In dynamic binaries, AUX_base is the ld.so address. In static PIE binaries,

it is the base of the binary itself.  Repair of this comment does not undo
the hair pulling that happened today.
ok guenther

diff --git a/sys/sys/exec_elf.h b/sys/sys/exec_elf.h
index af486b5..13ccc82 100644 (file)
--- a/sys/sys/exec_elf.h
+++ b/sys/sys/exec_elf.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $OpenBSD: exec_elf.h,v 1.96 2022/10/08 16:42:41 kettenis Exp $  */
+/*     $OpenBSD: exec_elf.h,v 1.97 2022/10/27 23:17:18 deraadt Exp $   */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Erik Theisen.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ enum AuxID {
        AUX_phent = 4,                  /* sizeof(phdr[0]) */
        AUX_phnum = 5,                  /* # phdr entries */
        AUX_pagesz = 6,                 /* PAGESIZE */
-       AUX_base = 7,                   /* ld.so base addr */
+       AUX_base = 7,                   /* base addr for ld.so or static PIE */
        AUX_flags = 8,                  /* processor flags */
        AUX_entry = 9,                  /* a.out entry */
        AUX_sun_uid = 2000,             /* euid */