Re: [PATCH] lsm: export security_mmap_backing_file

From: Paul Moore

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 12:42:30 EST


On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 6:43 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> This symbol can now be used from a loadable erofs module, which causes
> a build failure when it is not exported:
>
> ERROR: modpost: "security_mmap_backing_file" [fs/erofs/erofs.ko] undefined!
>
> Fixes: 0e2baaf8fed0 ("lsm: add the security_mmap_backing_file() hook")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> security/security.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Thanks Arnd. It looks like I'm going to need to respin this patchset
due to other changes, do you mind if I fold this patch into the
associated LSM patch when I do that, or would you prefer this as a
standalone fix? No worries either way, fixes are always appreciated
:)

> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 8d10b184ce25..3e426a762864 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -2529,6 +2529,7 @@ int security_mmap_backing_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>
> return call_int_hook(mmap_backing_file, vma, backing_file, user_file);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(security_mmap_backing_file);
>
> /**
> * security_mmap_addr() - Check if mmap'ing an address is allowed
> --
> 2.39.5

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