If the find_fromsym() call fails and returns NULL, the warn() call
will dereference this NULL pointer and cause the program to crash.
This happened when I tried to build with "test_user_copy" module.
With this fix, it prints lots of warnings like this:
WARNING: modpost: lib/test_user_copy: section mismatch in reference: (unknown)+0x4 (section: .text.fixup) -> (unknown) (section: .init.text)
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <[email protected]>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index bf7c4b4b5ff4..6b37039c9e92 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,9 @@ static void default_mismatch_handler(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
sec_mismatch_count++;
warn("%s: section mismatch in reference: %s+0x%x (section: %s) -> %s (section: %s)\n",
- modname, fromsym, (unsigned int)(faddr - from->st_value), fromsec, tosym, tosec);
+ modname, fromsym,
+ (unsigned int)(faddr - (from ? from->st_value : 0)),
+ fromsec, tosym, tosec);
if (mismatch->mismatch == EXTABLE_TO_NON_TEXT) {
if (match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec))
--
2.39.2
On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:13 PM Max Kellermann
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If the find_fromsym() call fails and returns NULL, the warn() call
> will dereference this NULL pointer and cause the program to crash.
>
> This happened when I tried to build with "test_user_copy" module.
Can you describe the steps to reproduce it?
I set CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m, but I could not
reproduce it.
> With this fix, it prints lots of warnings like this:
>
> WARNING: modpost: lib/test_user_copy: section mismatch in reference: (unknown)+0x4 (section: .text.fixup) -> (unknown) (section: .init.text)
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <[email protected]>
> ---
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> index bf7c4b4b5ff4..6b37039c9e92 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
> @@ -1050,7 +1050,9 @@ static void default_mismatch_handler(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
> sec_mismatch_count++;
>
> warn("%s: section mismatch in reference: %s+0x%x (section: %s) -> %s (section: %s)\n",
> - modname, fromsym, (unsigned int)(faddr - from->st_value), fromsec, tosym, tosec);
> + modname, fromsym,
> + (unsigned int)(faddr - (from ? from->st_value : 0)),
> + fromsec, tosym, tosec);
>
> if (mismatch->mismatch == EXTABLE_TO_NON_TEXT) {
> if (match(tosec, mismatch->bad_tosec))
> --
> 2.39.2
>
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you describe the steps to reproduce it?
This crash occurred while I was testing an (unrelated) patch set with
"randconfig" in a loop. Unfortunately, I don't have that config
anymore, sorry.
On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you describe the steps to reproduce it?
>
> I set CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m, but I could not
> reproduce it.
I have just reproduced (and logged) it - with "ARCH=arm randconfig
KCONFIG_SEED=0xDD5A884F". Config file attached.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 6:51 PM Max Kellermann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernelorg> wrote:
> > Can you describe the steps to reproduce it?
> >
> > I set CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m, but I could not
> > reproduce it.
>
> I have just reproduced (and logged) it - with "ARCH=arm randconfig
> KCONFIG_SEED=0xDD5A884F". Config file attached.
Thanks for the test case. I confirmed that.
Applied to linux-kbuild.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada