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-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c72
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index db545cb..e416f96 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -135,13 +135,8 @@ struct klp_find_arg {
const char *objname;
const char *name;
unsigned long addr;
- /*
- * If count == 0, the symbol was not found. If count == 1, a unique
- * match was found and addr is set. If count > 1, there is
- * unresolvable ambiguity among "count" number of symbols with the same
- * name in the same object.
- */
unsigned long count;
+ unsigned long pos;
};
static int klp_find_callback(void *data, const char *name,
@@ -158,37 +153,48 @@ static int klp_find_callback(void *data, const char *name,
if (args->objname && strcmp(args->objname, mod->name))
return 0;
- /*
- * args->addr might be overwritten if another match is found
- * but klp_find_object_symbol() handles this and only returns the
- * addr if count == 1.
- */
args->addr = addr;
args->count++;
+ /*
+ * Finish the search when the symbol is found for the desired position
+ * or the position is not defined for a non-unique symbol.
+ */
+ if ((args->pos && (args->count == args->pos)) ||
+ (!args->pos && (args->count > 1)))
+ return 1;
+
return 0;
}
static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
- unsigned long *addr)
+ unsigned long sympos, unsigned long *addr)
{
struct klp_find_arg args = {
.objname = objname,
.name = name,
.addr = 0,
- .count = 0
+ .count = 0,
+ .pos = sympos,
};
mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
- if (args.count == 0)
+ /*
+ * Ensure an address was found. If sympos is 0, ensure symbol is unique;
+ * otherwise ensure the symbol position count matches sympos.
+ */
+ if (args.addr == 0)
pr_err("symbol '%s' not found in symbol table\n", name);
- else if (args.count > 1)
+ else if (args.count > 1 && sympos == 0) {
pr_err("unresolvable ambiguity (%lu matches) on symbol '%s' in object '%s'\n",
args.count, name, objname);
- else {
+ } else if (sympos != args.count && sympos > 0) {
+ pr_err("symbol position %lu for symbol '%s' in object '%s' not found\n",
+ sympos, name, objname ? objname : "vmlinux");
+ } else {
*addr = args.addr;
return 0;
}
@@ -236,27 +242,6 @@ static int klp_verify_vmlinux_symbol(const char *name, unsigned long addr)
return 0;
}
-static int klp_find_verify_func_addr(struct klp_object *obj,
- struct klp_func *func)
-{
- int ret;
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)
- /* If KASLR has been enabled, adjust old_addr accordingly */
- if (kaslr_enabled() && func->old_addr)
- func->old_addr += kaslr_offset();
-#endif
-
- if (!func->old_addr || klp_is_module(obj))
- ret = klp_find_object_symbol(obj->name, func->old_name,
- &func->old_addr);
- else
- ret = klp_verify_vmlinux_symbol(func->old_name,
- func->old_addr);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
/*
* external symbols are located outside the parent object (where the parent
* object is either vmlinux or the kmod being patched).
@@ -276,8 +261,11 @@ static int klp_find_external_symbol(struct module *pmod, const char *name,
}
preempt_enable();
- /* otherwise check if it's in another .o within the patch module */
- return klp_find_object_symbol(pmod->name, name, addr);
+ /*
+ * Check if it's in another .o within the patch module. This also
+ * checks that the external symbol is unique.
+ */
+ return klp_find_object_symbol(pmod->name, name, 0, addr);
}
static int klp_write_object_relocations(struct module *pmod,
@@ -313,7 +301,7 @@ static int klp_write_object_relocations(struct module *pmod,
else
ret = klp_find_object_symbol(obj->mod->name,
reloc->name,
- &reloc->val);
+ 0, &reloc->val);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
@@ -756,7 +744,9 @@ static int klp_init_object_loaded(struct klp_patch *patch,
}
klp_for_each_func(obj, func) {
- ret = klp_find_verify_func_addr(obj, func);
+ ret = klp_find_object_symbol(obj->name, func->old_name,
+ func->old_sympos,
+ &func->old_addr);
if (ret)
return ret;
}
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