about summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/elf
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-12-18 20:04:13 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2017-12-18 20:04:13 +0100
commit8e1472d2c1e25e6eabc2059170731365f6d5b3d1 (patch)
tree5b29308e6b00178a34422b6f7bb7b4f9252801dc /elf
parent49b036bce9f021ae994a85aee8b410d20b29c8b7 (diff)
downloadglibc-8e1472d2c1e25e6eabc2059170731365f6d5b3d1.tar.gz
glibc-8e1472d2c1e25e6eabc2059170731365f6d5b3d1.tar.xz
glibc-8e1472d2c1e25e6eabc2059170731365f6d5b3d1.zip
ld.so: Examine GLRO to detect inactive loader [BZ #20204]
GLRO (_rtld_global_ro) is read-only after initialization and can
therefore not be patched at run time, unlike the hook table addresses
and their contents, so this is a desirable hardening feature.

The hooks are only needed if ld.so has not been initialized, and this
happens only after static dlopen (dlmopen uses a single ld.so object
across all namespaces).

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'elf')
-rw-r--r--elf/dl-libc.c6
-rw-r--r--elf/rtld.c4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/elf/dl-libc.c b/elf/dl-libc.c
index bd3c18d20f..7d9a8948f3 100644
--- a/elf/dl-libc.c
+++ b/elf/dl-libc.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ __libc_dlopen_mode (const char *name, int mode)
   args.caller_dlopen = RETURN_ADDRESS (0);
 
 #ifdef SHARED
-  if (__glibc_unlikely (_dl_open_hook != NULL))
+  if (!rtld_active ())
     return _dl_open_hook->dlopen_mode (name, mode);
   return (dlerror_run (do_dlopen, &args) ? NULL : (void *) args.map);
 #else
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ __libc_dlsym (void *map, const char *name)
   args.name = name;
 
 #ifdef SHARED
-  if (__glibc_unlikely (_dl_open_hook != NULL))
+  if (!rtld_active ())
     return _dl_open_hook->dlsym (map, name);
 #endif
   return (dlerror_run (do_dlsym, &args) ? NULL
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ int
 __libc_dlclose (void *map)
 {
 #ifdef SHARED
-  if (__glibc_unlikely (_dl_open_hook != NULL))
+  if (!rtld_active ())
     return _dl_open_hook->dlclose (map);
 #endif
   return dlerror_run (do_dlclose, map);
diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index cfd3729b8e..c01b7e3641 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,9 @@ ERROR: ld.so: object '%s' cannot be loaded as audit interface: %s; ignored.\n",
   GLRO(dl_initial_searchlist) = *GL(dl_ns)[LM_ID_BASE]._ns_main_searchlist;
 
   /* Remember the last search directory added at startup, now that
-     malloc will no longer be the one from dl-minimal.c.  */
+     malloc will no longer be the one from dl-minimal.c.  As a side
+     effect, this marks ld.so as initialized, so that the rtld_active
+     function returns true from now on.  */
   GLRO(dl_init_all_dirs) = GL(dl_all_dirs);
 
   /* Print scope information.  */