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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 605017eb9349..c36b1ec357fb 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1135,14 +1135,25 @@ out_free_interp:
* is then page aligned.
*/
load_bias = ELF_PAGESTART(load_bias - vaddr);
- }
- /*
- * Calculate the entire size of the ELF mapping (total_size).
- * (Note that load_addr_set is set to true later once the
- * initial mapping is performed.)
- */
- if (!load_addr_set) {
+ /*
+ * Calculate the entire size of the ELF mapping
+ * (total_size), used for the initial mapping,
+ * due to load_addr_set which is set to true later
+ * once the initial mapping is performed.
+ *
+ * Note that this is only sensible when the LOAD
+ * segments are contiguous (or overlapping). If
+ * used for LOADs that are far apart, this would
+ * cause the holes between LOADs to be mapped,
+ * running the risk of having the mapping fail,
+ * as it would be larger than the ELF file itself.
+ *
+ * As a result, only ET_DYN does this, since
+ * some ET_EXEC (e.g. ia64) may have large virtual
+ * memory holes between LOADs.
+ *
+ */
total_size = total_mapping_size(elf_phdata,
elf_ex->e_phnum);
if (!total_size) {