[PATCH 1/2] module: Fix memory deallocation on error path in move_module()

From: Petr Pavlu
Date: Sat Jun 07 2025 - 12:21:48 EST


The function move_module() uses the variable t to track how many memory
types it has allocated and consequently how many should be freed if an
error occurs.

The variable is initially set to 0 and is updated when a call to
module_memory_alloc() fails. However, move_module() can fail for other
reasons as well, in which case t remains set to 0 and no memory is freed.

Fix the problem by setting t to MOD_MEM_NUM_TYPES after all memory types
have been allocated. Additionally, make the deallocation loop more robust
by not relying on the mod_mem_type_t enum having a signed integer as its
underlying type.

Fixes: c7ee8aebf6c0 ("module: add stop-grap sanity check on module memcpy()")
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 08b59c37735e..322b38c0a782 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ static int find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
{
int i;
- enum mod_mem_type t = 0;
+ enum mod_mem_type t;
int ret = -ENOMEM;
bool codetag_section_found = false;

@@ -2630,6 +2630,7 @@ static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
goto out_err;
}
}
+ t = MOD_MEM_NUM_TYPES;

/* Transfer each section which specifies SHF_ALLOC */
pr_debug("Final section addresses for %s:\n", mod->name);
@@ -2693,8 +2694,8 @@ static int move_module(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
return 0;
out_err:
module_memory_restore_rox(mod);
- for (t--; t >= 0; t--)
- module_memory_free(mod, t);
+ for (; t > 0; t--)
+ module_memory_free(mod, t - 1);
if (codetag_section_found)
codetag_free_module_sections(mod);

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2.49.0