+ module-fix-lost-error-code-from-codetag_load_module.patch added to mm-hotfixes-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()
has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     module-fix-lost-error-code-from-codetag_load_module.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/module-fix-lost-error-code-from-codetag_load_module.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
Subject: module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:05:03 +0800

If codetag_load_module() fails, err is not set to reflect the failure
and load_module() returns 0 after the module has been torn down.

Also, if the module is a livepatch, mod->klp_info allocated by
copy_module_elf() leaks on this error path.  Free it via a new
livepatch_cleanup label.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260827030503.49171-1-hao.ge@linux.dev
Fixes: 044d2aee6c57 ("alloc_tag: handle module codetag load errors as module load failures")
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@linux.dev>
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberalin <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/module/main.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/module/main.c~module-fix-lost-error-code-from-codetag_load_module
+++ a/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3568,8 +3568,9 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info
 			goto sysfs_cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if (codetag_load_module(mod))
-		goto sysfs_cleanup;
+	err = codetag_load_module(mod);
+	if (err)
+		goto livepatch_cleanup;
 
 	/* Get rid of temporary copy. */
 	free_copy(info, flags);
@@ -3579,6 +3580,9 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info
 
 	return do_init_module(mod);
 
+ livepatch_cleanup:
+	if (is_livepatch_module(mod))
+		free_module_elf(mod);
  sysfs_cleanup:
 	mod_sysfs_teardown(mod);
  coming_cleanup:
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hao.ge@linux.dev are

module-fix-lost-error-code-from-codetag_load_module.patch
alloc_tag-skip-percpu-counter-allocation-when-profiling-is-disabled.patch
alloc_tag-remove-proc-allocinfo-outside-of-mod_lock.patch