linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: add in-kernel support for decompressing

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Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 00:14:18 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: add in-kernel support for decompressing

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 12:19:08PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 11:24:35AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 09:48:22PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > >  /* Flags for sys_finit_module: */
> > >  #define MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS	1
> > >  #define MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_VERMAGIC	2
> > > +#define MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_DATA	4
> > 
> > bikeshedding: adding "_DATA" seems redundant/misleading? The entire
> > module is compressed, so maybe call it just MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED ?
> 
> OK, or maybe MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE since we are indeed dealing
> with a file?

Sounds good to me! :)

As far as my tangent on using the crypto subsystem, I think that looks
like a long path, so your existing routines are likely the right place
to start. I still wonder if it might be able to use of the "acomp" API
instead of calling directly into the specific decompressor.

-- 
Kees Cook