linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/3] module: Don't fail module loading when setting ro_after

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Message-ID: <164e5f22f8ab59d1d516e3c992efdd9f83ab4819.1731148254.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Date: Sat,  9 Nov 2024 11:35:36 +0100
From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/3] module: Don't fail module loading when setting ro_after_init section RO failed

Once module init has succeded it is too late to cancel loading.
If setting ro_after_init data section to read-only fails, all we
can do is to inform the user through a warning.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230915082126.4187913-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/
Fixes: d1909c022173 ("module: Don't ignore errors from set_memory_XX()")
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 kernel/module/main.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 2de4ad7af335..1bf4b0db291b 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -2583,7 +2583,9 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
 #endif
 	ret = module_enable_rodata_ro_after_init(mod);
 	if (ret)
-		goto fail_mutex_unlock;
+		pr_warn("%s: %s() returned %d, ro_after_init data might still be writable\n",
+			mod->name, __func__, ret);
+
 	mod_tree_remove_init(mod);
 	module_arch_freeing_init(mod);
 	for_class_mod_mem_type(type, init) {
@@ -2622,8 +2624,6 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
 
 	return 0;
 
-fail_mutex_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 fail_free_freeinit:
 	kfree(freeinit);
 fail:
-- 
2.44.0