[PATCH next] modpost: Initialize builtin_modname to stop SIGSEGVs

From: Hugh Dickins

Date: Sun Sep 28 2025 - 00:28:19 EST


Segmentation fault ./scripts/mod/modpost -o vmlinux.symvers vmlinux.o
stops the kernel build. It comes when write_vmlinux_export_c_file()
tries to buf_printf alias->builtin_modname. malloc'ed memory is not
necessarily zeroed. NULL new->builtin_modname before adding to aliases.

Fixes: 5ab23c7923a1 ("modpost: Create modalias for builtin modules")
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 7da9735e7ab3..b3333560b95e 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ module_alias_printf(struct module *mod, bool append_wildcard,
}
}

+ new->builtin_modname = NULL;
list_add_tail(&new->node, &mod->aliases);
}

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2.48.2