From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:55:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200729065559.GA476238@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200729062711.13016-8-hch@lst.de>
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 08:27:11AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> If a TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE exports symbol, inherit the tain flag
s/tain/taint/
> for all modules importing these symbols, and don't allow loading
> symbols from TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE modules if the module previously
> imported gplonly symbols. Add a anti-circumvention devices so people
> don't accidentally get themselves into trouble this way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Ah, the proven-to-be-illegal "GPL Condom" defense :)
Nice, work, thanks for doing this:
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-29 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-29 6:27 inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 1/7] modules: mark ref_module static Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 2/7] modules: mark find_symbol static Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 16:13 ` Jessica Yu
2020-07-29 16:24 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-07-29 17:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 17:25 ` Joe Lawrence
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 3/7] modules: mark each_symbol_section static Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 4/7] modules: unexport __module_text_address Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 5/7] modules: unexport __module_address Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 6/7] modules: return licensing information from find_symbol Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 16:48 ` Jessica Yu
2020-07-29 17:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:27 ` [PATCH 7/7] modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE Christoph Hellwig
2020-07-29 6:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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