[PATCH v2 15/53] objtool/klp: Fix kCFI trap handling

From: Josh Poimboeuf

Date: Fri May 01 2026 - 00:10:45 EST


.kcfi_traps contains references to kCFI trap instruction locations.
When a KCFI type check fails at an indirect call, the trap handler looks
up the faulting address in this section.

Add it to the special sections list so the entries get extracted for the
changed functions they reference.

Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/klp-diff.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
index 42970b38728f..dd0e51dfc621 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/klp-diff.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static bool is_special_section(struct section *sec)
{
static const char * const specials[] = {
".altinstructions",
+ ".kcfi_traps",
".smp_locks",
"__bug_table",
"__ex_table",
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