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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] kernel-chktaint: add reporting for tainted modules
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:39:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251029043901.10755-1-rdunlap@infradead.org> (raw)

Check all loaded modules and report any that have their 'taint'
flags set along with a count of all tainted modules.
The tainted module output format is:
 * <module_name> (<taint_flags>)

Example output:

Kernel is "tainted" for the following reasons:
 * externally-built ('out-of-tree') module was loaded  (#12)
 * unsigned module was loaded (#13)
Raw taint value as int/string: 12288/'G           OE      '

Modules tainted: 1
 * dump_test (OE)

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
v2: change tainted modules output a bit (Thorsten)

Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
 tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-next-20251027.orig/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
+++ linux-next-20251027/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
@@ -211,9 +211,24 @@ else
 	addout "J"
 	echo " * fwctl's mutating debug interface was used (#19)"
 fi
+echo "Raw taint value as int/string: $taint/'$out'"
+
+# report on any tainted loadable modules
+[ -r /sys/module/ ] && cnt=`grep [A-Z] /sys/module/*/taint | wc -l` || cnt=0
 
+if [ $cnt -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo
+	echo "Modules tainted: $cnt"
+	for dir in `ls /sys/module` ; do
+		if [ -r /sys/module/$dir/taint ]; then
+			modtnt=`cat /sys/module/$dir/taint`
+			[ "$modtnt" = "" ] || echo " * $dir ($modtnt)"
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+
+echo
 echo "For a more detailed explanation of the various taint flags see"
 echo " Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the Linux kernel sources"
 echo " or https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html"
-echo "Raw taint value as int/string: $taint/'$out'"
 #EOF#

             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-29  4:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-29  4:39 Randy Dunlap [this message]
2025-10-29 13:56 ` [PATCH v2] kernel-chktaint: add reporting for tainted modules Thorsten Leemhuis
2025-10-30  6:25   ` Randy Dunlap

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