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From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@igalia.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>,
	 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>,
	 "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,  Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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	Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@igalia.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 11/13] sysctl: unrandomize struct ctl_table.procname
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:28:10 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818-sysctl-module-aliases-v2-11-d5a69dae5798@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818-sysctl-module-aliases-v2-0-d5a69dae5798@igalia.com>

The 'struct ctl_table.procname' field (sysctl filename) cannot be accessed
by scripts since it is defined in kernel headers (see "don't include kernel
headers into userspace" in file2alias.c) and its offset may be randomized.

Unrandomize '.procname' as the first field so its offset is always zero and
match the 'struct ctl_table' symbol address, which can be found by scripts.

Originally-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@igalia.com>
---
 include/linux/sysctl.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 7e05fafd5544e1c4a3283dc13b0692f39515d01e..120c0f05bd083e08d8104ff05136138f2e8cdb07 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -220,7 +220,14 @@ static inline void *proc_sys_poll_event(struct ctl_table_poll *poll)
 
 /* A sysctl table is an array of struct ctl_table: */
 struct ctl_table {
+
+	/* This must be the first field for module aliases (file2alias.c) */
 	const char *procname;		/* Text ID for /proc/sys */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES
+	/* This begins the randomizable portion of the struct. */
+	randomized_struct_fields_start
+#endif
 	void *data;
 	int maxlen;
 	umode_t mode;
@@ -228,7 +235,14 @@ struct ctl_table {
 	struct ctl_table_poll *poll;
 	void *extra1;
 	void *extra2;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES
+	/* New fields go above here, so they are in the randomized portion. */
+	randomized_struct_fields_end
+};
+static_assert(offsetof(const struct ctl_table, procname) == 0);
+#else
 } __randomize_layout;
+#endif
 
 struct ctl_node {
 	struct rb_node node;

-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-19  2:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-19  2:27 [PATCH RFC v2 00/13] sysctl: add module aliases Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 01/13] keys, pidns, fs/verity, riscv/vector: reorder '#include <linux/sysctl.h>' Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 02/13] proc: add config option SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 03/13] sysctl, mod_devicetable: add macro MODULE_SYSCTL_TABLE Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 04/13] sysctl: add register_sysctl() wrapper for MODULE_SYSCTL_TABLE Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 05/13] sysctl, parport: update register_sysctl() callers with template arguments Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 06/13] sysctl, net: add register_net_sysctl{_sz}() wrappers for MODULE_SYSCTL_TABLE Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 07/13] sysctl, net: update register_net_sysctl{_sz}() callers with template arguments Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 08/13] sysctl, net: update register_net_sysctl_sz(ARRAY_SIZE(table_tmpl)) " Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 09/13] sysctl, ipv6: update register_net_sysctl{_sz}() callers " Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 10/13] sysctl, net: update register_net_sysctl_sz() edge case Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` Mauricio Faria de Oliveira [this message]
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 12/13] modpost: move addend_*_rel() calls into addend_rel() Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
2026-08-19  2:28 ` [PATCH RFC v2 13/13] modpost: handle MODULE_SYSCTL_TABLE symbols Mauricio Faria de Oliveira

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