Re: [PATCH 04/12] module: move early sanity checks into a helper

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Fri Mar 24 2023 - 14:34:19 EST


On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 02:02:06PM +0100, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> On 3/19/23 22:27, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > Move early sanity checkers for the module into a helper.
> > This let's us make it clear when we are working with the
> > local copy of the module prior to allocation.
> >
> > This produces no functional changes, it just makes subsequent
> > changes easier to read.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/module/main.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> > index 427284ab31f1..933cef72ae13 100644
> > --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> > +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> > @@ -2668,6 +2668,31 @@ static int unknown_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val, const char *modname,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +/* Module within temporary copy, this doesn't do any allocation */
> > +static int early_mod_check(struct load_info *info, int flags)
> > +{
> > + int err;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Now that we know we have the correct module name, check
> > + * if it's blacklisted.
> > + */
> > + if (blacklisted(info->name)) {
> > + pr_err("Module %s is blacklisted\n", info->name);
> > + return -EPERM;
> > + }
> > +
> > + err = rewrite_section_headers(info, flags);
> > + if (err)
> > + return err;
> > +
> > + /* Check module struct version now, before we try to use module. */
> > + if (!check_modstruct_version(info, info->mod))
> > + return ENOEXEC;
>
> The error value when check_modstruct_version() fails is changed in this patch
> from -ENOEXEC to ENOEXEC and updated back again in the next patch. It would be
> good to avoid introducing this temporary problem and keep the value throughout
> as -ENOEXEC.

Fixed, thanks.

Luis