linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Harden STRICT_MODULE

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Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 16:11:30 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        keescook@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Harden STRICT_MODULE_RWX

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:53:37PM +0200, Jessica Yu wrote:

> > > > > > +	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
> > > > > > +		if (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & (SHF_EXECINSTR|SHF_WRITE))
> > > > > > +			return -ENOEXEC;

Hehe, I'm well familiar with the brain going funny, as evidenced by the
above... :facepalm:

> Ugh sorry, my brain shorted out and for some reason I mistakenly
> thought the check excluded SHF_WRITE|SHF_EXECINSTR|SHF_ALLOC sections.
> It doesn't obviously. Sorry for the noise.