From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: mcgrof@kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, petr.pavlu@suse.com,
samitolvanen@google.com, da.gomez@samsung.com,
masahiroy@kernel.org, nathan@kernel.org, nicolas@fjasle.eu,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, roypat@amazon.co.uk,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/5] module: Add module specific symbol namespace support
Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 16:12:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250502141844.046738270@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250502141204.500293812@infradead.org
Designate the "module:${modname}" symbol namespace to mean: 'only
export to the named module'.
Notably, explicit imports of anything in the "module:" space is
forbidden.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,14 @@ static char *get_modinfo(const struct lo
return get_next_modinfo(info, tag, NULL);
}
+static bool verify_module_namespace(const char *namespace, const char *modname)
+{
+ const char *prefix = "module:";
+
+ return strstarts(namespace, prefix) &&
+ !strsmp(namespace + strlen(prefix), modname);
+}
+
static int verify_namespace_is_imported(const struct load_info *info,
const struct kernel_symbol *sym,
struct module *mod)
@@ -1092,6 +1100,10 @@ static int verify_namespace_is_imported(
namespace = kernel_symbol_namespace(sym);
if (namespace && namespace[0]) {
+
+ if (verify_module_namespace(namespace, mod->name))
+ return 0;
+
for_each_modinfo_entry(imported_namespace, info, "import_ns") {
if (strcmp(namespace, imported_namespace) == 0)
return 0;
@@ -1659,15 +1671,30 @@ static void module_license_taint_check(s
}
}
-static void setup_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
+static int setup_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
{
const struct module_attribute *attr;
+ char *imported_namespace;
int i;
for (i = 0; (attr = modinfo_attrs[i]); i++) {
if (attr->setup)
attr->setup(mod, get_modinfo(info, attr->attr.name));
}
+
+ for_each_modinfo_entry(imported_namespace, info, "import_ns") {
+ /*
+ * 'module:' prefixed namespaces are implicit, disallow
+ * explicit imports.
+ */
+ if (strstarts(imported_namespace, "module:")) {
+ pr_err("%s: module tries to import module namespace: %s\n",
+ mod->name, imported_namespace);
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}
static void free_modinfo(struct module *mod)
@@ -3335,7 +3362,9 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info
goto free_unload;
/* Set up MODINFO_ATTR fields */
- setup_modinfo(mod, info);
+ err = setup_modinfo(mod, info);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_modinfo;
/* Fix up syms, so that st_value is a pointer to location. */
err = simplify_symbols(mod, info);
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1682,6 +1682,14 @@ void buf_write(struct buffer *buf, const
buf->pos += len;
}
+static bool verify_module_namespace(const char *namespace, const char *modname)
+{
+ const char *prefix = "module:";
+
+ return strstarts(namespace, prefix) &&
+ !strcmp(namespace + strlen(prefix), modname);
+}
+
static void check_exports(struct module *mod)
{
struct symbol *s, *exp;
@@ -1709,7 +1717,8 @@ static void check_exports(struct module
basename = get_basename(mod->name);
- if (!contains_namespace(&mod->imported_namespaces, exp->namespace)) {
+ if (!verify_module_namespace(exp->namespace, basename) &&
+ !contains_namespace(&mod->imported_namespaces, exp->namespace)) {
modpost_log(!allow_missing_ns_imports,
"module %s uses symbol %s from namespace %s, but does not import it.\n",
basename, exp->name, exp->namespace);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-02 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-02 14:12 [PATCH v3 0/5] module: Strict per-modname namespaces Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-02 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] modpost: Use for() loop Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-09 0:47 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-02 14:12 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2025-05-03 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] module: Add module specific symbol namespace support Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-14 8:34 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-05-17 6:56 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-17 7:19 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-22 5:31 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-02 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] module: Extend the MODULE_ namespace parsing Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-14 8:35 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-05-21 12:08 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-22 5:32 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-02 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] module: Account for the build time module name mangling Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-14 8:38 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-05-02 14:12 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] module: Provide EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() helper Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-14 8:40 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-05-02 14:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] module: Strict per-modname namespaces Greg KH
2025-05-14 8:47 ` Petr Pavlu
2025-05-17 6:48 ` Masahiro Yamada
2025-05-18 11:30 ` Petr Pavlu
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