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| From | Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo |
| Date | 2017-04-25 09:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tA2LL-1un-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tyPnz-355-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <tyPnz-355-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | World Organi{s,z}ation Of Broken Dreams |
On 04/21/2017 06:35 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > Accessing the mod structure (e.g. for mod->name) prior to having completed > check_modstruct_version() can result in writing garbage to the error logs > if the layout of the mod structure loaded from disk doesn't match the > running kernel's mod structure layout. This kind of mismatch will become > much more likely if a kernel is built with different randomization seed > for the struct layout randomization plugin. > > Instead, add and use a new modinfo string for logging the module name. +Lucas - probably something that the modinfo kmod utility should track. Jon.
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[PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-22 00:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> - 2017-04-25 09:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> - 2017-04-26 05:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] module: Add module name to modinfo Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> - 2017-04-25 09:10 +0200
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