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     28 
     29 #include "linker_main.h"
     30 
     31 #include "linker_debug.h"
     32 #include "linker_cfi.h"
     33 #include "linker_gdb_support.h"
     34 #include "linker_globals.h"
     35 #include "linker_phdr.h"
     36 #include "linker_utils.h"
     37 
     38 #include "private/bionic_globals.h"
     39 #include "private/bionic_tls.h"
     40 #include "private/KernelArgumentBlock.h"
     41 
     42 #include "android-base/strings.h"
     43 #include "android-base/stringprintf.h"
     44 #ifdef __ANDROID__
     45 #include "debuggerd/handler.h"
     46 #endif
     47 
     48 #include <async_safe/log.h>
     49 
     50 #include <vector>
     51 
     52 extern void __libc_init_globals(KernelArgumentBlock&);
     53 extern void __libc_init_AT_SECURE(KernelArgumentBlock&);
     54 
     55 extern "C" void _start();
     56 
     57 static ElfW(Addr) get_elf_exec_load_bias(const ElfW(Ehdr)* elf);
     58 
     59 // These should be preserved static to avoid emitting
     60 // RELATIVE relocations for the part of the code running
     61 // before linker links itself.
     62 
     63 // TODO (dimtiry): remove somain, rename solist to solist_head
     64 static soinfo* solist;
     65 static soinfo* sonext;
     66 static soinfo* somain; // main process, always the one after libdl_info
     67 static soinfo* vdso; // vdso if present
     68 
     69 void solist_add_soinfo(soinfo* si) {
     70   sonext->next = si;
     71   sonext = si;
     72 }
     73 
     74 bool solist_remove_soinfo(soinfo* si) {
     75   soinfo *prev = nullptr, *trav;
     76   for (trav = solist; trav != nullptr; trav = trav->next) {
     77     if (trav == si) {
     78       break;
     79     }
     80     prev = trav;
     81   }
     82 
     83   if (trav == nullptr) {
     84     // si was not in solist
     85     PRINT("name \"%s\"@%p is not in solist!", si->get_realpath(), si);
     86     return false;
     87   }
     88 
     89   // prev will never be null, because the first entry in solist is
     90   // always the static libdl_info.
     91   CHECK(prev != nullptr);
     92   prev->next = si->next;
     93   if (si == sonext) {
     94     sonext = prev;
     95   }
     96 
     97   return true;
     98 }
     99 
    100 soinfo* solist_get_head() {
    101   return solist;
    102 }
    103 
    104 soinfo* solist_get_somain() {
    105   return somain;
    106 }
    107 
    108 soinfo* solist_get_vdso() {
    109   return vdso;
    110 }
    111 
    112 int g_ld_debug_verbosity;
    113 abort_msg_t* g_abort_message = nullptr; // For debuggerd.
    114 
    115 static std::vector<std::string> g_ld_preload_names;
    116 
    117 static std::vector<soinfo*> g_ld_preloads;
    118 
    119 static void parse_path(const char* path, const char* delimiters,
    120                        std::vector<std::string>* resolved_paths) {
    121   std::vector<std::string> paths;
    122   split_path(path, delimiters, &paths);
    123   resolve_paths(paths, resolved_paths);
    124 }
    125 
    126 static void parse_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char* path) {
    127   std::vector<std::string> ld_libary_paths;
    128   parse_path(path, ":", &ld_libary_paths);
    129   g_default_namespace.set_ld_library_paths(std::move(ld_libary_paths));
    130 }
    131 
    132 static void parse_LD_PRELOAD(const char* path) {
    133   g_ld_preload_names.clear();
    134   if (path != nullptr) {
    135     // We have historically supported ':' as well as ' ' in LD_PRELOAD.
