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The ELF ".gnu.linkonce.this_module" section is special, it is what we use to construct the struct module __this_module, which THIS_MODULE points to. When userspace loads a module we always deal first with a copy of the userspace buffer, and twiddle with the userspace copy's version of the struct module. Eventually we allocate memory to do a memcpy() of that struct module, under the assumption that the module size is right. But we have no validity checks against the size or the requirements for the section. Add some validity checks for the special module section early and while at it, cache the module section index early, so we don't have to do that later. While at it, just move over the assigment of the info->mod to make the code clearer. The validity checker also adds an explicit size check to ensure the module section size matches the kernel's run time size for sizeof(struct module). This should prevent sloppy loads of modules which are built today *without* actually increasing the size of the struct module. A developer today can for example expand the size of struct module, rebuild a directoroy 'make fs/xfs/' for example and then try to insmode the driver there. That module would in effect have an incorrect size. This new size check would put a stop gap against such mistakes. This also makes the entire goal of ".gnu.linkonce.this_module" pretty clear. Before this patch verification of the goal / intent required some Indian Jones whips, torches and cleaning up big old spider webs. Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.