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Date: 1970-01-01
From: Christoph Hellwig
Subject: Re: Require mmap handler for a.out executables
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> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_aout.c b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
> index f312103..5638acf 100644
> --- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_aout.c
>  -278,6 +278,9  static int load_aout_binary(struct linux
>  		return -ENOEXEC;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!bprm->file->f_op || !bprm->file->f_op->mmap)
> +		return -ENOEXEC;
> +

These checks need a big comment explanining why they are there, else people
will remove them again by accident.

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