[PATCH v2 1/3] module: verify address is read-only

[Eddie Kovsky]

Implement a mechanism to check if a module's address is in
the rodata or ro_after_init sections. It mimics the exsiting functions
that test if an address is inside a module's text section.

Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <e...@edkovsky.org>
---
 include/linux/module.h |  7 +++++++
 kernel/module.c        | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 0297c5cd7cdf..1608d3570ee2 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ static inline int module_is_live(struct module *mod)

 struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr);
 struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr);
+struct module *__module_ro_address(unsigned long addr);
 bool is_module_address(unsigned long addr);
+bool is_module_ro_address(unsigned long addr);
 bool is_module_percpu_address(unsigned long addr);
 bool is_module_text_address(unsigned long addr);

@@ -645,6 +647,11 @@ static inline struct module *__module_address(unsigned 
long addr)
        return NULL;
 }

+static inline struct module *__module_ro_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+       return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 {
        return NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 7eba6dea4f41..298cfe4645b1 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -4275,6 +4275,50 @@ struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__module_text_address);

+/**
+ * is_module_text_ro_address - is this address inside read-only module code?
+ * @addr: the address to check.
+ *
+ */
+bool is_module_ro_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+       bool ret;
+
+       preempt_disable();
+       ret = __module_ro_address(addr) != NULL;
+       preempt_enable();
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * __module_ro_address - get the module whose code contains a read-only 
address.
+ * @addr: the address.
+ *
+ * Must be called with preempt disabled or module mutex held so that
+ * module doesn't get freed during this.
+ */
+struct module *__module_ro_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+       struct module *mod = __module_address(addr);
+
+       if (mod) {
+               /* Make sure it's within the read-only section. */
+               if (!within(addr, mod->init_layout.base,
+                           mod->init_layout.ro_size)
+                   && !within(addr, mod->core_layout.base,
+                              mod->core_layout.ro_size))
+                       mod = NULL;
+               if (!within(addr, mod->init_layout.base,
+                           mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size)
+                   && !within(addr, mod->core_layout.base,
+                              mod->core_layout.ro_after_init_size))
+                       mod = NULL;
+       }
+       return mod;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__module_ro_address);
+
 /* Don't grab lock, we're oopsing. */
 void print_modules(void)
 {
--
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