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
next prev 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
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