From 912193521b719fbfc2f16776febf5232fe8ba261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tetsuo Handa Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:08:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] exec: do not call request_module() twice from search_binary_handler() Currently, search_binary_handler() tries to load binary loader module using request_module() if a loader for the requested program is not yet loaded. But second attempt of request_module() does not affect the result of search_binary_handler(). If request_module() triggered recursion, calling request_module() twice causes 2 to the power of MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT (= 50) repetitions. It is not an infinite loop but is sufficient for users to consider as a hang up. Therefore, this patch changes not to call request_module() twice, making 1 to the power of MAX_KMOD_CONCURRENT repetitions in case of recursion. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa Reported-by: Richard Weinberger Tested-by: Richard Weinberger Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/exec.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 01829a1cb766..e6770a526f34 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs) printable(bprm->buf[2]) && printable(bprm->buf[3])) break; /* -ENOEXEC */ + if (try) + break; /* -ENOEXEC */ request_module("binfmt-%04x", *(unsigned short *)(&bprm->buf[2])); #endif } -- 2.20.1