@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
unsigned long error;
struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata, *interp_elf_phdata = NULL;
struct elf_phdr *elf_property_phdata = NULL;
- unsigned long elf_bss, elf_brk;
+ unsigned long elf_brk;
int retval, i;
unsigned long elf_entry;
unsigned long e_entry;
@@ -1045,7 +1045,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
if (retval < 0)
goto out_free_dentry;
- elf_bss = 0;
elf_brk = 0;
start_code = ~0UL;
@@ -1208,8 +1207,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
k = elf_ppnt->p_vaddr + elf_ppnt->p_filesz;
- if (k > elf_bss)
- elf_bss = k;
if ((elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X) && end_code < k)
end_code = k;
if (end_data < k)
@@ -1221,7 +1218,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
e_entry = elf_ex->e_entry + load_bias;
phdr_addr += load_bias;
- elf_bss += load_bias;
elf_brk += load_bias;
start_code += load_bias;
end_code += load_bias;
With the BSS handled generically via the new filesz/memsz mismatch handling logic in elf_load(), elf_bss no longer needs to be tracked. Drop the variable. Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Suggested-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)