Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [q] ELF program header table size <= 64K ? | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:36:51 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Why does do_load_elf_binary() fail if the program header table size > (e_phentsize * e_phnum) is greater than 65536 bytes? If it is because in > some old versions kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL) couldn't get more than 64K (although > the earliest I remember could get 120K or so) then it should be removed. > But if there is some other reason, I would like to know.
Self defence. The exercise of feed random elf binaries to the kernel with arbitary header data is quite instructive ...
Alan
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