    136     g_ld_preload_names = android::base::Split(path, " :");
    137     g_ld_preload_names.erase(std::remove_if(g_ld_preload_names.begin(), g_ld_preload_names.end(),
    138                                             [](const std::string& s) { return s.empty(); }),
    139                              g_ld_preload_names.end());
    140   }
    141 }
    142 
    143 // An empty list of soinfos
    144 static soinfo_list_t g_empty_list;
    145 
    146 static void add_vdso(KernelArgumentBlock& args) {
    147   ElfW(Ehdr)* ehdr_vdso = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(args.getauxval(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR));
    148   if (ehdr_vdso == nullptr) {
    149     return;
    150   }
    151 
    152   soinfo* si = soinfo_alloc(&g_default_namespace, "[vdso]", nullptr, 0, 0);
    153 
    154   si->phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(ehdr_vdso) + ehdr_vdso->e_phoff);
    155   si->phnum = ehdr_vdso->e_phnum;
    156   si->base = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(ehdr_vdso);
    157   si->size = phdr_table_get_load_size(si->phdr, si->phnum);
    158   si->load_bias = get_elf_exec_load_bias(ehdr_vdso);
    159 
    160   si->prelink_image();
    161   si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr);
    162   // prevents accidental unloads...
    163   si->set_dt_flags_1(si->get_dt_flags_1() | DF_1_NODELETE);
    164   si->set_linked();
    165   si->call_constructors();
    166 
    167   vdso = si;
    168 }
    169 
    170 /* gdb expects the linker to be in the debug shared object list.
    171  * Without this, gdb has trouble locating the linker's ".text"
    172  * and ".plt" sections. Gdb could also potentially use this to
    173  * relocate the offset of our exported 'rtld_db_dlactivity' symbol.
    174  * Note that the linker shouldn't be on the soinfo list.
    175  */
    176 static link_map linker_link_map;
    177 
    178 static void init_linker_info_for_gdb(ElfW(Addr) linker_base, char* linker_path) {
    179   linker_link_map.l_addr = linker_base;
    180   linker_link_map.l_name = linker_path;
    181 
    182   /*
    183    * Set the dynamic field in the link map otherwise gdb will complain with
    184    * the following:
    185    *   warning: .dynamic section for "/system/bin/linker" is not at the
    186    *   expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)
    187    */
    188   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(linker_base);
    189   ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(linker_base + elf_hdr->e_phoff);
    190   phdr_table_get_dynamic_section(phdr, elf_hdr->e_phnum, linker_base,
    191                                  &linker_link_map.l_ld, nullptr);
    192 
    193 }
    194 
    195 extern "C" int __system_properties_init(void);
    196 
    197 static const char* get_executable_path() {
    198   static std::string executable_path;
    199   if (executable_path.empty()) {
    200     char path[PATH_MAX];
    201     ssize_t path_len = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sizeof(path));
    202     if (path_len == -1 || path_len >= static_cast<ssize_t>(sizeof(path))) {
    203       async_safe_fatal("readlink('/proc/self/exe') failed: %s", strerror(errno));
    204     }
    205     executable_path = std::string(path, path_len);
    206   }
    207 
    208   return executable_path.c_str();
    209 }
    210 
    211 #if defined(__LP64__)
    212 static char kLinkerPath[] = "/system/bin/linker64";
    213 #else
    214 static char kLinkerPath[] = "/system/bin/linker";
    215 #endif
    216 
    217 static void __linker_cannot_link(const char* argv0) {
    218   async_safe_format_fd(STDERR_FILENO,
    219                        "CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s\n",
    220                        argv0,
    221                        linker_get_error_buffer());
    222 
    223   async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL,
    224                         "linker",
    225                         "CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s",
    226                         argv0,
    227                         linker_get_error_buffer());
    228   _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    229 }
    230 
    231 /*
    232  * This code is called after the linker has linked itself and
    233  * fixed it's own GOT. It is safe to make references to externs
    234  * and other non-local data at this point.
