Linux MultiMedia Card development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>,
	Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@gmail.com>,
	Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>, Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list),
	linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] modules: only allow symbol_get of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL modules
Date: Tue,  1 Aug 2023 19:35:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230801173544.1929519-6-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230801173544.1929519-1-hch@lst.de>

It has recently come to my attention that nvidia is circumventing the
protection added in 262e6ae7081d ("modules: inherit
TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE") by importing exports from their proprietary
modules into an allegedly GPL licensed module and then rexporting them.

Given that symbol_get was only ever intended for tightly cooperating
modules using very internal symbols it is logical to restrict it to
being used on EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL and prevent nvidia from costly DMCA
Circumvention of Access Controls law suites.

All symbols except for four used through symbol_get were already exported
as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, and the remaining four ones were switched over in
the preparation patches.

Fixes: 262e6ae7081d ("modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE")
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 kernel/module/main.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 59b1d067e52890..c395af9eced114 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1295,12 +1295,20 @@ void *__symbol_get(const char *symbol)
 	};
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	if (!find_symbol(&fsa) || strong_try_module_get(fsa.owner)) {
-		preempt_enable();
-		return NULL;
+	if (!find_symbol(&fsa))
+		goto fail;
+	if (fsa.license != GPL_ONLY) {
+		pr_warn("failing symbol_get of non-GPLONLY symbol %s.\n",
+			symbol);
+		goto fail;
 	}
+	if (strong_try_module_get(fsa.owner))
+		goto fail;
 	preempt_enable();
 	return (void *)kernel_symbol_value(fsa.sym);
+fail:
+	preempt_enable();
+	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__symbol_get);
 
-- 
2.39.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-08-01 17:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-01 17:35 require EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols for symbol_get v2 Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-01 17:35 ` [PATCH 1/5] ARM: pxa: remove use of symbol_get() Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-01 17:35 ` [PATCH 2/5] mmc: au1xmmc: force non-modular build and remove symbol_get usage Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-02  7:12   ` Manuel Lauss
2023-08-02  8:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-08-08  9:15   ` Ulf Hansson
2023-08-01 17:35 ` [PATCH 3/5] net: enetc: use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for enetc_phc_index Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-01 17:35 ` [PATCH 4/5] rtc: ds1685: use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for ds1685_rtc_poweroff Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-01 17:35 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-10-18  0:30   ` [PATCH 5/5] modules: only allow symbol_get of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL modules David Woodhouse
2023-10-18  5:31     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-10-18 18:25       ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-08-01 17:45 ` require EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols for symbol_get v2 Luis Chamberlain
2023-08-02 11:56   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-02 18:19     ` Luis Chamberlain
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-07-31  8:38 require EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols for symbol_get Christoph Hellwig
2023-07-31  8:38 ` [PATCH 5/5] modules: only allow symbol_get of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL modules Christoph Hellwig
2023-07-31 11:05   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-07-31 18:11   ` Simon Horman
2023-07-31 20:38   ` Luis Chamberlain

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20230801173544.1929519-6-hch@lst.de \
    --to=hch@lst.de \
    --cc=arnd@arndb.de \
    --cc=daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch \
    --cc=daniel@zonque.org \
    --cc=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=haojian.zhuang@gmail.com \
    --cc=kumba@gentoo.org \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-modules@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=manuel.lauss@gmail.com \
    --cc=mcgrof@kernel.org \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=robert.jarzmik@free.fr \
    --cc=ulf.hansson@linaro.org \
    --cc=yangbo.lu@nxp.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox