Currently ia32 binaries behave differently with respect to enabling
READ_IMPLIES_EXEC. On i386 a binary with the exec_stack flag set is
executed with READ_IMPLIES_EXEC enabled as well. The same binary
executes without READ_IMPLIES_EXEC on x86-64.
This causes binaries that work on i386 to fail on x86-64 which goes
somewhat against the whole 32 bit emulation idea.
It has been argued that READ_IMPLIES_EXEC should not be enabled at all
for binaries that have the exec_stack flag. Which is probably a valid
point. However until this is clarified I think x86-64 should behave the
same for ia32 binaries as i386.
The following patch brings x86-64 in sync with i386 for ia32 binaries.
Signed-off-by: Markus Schoder <[email protected]>
-----
diff -u -r linux-2.6.17.3.old/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c linux-2.6.17.3/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c
--- linux-2.6.17.3.old/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c 2006-06-18 15:10:19.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17.3/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c 2006-07-01 16:59:56.121915808 +0200
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
#define user user32
#define __ASM_X86_64_ELF_H 1
-#define elf_read_implies_exec(ex, have_pt_gnu_stack) (!(have_pt_gnu_stack))
+#define elf_read_implies_exec(ex, executable_stack) (executable_stack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
//#include <asm/ia32.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
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