    235  */
    236 static ElfW(Addr) __linker_init_post_relocation(KernelArgumentBlock& args) {
    237   ProtectedDataGuard guard;
    238 
    239 #if TIMING
    240   struct timeval t0, t1;
    241   gettimeofday(&t0, 0);
    242 #endif
    243 
    244   // Sanitize the environment.
    245   __libc_init_AT_SECURE(args);
    246 
    247   // Initialize system properties
    248   __system_properties_init(); // may use 'environ'
    249 
    250   // Register the debuggerd signal handler.
    251 #ifdef __ANDROID__
    252   debuggerd_callbacks_t callbacks = {
    253     .get_abort_message = []() {
    254       return g_abort_message;
    255     },
    256     .post_dump = &notify_gdb_of_libraries,
    257   };
    258   debuggerd_init(&callbacks);
    259 #endif
    260 
    261   g_linker_logger.ResetState();
    262 
    263   // Get a few environment variables.
    264   const char* LD_DEBUG = getenv("LD_DEBUG");
    265   if (LD_DEBUG != nullptr) {
    266     g_ld_debug_verbosity = atoi(LD_DEBUG);
    267   }
    268 
    269 #if defined(__LP64__)
    270   INFO("[ Android dynamic linker (64-bit) ]");
    271 #else
    272   INFO("[ Android dynamic linker (32-bit) ]");
    273 #endif
    274 
    275   // These should have been sanitized by __libc_init_AT_SECURE, but the test
    276   // doesn't cost us anything.
    277   const char* ldpath_env = nullptr;
    278   const char* ldpreload_env = nullptr;
    279   if (!getauxval(AT_SECURE)) {
    280     ldpath_env = getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
    281     if (ldpath_env != nullptr) {
    282       INFO("[ LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to \"%s\" ]", ldpath_env);
    283     }
    284     ldpreload_env = getenv("LD_PRELOAD");
    285     if (ldpreload_env != nullptr) {
    286       INFO("[ LD_PRELOAD set to \"%s\" ]", ldpreload_env);
    287     }
    288   }
    289 
    290   add_vdso(args);
    291 
    292   struct stat file_stat;
    293   // Stat "/proc/self/exe" instead of executable_path because
    294   // the executable could be unlinked by this point and it should
    295   // not cause a crash (see http://b/31084669)
    296   if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat("/proc/self/exe", &file_stat)) != 0) {
    297     async_safe_fatal("unable to stat \"/proc/self/exe\": %s", strerror(errno));
    298   }
    299 
    300   const char* executable_path = get_executable_path();
    301   soinfo* si = soinfo_alloc(&g_default_namespace, executable_path, &file_stat, 0, RTLD_GLOBAL);
    302 
    303   // Bootstrap the link map, the main exe always needs to be first.
    304   si->set_main_executable();
    305   link_map* map = &(si->link_map_head);
    306 
    307   // Register the main executable and the linker upfront to have
    308   // gdb aware of them before loading the rest of the dependency
    309   // tree.
    310   map->l_addr = 0;
    311   map->l_name = const_cast<char*>(executable_path);
    312   insert_link_map_into_debug_map(map);
    313   insert_link_map_into_debug_map(&linker_link_map);
    314 
    315   // Extract information passed from the kernel.
    316   si->phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(args.getauxval(AT_PHDR));
    317   si->phnum = args.getauxval(AT_PHNUM);
    318 
    319   /* Compute the value of si->base. We can't rely on the fact that
    320    * the first entry is the PHDR because this will not be true
    321    * for certain executables (e.g. some in the NDK unit test suite)
    322    */
    323   si->base = 0;
    324   si->size = phdr_table_get_load_size(si->phdr, si->phnum);
    325   si->load_bias = 0;
    326   for (size_t i = 0; i < si->phnum; ++i) {
    327     if (si->phdr[i].p_type == PT_PHDR) {
    328       si->load_bias = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(si->phdr) - si->phdr[i].p_vaddr;
    329       si->base = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(si->phdr) - si->phdr[i].p_offset;
    330       break;
    331     }
    332   }
    333 
    334   if (si->base == 0) {
    335     async_safe_fatal("Could not find a PHDR: broken executable?");
    336   }
    337 
    338   si->dynamic = nullptr;
    339 
    340   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(si->base);
    341 
    342   // We haven't supported non-PIE since Lollipop for security reasons.
