From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:10:14 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1583293363.24361.1392304214094.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140211234534.6bc34e57@gandalf.local.home>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> To: "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar"
> <mingo@redhat.com>, "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>, "Rusty Russell" <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, "David Howells"
> <dhowells@redhat.com>, "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:45:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
>
>
[...]
> But if the kernel expects to have signed modules, and you force a
> module to be loaded that is not signed, then you still get that
> "forced" module taint, which is the same one as loading a module from
> an older kernel into a newer kernel. It's a different problem, and I
> can see having a different taint flag be more informative to kernel
> developers in general. I would welcome that change with or without
> letting tracepoints be set for that module.
There is one important inaccuracy in your explanation above: a
kernel supporting signed modules, but not enforcing "sig_force",
can load unsigned modules with a simple modprobe or insmod, without
any "--force" argument. Therefore, tainting the module as
"TAINT_FORCED_MODULE" is misleading.
Thanks,
Mathieu
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-13 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-10 23:23 [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-11 7:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2014-02-12 4:45 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 5:51 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-13 3:24 ` Rusty Russell
2014-02-13 21:11 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-13 21:24 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-14 3:32 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-14 0:51 ` Rusty Russell
2014-02-16 23:58 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-20 15:30 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-20 23:09 ` Rusty Russell
2014-02-21 4:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-21 8:10 ` Johannes Berg
2014-02-26 2:51 ` Rusty Russell
2014-02-26 12:55 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-13 15:10 ` Mathieu Desnoyers [this message]
2014-02-13 15:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-13 15:36 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2014-02-13 15:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-13 21:42 ` Arend van Spriel
2014-02-13 15:41 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-13 20:45 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-14 3:49 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-24 15:54 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-24 16:55 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-24 17:39 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-24 17:58 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-24 18:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-26 19:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-26 2:53 ` Rusty Russell
2014-02-26 20:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-24 18:32 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-24 19:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-26 14:23 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2014-02-26 15:05 ` Steven Rostedt
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