Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.1-ac15 | Date | Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:41:26 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> So you fixed the nonexistent race only. The real race is that the module
Umm I fixed the small race. You are right that there is a second race.
> uninitialized vmalloc'd (module_map'd) memory), then the module data > (including the exception table) gets copied. > The race window is from the first copy_from_user in sys_init_module until > the second one.
Yep. Obvious answer. Ignore exception tables for modules that are not MOD_RUNNING.
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