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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/zpool: use prefixed module loading
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> To avoid potential format string expansion via module parameters,
> do not use the zpool type directly in request_module() without a
> format string. Additionally, to avoid arbitrary modules being loaded
> via zpool API (e.g. via the zswap_zpool_type module parameter) add a
> "zpool-" prefix to the requested module, as well as module aliases for
> the existing zpool types (zbud and zsmalloc).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> mm/zbud.c | 1 +
> mm/zpool.c | 2 +-
> mm/zsmalloc.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/zbud.c b/mm/zbud.c
> index a05790b1915e..aa74f7addab1 100644
> --- a/mm/zbud.c
> +++ b/mm/zbud.c
> @@ -619,3 +619,4 @@ module_exit(exit_zbud);
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Buddy Allocator for Compressed Pages");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("zpool-zbud");

If we keep this, I'd recommend putting this inside the #ifdef
CONFIG_ZPOOL section, to keep all the zpool stuff together in zbud and
zsmalloc.

> diff --git a/mm/zpool.c b/mm/zpool.c
> index e40612a1df00..739cdf0d183a 100644
> --- a/mm/zpool.c
> +++ b/mm/zpool.c
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct zpool *zpool_create_pool(char *type, gfp_t gfp, struct zpool_ops *ops)
> driver = zpool_get_driver(type);
>
> if (!driver) {
> - request_module(type);
> + request_module("zpool-%s", type);

I agree with a change of (type) to ("%s", type), but what's the need
to prefix "zpool-"? Anyone who has access to modify the
zswap_zpool_type parameter is already root and can just as easily load
any module they want. Additionally, the zswap_compressor parameter
also runs through request_module() (in crypto/api.c) and could be used
to load any kernel module.

I'd prefer to leave out the "zpool-" prefix unless there is a specific
reason to include it.

> driver = zpool_get_driver(type);
> }
>
> diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> index 4e2fc83cb394..36af729eb3f6 100644
> --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> @@ -1199,3 +1199,4 @@ module_exit(zs_exit);
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>");
> +MODULE_ALIAS("zpool-zsmalloc");
> --
> 1.9.1
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Chrome OS Security
>
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