Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo

[Jessica Yu]

+++ Jon Masters [25/04/17 03:04 -0400]:
> Nevermind. Missread the patch as doing something different on first pass.

It's good to give the kmod folks a heads up anyway (as name would be
visible in modinfo), thanks Jon!

> > On Apr 25, 2017, at 03:00, Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On 04/21/2017 06:35 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > >
> > > Accessing the mod structure (e.g. for mod->name) prior to having completed
> > > check_modstruct_version() can result in writing garbage to the error logs
> > > if the layout of the mod structure loaded from disk doesn't match the
> > > running kernel's mod structure layout. This kind of mismatch will become
> > > much more likely if a kernel is built with different randomization seed
> > > for the struct layout randomization plugin.
> > >
> > > Instead, add and use a new modinfo string for logging the module name.
> >
> > +Lucas - probably something that the modinfo kmod utility should track.
> >
> > Jon.