[RFC PATCH 1/3] exec: make setup_new_exec() return int

Oleg Nesterov oleg at redhat.com
Sun Nov 9 17:14:52 UTC 2025


Preparation. After the next change setup_new_exec() can fail.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>
---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c         | 4 +++-
 fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c   | 4 +++-
 fs/binfmt_flat.c        | 4 +++-
 fs/exec.c               | 4 +++-
 include/linux/binfmts.h | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index e4653bb99946..8a38689ae4b0 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,9 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if (!(current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) && snapshot_randomize_va_space)
 		current->flags |= PF_RANDOMIZE;
 
-	setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	retval = setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		goto out_free_dentry;
 
 	/* Do this so that we can load the interpreter, if need be.  We will
 	   change some of these later */
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index 48fd2de3bca0..7ad98b8132fc 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	if (elf_read_implies_exec(&exec_params.hdr, executable_stack))
 		current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;
 
-	setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	retval = setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
 
 	set_binfmt(&elf_fdpic_format);
 
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index b5b5ca1a44f7..78e9ca128ea7 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -512,7 +512,9 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 
 	/* OK, This is the point of no return */
 	set_personality(PER_LINUX_32BIT);
-	setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	ret = setup_new_exec(bprm);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
 
 	/*
 	 * calculate the extra space we need to map in
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6b70c6726d31..136a7ab5d91c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct file *file)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(would_dump);
 
-void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
+int setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 {
 	/* Setup things that can depend upon the personality */
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
@@ -1337,6 +1337,8 @@ void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	me->mm->task_size = TASK_SIZE;
 	up_write(&me->signal->exec_update_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&me->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(setup_new_exec);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 65abd5ab8836..678b7525ac5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ extern void unregister_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *);
 
 extern int __must_check remove_arg_zero(struct linux_binprm *);
 extern int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
-extern void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
+extern int setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm);
 extern void finalize_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void would_dump(struct linux_binprm *, struct file *);
 
-- 
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55





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