[PATCH v2 1/2] module: Fix memory deallocation on error path in move_module()

From: Petr Pavlu
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 08:32:45 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 initializing t to MOD_MEM_NUM_TYPES. 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>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 413ac6ea3702..9ac994b2f354 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ 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 = MOD_MEM_NUM_TYPES;
int ret = -ENOMEM;
bool codetag_section_found = false;

@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ 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--)
+ while (t--)
module_memory_free(mod, t);
if (codetag_section_found)
codetag_free_module_sections(mod);
--
2.49.0