yin Fengwei
2025-08-04  7:19             ` Ismael Luceno
2025-08-04  7:38               ` Yin Fengwei
2025-08-04 14:00               ` Yin Fengwei
2025-08-04 15:16                 ` Kees Cook [this message]

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