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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] module: Harden STRICT_MODULE_RWX
+++ Mauro Carvalho Chehab [08/08/20 10:12 +0200]:
[snip]
>Right now, what happens is:
>
> # modprobe wlcore
> modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wlcore': Exec format error
>
>This seems to be failing for all modules, as doesn't show anything
>probed.
>
>Btw, IMO, it would be useful to have some pr_debug() infra in order to
>explain why insmod is failing, or to have more error codes used there,
>as nothing was printed at dmesg. That makes harder to debug issues
>there. I ended losing a lot of time yesterday rebuilding the Kernel
>and checking the FS, before deciding to add some printks inside the
>Kernel ;-)
>
>In order for modprobe to start working again, I had to apply this
>dirty hack:
>
><hack>
>diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>index 910a57640818..10d590dc48ad 100644
>--- a/kernel/module.c
>+++ b/kernel/module.c
>@@ -2051,11 +2051,12 @@ static int module_enforce_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
> const unsigned long shf_wx = SHF_WRITE|SHF_EXECINSTR;
> int i;
>
>+#if 0
> for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
> if ((sechdrs[i].sh_flags & shf_wx) == shf_wx)
> return -ENOEXEC;
> }
>-
>+#endif
> return 0;
> }
></hack>

All this hunk does it reject loading modules that have any sections
that have both the writable and executable flags. You're saying it's
happening for all modules on your setup - I am curious as to which
sections have both these flags - what does readelf -S tell you?

Thanks,

Jessica


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