From 66cc69e34e86a231fbe68d8918c6119e3b7549a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:11:30 +1030 Subject: Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Users have reported being unable to trace non-signed modules loaded within a kernel supporting module signature. This is caused by tracepoint.c:tracepoint_module_coming() refusing to take into account tracepoints sitting within force-loaded modules (TAINT_FORCED_MODULE). The reason for this check, in the first place, is that a force-loaded module may have a struct module incompatible with the layout expected by the kernel, and can thus cause a kernel crash upon forced load of that module on a kernel with CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y. Tracepoints, however, specifically accept TAINT_OOT_MODULE and TAINT_CRAP, since those modules do not lead to the "very likely system crash" issue cited above for force-loaded modules. With kernels having CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y (signed modules), a non-signed module is tainted re-using the TAINT_FORCED_MODULE taint flag. Unfortunately, this means that Tracepoints treat that module as a force-loaded module, and thus silently refuse to consider any tracepoint within this module. Since an unsigned module does not fit within the "very likely system crash" category of tainting, add a new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE taint flag to specifically address this taint behavior, and accept those modules within Tracepoints. We use the letter 'X' as a taint flag character for a module being loaded that doesn't know how to sign its name (proposed by Steven Rostedt). Also add the missing 'O' entry to trace event show_module_flags() list for the sake of completeness. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Acked-by: Steven Rostedt NAKed-by: Ingo Molnar CC: Thomas Gleixner CC: David Howells CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell --- kernel/module.c | 4 +++- kernel/panic.c | 2 ++ kernel/tracepoint.c | 5 +++-- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index efa1e60..c1acb0c 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1013,6 +1013,8 @@ static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf) buf[l++] = 'F'; if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP)) buf[l++] = 'C'; + if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE)) + buf[l++] = 'X'; /* * TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added. * TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't @@ -3214,7 +3216,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs, pr_notice_once("%s: module verification failed: signature " "and/or required key missing - tainting " "kernel\n", mod->name); - add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_FORCED_MODULE, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); + add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); } #endif diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index 6d63003..0e25fe1 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = { { TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' }, { TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' }, { TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' }, + { TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'X', ' ' }, }; /** @@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = { * 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded. * 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug. * 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded. + * 'X' - Unsigned module has been loaded. * * The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted(). */ diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c index 031cc56..3cdbed1 100644 --- a/kernel/tracepoint.c +++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c @@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_iter_reset); #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod) { - return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP)); + return mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP) | + (1 << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE)); } static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod) @@ -644,7 +645,7 @@ static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod) /* * We skip modules that taint the kernel, especially those with different * module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash. - * Staging and out-of-tree GPL modules are fine. + * Staging, out-of-tree, and unsigned GPL modules are fine. */ if (trace_module_has_bad_taint(mod)) return 0; -- cgit v1.1