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Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([114.242.33.243]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-245ed377843sm83617285ad.57.2025.08.22.05.55.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:55:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Jinchao Wang To: Luis Chamberlain , Petr Pavlu , Daniel Gomez , Sami Tolvanen , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jinchao Wang Subject: [PATCH 0/5] Module loading error handling improvements Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:54:49 +0800 Message-ID: <20250822125454.1287066-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This series addresses several issues related to module loading error handling, particularly around force loading and signature verification. The most critical fix is in patch 1, which resolves a bug where signed modules were incorrectly rejected when loaded with the -f flag (force load). The others improve the user experience when troubleshooting module loading issues while maintaining the security guarantees of module signing. Jinchao Wang (5): module: Fix module_sig_check() for modules with ignored modversions/vermagic module: signing: Use pr_err for signature rejection module: show why force load fails module: centralize no-versions force load check module: separate vermagic and livepatch checks kernel/module/main.c | 13 +++++++------ kernel/module/signing.c | 15 +++++---------- kernel/module/version.c | 9 +++++---- 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) -- 2.43.0