On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:39 PM Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> (uint16_t) st_shndx is limited to 65535(i.e. SHN_XINDEX) so sym_get_data() gets
> wrong section index by st_shndx if requested symbol contains extended section
> index that is more than 65535. In this case, we need to get proper section index
> by .symtab_shndx section.
>
> Module.symvers generated by building kernel with "-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections"
> shows the issue.
>
> Fixes: 56067812d5b0 ("kbuild: modversions: add infrastructure for emitting relative CRCs")
> Fixes: e84f9fbbece1 ("modpost: refactor namespace_from_kstrtabns() to not hard-code section name")
> Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes.
Thanks.
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index 7edfdb2f4497..1ce22896f3d8 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static const char *sec_name(struct elf_info *elf, int secindex)
>
> static void *sym_get_data(const struct elf_info *info, const Elf_Sym *sym)
> {
> - Elf_Shdr *sechdr = &info->sechdrs[sym->st_shndx];
> + unsigned int secindex = get_secindex(info, sym);
> + Elf_Shdr *sechdr = &info->sechdrs[secindex];
> unsigned long offset;
>
> offset = sym->st_value;
> --
> 2.21.0
>
>
>
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
