linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: fix signature check failures when using in-kernel decompression

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:43:07 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: fix signature check failures when using
 in-kernel decompression

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 04:51:52PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> The new flag MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE unintentionally trips check in
> module_sig_check(). The check was supposed to catch case when version
> info or magic was removed from a signed module, making signature
> invalid, but it was coded too broadly and was catching this new flag as
> well.
> 
> Change the check to only test the 2 particular flags affecting signature
> validity.
> 
> Fixes: b1ae6dc41eaa ("module: add in-kernel support for decompressing")
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Queued on to modules-next.

  Luis