    343   if (elf_hdr->e_type != ET_DYN) {
    344     // We don't use async_safe_fatal here because we don't want a tombstone:
    345     // even after several years we still find ourselves on app compatibility
    346     // investigations because some app's trying to launch an executable that
    347     // hasn't worked in at least three years, and we've "helpfully" dropped a
    348     // tombstone for them. The tombstone never provided any detail relevant to
    349     // fixing the problem anyway, and the utility of drawing extra attention
    350     // to the problem is non-existent at this late date.
    351     async_safe_format_fd(STDERR_FILENO,
    352                          "\"%s\": error: Android 5.0 and later only support "
    353                          "position-independent executables (-fPIE).\n",
    354                          g_argv[0]);
    355     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    356   }
    357 
    358   // Use LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD (but only if we aren't setuid/setgid).
    359   parse_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(ldpath_env);
    360   parse_LD_PRELOAD(ldpreload_env);
    361 
    362   somain = si;
    363 
    364   std::vector<android_namespace_t*> namespaces = init_default_namespaces(executable_path);
    365 
    366   if (!si->prelink_image()) __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
    367 
    368   // add somain to global group
    369   si->set_dt_flags_1(si->get_dt_flags_1() | DF_1_GLOBAL);
    370   // ... and add it to all other linked namespaces
    371   for (auto linked_ns : namespaces) {
    372     if (linked_ns != &g_default_namespace) {
    373       linked_ns->add_soinfo(somain);
    374       somain->add_secondary_namespace(linked_ns);
    375     }
    376   }
    377 
    378   // Load ld_preloads and dependencies.
    379   std::vector<const char*> needed_library_name_list;
    380   size_t ld_preloads_count = 0;
    381 
    382   for (const auto& ld_preload_name : g_ld_preload_names) {
    383     needed_library_name_list.push_back(ld_preload_name.c_str());
    384     ++ld_preloads_count;
    385   }
    386 
    387   for_each_dt_needed(si, [&](const char* name) {
    388     needed_library_name_list.push_back(name);
    389   });
    390 
    391   const char** needed_library_names = &needed_library_name_list[0];
    392   size_t needed_libraries_count = needed_library_name_list.size();
    393 
    394   if (needed_libraries_count > 0 &&
    395       !find_libraries(&g_default_namespace,
    396                       si,
    397                       needed_library_names,
    398                       needed_libraries_count,
    399                       nullptr,
    400                       &g_ld_preloads,
    401                       ld_preloads_count,
    402                       RTLD_GLOBAL,
    403                       nullptr,
    404                       true /* add_as_children */,
    405                       true /* search_linked_namespaces */,
    406                       &namespaces)) {
    407     __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
    408   } else if (needed_libraries_count == 0) {
    409     if (!si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr)) {
    410       __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
    411     }
    412     si->increment_ref_count();
    413   }
    414 
    415   if (!get_cfi_shadow()->InitialLinkDone(solist)) __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
    416 
    417   si->call_pre_init_constructors();
    418 
    419   /* After the prelink_image, the si->load_bias is initialized.
    420    * For so lib, the map->l_addr will be updated in notify_gdb_of_load.
    421    * We need to update this value for so exe here. So Unwind_Backtrace
    422    * for some arch like x86 could work correctly within so exe.
