1 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 07d096c49920..504b6eee50a9 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		goto out_free_dentry;
 
 	/* OK, This is the point of no return */
-	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	current->mm->def_flags = def_flags;
 
 	/* Do this immediately, since STACK_TOP as used in setup_arg_pages
@@ -934,7 +933,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 #endif /* ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES */
 
 	install_exec_creds(bprm);
-	current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC;
 	retval = create_elf_tables(bprm, &loc->elf_ex,
 			  load_addr, interp_load_addr);
 	if (retval < 0) {
@@ -1095,6 +1093,29 @@ out:
  */
 
 /*
+ * The purpose of always_dump_vma() is to make sure that special kernel mappings
+ * that are useful for post-mortem analysis are included in every core dump.
+ * In that way we ensure that the core dump is fully interpretable later
+ * without matching up the same kernel and hardware config to see what PC values
+ * meant. These special mappings include - vDSO, vsyscall, and other
+ * architecture specific mappings
+ */
+static bool always_dump_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	/* Any vsyscall mappings? */
+	if (vma == get_gate_vma(vma->vm_mm))
+		return true;
+	/*
+	 * arch_vma_name() returns non-NULL for special architecture mappings,
+	 * such as vDSO sections.
+	 */
+	if (arch_vma_name(vma))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
  * Decide what to dump of a segment, part, all or none.
  */
 static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1102,10 +1123,13 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 #define FILTER(type)	(mm_flags & (1UL << MMF_DUMP_##type))
 
-	/* The vma can be set up to tell us the answer directly.  */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_ALWAYSDUMP)
+	/* always dump the vdso and vsyscall sections */
+	if (always_dump_vma(vma))
 		goto whole;
 
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NODUMP)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Hugetlb memory check */
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGETLB) {
 		if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && FILTER(HUGETLB_SHARED))
@@ -2077,7 +2101,8 @@ out:
 
 static int __init init_elf_binfmt(void)
 {
-	return register_binfmt(&elf_format);
+	register_binfmt(&elf_format);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_elf_binfmt(void)