Re: [PATCH v2] module: release codetag section when module load fails

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On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM David Wang <00107082@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When module load fails after memory for codetag section is ready,
> codetag section memory will not be properly released. This
> causes memory leak, and if next module load happens to get the
> same module address, codetag may pick the uninitialized section
> when manipulating tags during module unload, and leads to
> "unable to handle page fault" BUG.
>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250516131246.6244-1-00107082@xxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: David Wang <00107082@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sending to Andrew for adding into the mm tree.

> ---
>  kernel/module/main.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index a2859dc3eea6..5c6ab20240a6 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -2829,6 +2829,7 @@ static void module_deallocate(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>  {
>         percpu_modfree(mod);
>         module_arch_freeing_init(mod);
> +       codetag_free_module_sections(mod);
>
>         free_mod_mem(mod);
>  }
> --
> 2.39.2
>





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