    423    */
    424   map->l_addr = si->load_bias;
    425   si->call_constructors();
    426 
    427 #if TIMING
    428   gettimeofday(&t1, nullptr);
    429   PRINT("LINKER TIME: %s: %d microseconds", g_argv[0], (int) (
    430            (((long long)t1.tv_sec * 1000000LL) + (long long)t1.tv_usec) -
    431            (((long long)t0.tv_sec * 1000000LL) + (long long)t0.tv_usec)));
    432 #endif
    433 #if STATS
    434   PRINT("RELO STATS: %s: %d abs, %d rel, %d copy, %d symbol", g_argv[0],
    435          linker_stats.count[kRelocAbsolute],
    436          linker_stats.count[kRelocRelative],
    437          linker_stats.count[kRelocCopy],
    438          linker_stats.count[kRelocSymbol]);
    439 #endif
    440 #if COUNT_PAGES
    441   {
    442     unsigned n;
    443     unsigned i;
    444     unsigned count = 0;
    445     for (n = 0; n < 4096; n++) {
    446       if (bitmask[n]) {
    447         unsigned x = bitmask[n];
    448 #if defined(__LP64__)
    449         for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
    450 #else
    451         for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
    452 #endif
    453           if (x & 1) {
    454             count++;
    455           }
    456           x >>= 1;
    457         }
    458       }
    459     }
    460     PRINT("PAGES MODIFIED: %s: %d (%dKB)", g_argv[0], count, count * 4);
    461   }
    462 #endif
    463 
    464 #if TIMING || STATS || COUNT_PAGES
    465   fflush(stdout);
    466 #endif
    467 
    468   ElfW(Addr) entry = args.getauxval(AT_ENTRY);
    469   TRACE("[ Ready to execute \"%s\" @ %p ]", si->get_realpath(), reinterpret_cast<void*>(entry));
    470   return entry;
    471 }
    472 
    473 /* Compute the load-bias of an existing executable. This shall only
    474  * be used to compute the load bias of an executable or shared library
    475  * that was loaded by the kernel itself.
    476  *
    477  * Input:
    478  *    elf    -> address of ELF header, assumed to be at the start of the file.
    479  * Return:
    480  *    load bias, i.e. add the value of any p_vaddr in the file to get
    481  *    the corresponding address in memory.
    482  */
    483 static ElfW(Addr) get_elf_exec_load_bias(const ElfW(Ehdr)* elf) {
    484   ElfW(Addr) offset = elf->e_phoff;
    485   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table =
    486       reinterpret_cast<const ElfW(Phdr)*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(elf) + offset);
    487   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_end = phdr_table + elf->e_phnum;
    488 
    489   for (const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = phdr_table; phdr < phdr_end; phdr++) {
    490     if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD) {
    491       return reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(elf) + phdr->p_offset - phdr->p_vaddr;
    492     }
    493   }
    494   return 0;
    495 }
    496 
    497 /*
    498  * This is the entry point for the linker, called from begin.S. This
    499  * method is responsible for fixing the linker's own relocations, and
    500  * then calling __linker_init_post_relocation().
    501  *
    502  * Because this method is called before the linker has fixed it's own
    503  * relocations, any attempt to reference an extern variable, extern
    504  * function, or other GOT reference will generate a segfault.
    505  */
    506 extern "C" ElfW(Addr) __linker_init(void* raw_args) {
    507   KernelArgumentBlock args(raw_args);
    508 
    509   // AT_BASE is set to 0 in the case when linker is run by iself
    510   // so in order to link the linker it needs to calcuate AT_BASE
    511   // using information at hand. The trick below takes advantage
    512   // of the fact that the value of linktime_addr before relocations
    513   // are run is an offset and this can be used to calculate AT_BASE.
    514   static uintptr_t linktime_addr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&linktime_addr);
    515   ElfW(Addr) linker_addr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&linktime_addr) - linktime_addr;
    516 
    517 #if defined(__clang_analyzer__)
    518   // The analyzer assumes that linker_addr will always be null. Make it an
    519   // unknown value so we don't have to mark N places with NOLINTs.
