This patch only moves the existing strtab population to a function. Validation comes in a following patch, this is split out to make the new validation checks more clearly separated. Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/module/main.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index e04a228c694a..c082d5d41a8d 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -2089,6 +2089,23 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_index(struct load_info *info, int flags) return 0; } +/** + * elf_validity_cache_strtab() - Cache symbol string table + * @info: Load info to read from and update. + * Must have &load_info->sechdrs and &load_info->secstrings populated. + * Must have &load_info->index populated. + * + * Return: 0 on success, negative error code if a check failed. + */ +static int elf_validity_cache_strtab(struct load_info *info) +{ + Elf_Shdr *str_shdr = &info->sechdrs[info->index.str]; + char *strtab = (char *)info->hdr + str_shdr->sh_offset; + + info->strtab = strtab; + return 0; +} + /* * Check userspace passed ELF module against our expectations, and cache * useful variables for further processing as we go. @@ -2122,9 +2139,9 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags) err = elf_validity_cache_index(info, flags); if (err < 0) return err; - - /* Sets internal strings. */ - info->strtab = (char *)info->hdr + info->sechdrs[info->index.str].sh_offset; + err = elf_validity_cache_strtab(info); + if (err < 0) + return err; /* This is temporary: point mod into copy of data. */ info->mod = (void *)info->hdr + info->sechdrs[info->index.mod].sh_offset; -- 2.46.1.824.gd892dcdcdd-goog