# \[PATCH v6 1/7\] exec: Change uselib(2) IS\_SREG() failure to EACCES - From: Mickaël Salaün \ - Date: 2020-07-14 18:17:22 - List: linux-api - Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/07/184227 - Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/07/184228/t.md ```text From: Kees Cook Change uselib(2)' S_ISREG() error return to EACCES instead of EINVAL so the behavior matches execve(2), and the seemingly documented value. The "not a regular file" failure mode of execve(2) is explicitly documented[1], but it is not mentioned in uselib(2)[2] which does, however, say that open(2) and mmap(2) errors may apply. The documentation for open(2) does not include a "not a regular file" error[3], but mmap(2) does[4], and it is EACCES. [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/execve.2.html#ERRORS [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/uselib.2.html#ERRORS [3] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/open.2.html#ERRORS [4] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html#ERRORS Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Christian Brauner Acked-by: Mickaël Salaün Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200605160013.3954297-2-keescook@chromium.org --- fs/exec.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index e6e8a9a70327..d7c937044d10 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library) if (IS_ERR(file)) goto out; - error = -EINVAL; + error = -EACCES; if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) goto exit; - error = -EACCES; if (path_noexec(&file->f_path)) goto exit; -- 2.27.0 ```