If a module is being loaded, and the .gnu.linkonce.this_module section
in the module's ELF file does not have the WRITE flag, the kernel will
map the finished module struct of that module as read-only.
This causes a kernel panic when the struct is written to the first time
after it has been marked read-only. Currently this happens in
complete_formation in kernel/module/main.c:2765 when the module's state is
set to MODULE_STATE_COMING, just after setting up the memory protections.
Down the line, this seems to lead to unpredictable freezes when trying to
load other modules - I guess this is due to some structures not being
cleaned up properly, but I didn't investigate this further.
A check already exists which verifies that .gnu.linkonce.this_module
is ALLOC. This patch simply adds an analogous check for WRITE.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kirschten <danielkirschten@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index d18a94b973e1..abba097551a2 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1886,6 +1886,12 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags)
goto no_exec;
}
+ if (!(shdr->sh_flags & SHF_WRITE)) {
+ pr_err("module %s: .gnu.linkonce.this_module must be writable\n",
+ info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo section or name field)");
+ goto no_exec;
+ }
+
if (shdr->sh_size != sizeof(struct module)) {
pr_err("module %s: .gnu.linkonce.this_module section size must match the kernel's built struct module size at run time\n",
info->name ?: "(missing .modinfo section or name field)");
--
2.34.1
