lve module taint?

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Sep 19 2012 - 01:45:37 EST


Hi all,

I still have this patch sitting in my queue for next merge
window; I missed the previous one. Is it still current?

Thanks,
Rusty.

From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: module: taint kernel when lve module is loaded
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:49:31 -0400

Cloudlinux have a product called lve that includes a kernel module. This
was previously GPLed but is now under a proprietary license, but the
module continues to declare MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") and makes use of some
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbols. Forcibly taint it in order to avoid this.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Lyashkov <umka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/module.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 4edbd9c..9ad9ee9 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2730,6 +2730,10 @@ static int check_module_license_and_versions(struct module *mod)
if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);

+ /* lve claims to be GPL but upstream won't provide source */
+ if (strcmp(mod->name, "lve") == 0)
+ add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS
if ((mod->num_syms && !mod->crcs)
|| (mod->num_gpl_syms && !mod->gpl_crcs)
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