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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf binaries
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On 3/5/18 6:13 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 03/05/2018 05:34 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>> index ad2d420024f6..6cfa35795741 100644
>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>
>> @@ -3669,6 +3683,17 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
>> if (err)
>> goto free_copy;
>>
>> + if (info->hdr->e_type == ET_EXEC) {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
>> + if (!info->sig_ok) {
>> + pr_notice_once("umh %s verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel\n",
>
> That's not a very friendly message to tell a user. "umh" eh?

umh is an abbreviation known to kernel newbies:
https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects/usermode-helper-enhancements

The rest of the message is copy paste of existing one.

>> + info->file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
>> + add_taint(TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
>> + }
>
> And since the signature failed, why is it being loaded at all?

because this is how regular kernel modules deal with it.
sig_enforce is handled earlier.

> Is this in the "--force" load path?

--force forces modver and modmagic. These things don't apply here.

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