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SubjectRe: [q] ELF program header table size <= 64K ?
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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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