提交 14721add 编写于 作者: Q Qu Wenruo 提交者: Jessica Yu

module: Add more error message for failed kernel module loading

When kernel module loading failed, user space only get one of the
following error messages:

- ENOEXEC
  This is the most confusing one. From corrupted ELF header to bad
  WRITE|EXEC flags check introduced by in module_enforce_rwx_sections()
  all returns this error number.

- EPERM
  This is for blacklisted modules. But mod doesn't do extra explain
  on this error either.

- ENOMEM
  The only error which needs no explain.

This means, if a user got "Exec format error" from modprobe, it provides
no meaningful way for the user to debug, and will take extra time
communicating to get extra info.

So this patch will add extra error messages for -ENOEXEC and -EPERM
errors, allowing user to do better debugging and reporting.
Reviewed-by: NLucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NQu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NJessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
上级 f75aef39
......@@ -2096,8 +2096,11 @@ static int module_enforce_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
int i;
for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
if ((sechdrs[i].sh_flags & shf_wx) == shf_wx)
if ((sechdrs[i].sh_flags & shf_wx) == shf_wx) {
pr_err("%s: section %s (index %d) has invalid WRITE|EXEC flags\n",
mod->name, secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, i);
return -ENOEXEC;
}
}
return 0;
......@@ -3825,8 +3828,10 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
char *after_dashes;
err = elf_header_check(info);
if (err)
if (err) {
pr_err("Module has invalid ELF header\n");
goto free_copy;
}
err = setup_load_info(info, flags);
if (err)
......@@ -3834,6 +3839,7 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
if (blacklisted(info->name)) {
err = -EPERM;
pr_err("Module %s is blacklisted\n", info->name);
goto free_copy;
}
......
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