    520   //
    521   // (`+=`, rather than `=`, allows us to sidestep a potential "unused store"
    522   // complaint)
    523   linker_addr += reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(raw_args);
    524 #endif
    525 
    526   ElfW(Addr) entry_point = args.getauxval(AT_ENTRY);
    527   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(linker_addr);
    528   ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(linker_addr + elf_hdr->e_phoff);
    529 
    530   soinfo linker_so(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, 0, 0);
    531 
    532   linker_so.base = linker_addr;
    533   linker_so.size = phdr_table_get_load_size(phdr, elf_hdr->e_phnum);
    534   linker_so.load_bias = get_elf_exec_load_bias(elf_hdr);
    535   linker_so.dynamic = nullptr;
    536   linker_so.phdr = phdr;
    537   linker_so.phnum = elf_hdr->e_phnum;
    538   linker_so.set_linker_flag();
    539 
    540   // Prelink the linker so we can access linker globals.
    541   if (!linker_so.prelink_image()) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
    542 
    543   // This might not be obvious... The reasons why we pass g_empty_list
    544   // in place of local_group here are (1) we do not really need it, because
    545   // linker is built with DT_SYMBOLIC and therefore relocates its symbols against
    546   // itself without having to look into local_group and (2) allocators
    547   // are not yet initialized, and therefore we cannot use linked_list.push_*
    548   // functions at this point.
    549   if (!linker_so.link_image(g_empty_list, g_empty_list, nullptr)) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
    550 
    551 #if defined(__i386__)
    552   // On x86, we can't make system calls before this point.
    553   // We can't move this up because this needs to assign to a global.
    554   // Note that until we call __libc_init_main_thread below we have
    555   // no TLS, so you shouldn't make a system call that can fail, because
    556   // it will SEGV when it tries to set errno.
    557   __libc_init_sysinfo(args);
    558 #endif
    559 
    560   // Initialize the main thread (including TLS, so system calls really work).
    561   __libc_init_main_thread(args);
    562 
    563   // We didn't protect the linker's RELRO pages in link_image because we
    564   // couldn't make system calls on x86 at that point, but we can now...
    565   if (!linker_so.protect_relro()) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
    566 
    567   // Initialize the linker's static libc's globals
    568   __libc_init_globals(args);
    569 
    570   // store argc/argv/envp to use them for calling constructors
    571   g_argc = args.argc;
    572   g_argv = args.argv;
    573   g_envp = args.envp;
    574 
    575   // Initialize the linker's own global variables
    576   linker_so.call_constructors();
    577 
    578   // If the linker is not acting as PT_INTERP entry_point is equal to
    579   // _start. Which means that the linker is running as an executable and
    580   // already linked by PT_INTERP.
    581   //
    582   // This happens when user tries to run 'adb shell /system/bin/linker'
    583   // see also https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63174
    584   if (reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(&_start) == entry_point) {
    585     async_safe_format_fd(STDOUT_FILENO,
    586                      "This is %s, the helper program for dynamic executables.\n",
    587                      args.argv[0]);
    588     exit(0);
    589   }
    590 
    591   init_linker_info_for_gdb(linker_addr, kLinkerPath);
    592 
    593   // Initialize static variables. Note that in order to
    594   // get correct libdl_info we need to call constructors
    595   // before get_libdl_info().
    596   sonext = solist = get_libdl_info(kLinkerPath, linker_so, linker_link_map);
    597   g_default_namespace.add_soinfo(solist);
    598 
    599   // We have successfully fixed our own relocations. It's safe to run
    600   // the main part of the linker now.
    601   args.abort_message_ptr = &g_abort_message;
    602   ElfW(Addr) start_address = __linker_init_post_relocation(args);
    603 
    604   INFO("[ Jumping to _start (%p)... ]", reinterpret_cast<void*>(start_address));
    605 
    606   // Return the address that the calling assembly stub should jump to.
    607   return start_address;
    608 }
    609