From: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@linux.dev>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] module loader: enforce symbol import protection
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:54:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829105418.3053274-11-sidnayyar@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829105418.3053274-1-sidnayyar@google.com>
The module loader will reject unsigned modules from loading if such a
module attempts to import a symbol which has the import protection bit
set in the kflagstab entry for the symbol.
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Nayyar <sidnayyar@google.com>
---
kernel/module/internal.h | 1 +
kernel/module/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
index 061161cc79d9..98faaf8900aa 100644
--- a/kernel/module/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module/internal.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct find_symbol_arg {
const u32 *crc;
const struct kernel_symbol *sym;
enum mod_license license;
+ bool is_protected;
};
/* modules using other modules */
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 4437c2a451ea..ece074a6ba7b 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static bool find_exported_symbol_in_section(const struct symsearch *syms,
fsa->crc = symversion(syms->crcs, sym - syms->start);
fsa->sym = sym;
fsa->license = (sym_flags & KSYM_FLAG_GPL_ONLY) ? GPL_ONLY : NOT_GPL_ONLY;
+ fsa->is_protected = sym_flags & KSYM_FLAG_PROTECTED;
return true;
}
@@ -1273,6 +1274,11 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *resolve_symbol(struct module *mod,
goto getname;
}
+ if (fsa.is_protected && !mod->sig_ok) {
+ fsa.sym = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+ goto getname;
+ }
+
getname:
/* We must make copy under the lock if we failed to get ref. */
strscpy(ownername, module_name(fsa.owner), MODULE_NAME_LEN);
@@ -1550,8 +1556,12 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
break;
ret = PTR_ERR(ksym) ?: -ENOENT;
- pr_warn("%s: Unknown symbol %s (err %d)\n",
- mod->name, name, ret);
+ if (ret == -EACCES)
+ pr_warn("%s: Protected symbol %s (err %d)\n",
+ mod->name, name, ret);
+ else
+ pr_warn("%s: Unknown symbol %s (err %d)\n",
+ mod->name, name, ret);
break;
default:
--
2.51.0.338.gd7d06c2dae-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-29 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 10:54 [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 01/10] define kernel symbol flags Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] linker: add kflagstab section to vmlinux and modules Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] modpost: create entries for kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] module loader: use kflagstab instead of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:19 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] modpost: put all exported symbols in ksymtab section Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 06/10] module loader: remove references of *_gpl sections Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:22 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 07/10] linker: remove *_gpl sections from vmlinux and modules Siddharth Nayyar
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] remove references to *_gpl sections in documentation Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:24 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] modpost: add symbol import protection flag to kflagstab Siddharth Nayyar
2025-10-08 13:35 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-08-29 10:54 ` Siddharth Nayyar [this message]
2025-10-08 15:35 ` [PATCH 10/10] module loader: enforce symbol import protection Petr Pavlu
2025-09-01 12:27 ` [RFC PATCH 00/10] scalable symbol flags with __kflagstab Petr Pavlu
2025-09-03 23:28 ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-08 10:09 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-15 15:53 ` Sid Nayyar
2025-09-22 11:41 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-09-26 0:11 ` Sid Nayyar
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