Re: [PATCH] module: Allow to disable modsign in kernel cmdline

From: Tianjia Zhang
Date: Tue Apr 28 2020 - 01:03:54 EST




On 2020/4/28 11:47, Randy Dunlap wrote:
On 4/27/20 8:43 PM, Tianjia Zhang wrote:
This change allows to disable modsign completely at the beginning,
and turn off by set the kernel cmdline `no_modsig_enforce` when
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE is enabled.

Yet another change allows to always show the current status of
modsign through `/sys/module/module/parameters/sig_enforce`.

Signed-off-by: Jia Zhang <zhang.jia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 646f1e2330d2..0e68e1286377 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ static void module_assert_mutex_or_preempt(void)
static bool sig_enforce = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE);
module_param(sig_enforce, bool_enable_only, 0644);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE
+static int __init set_no_modsig_enforce(char *str)
+{
+ sig_enforce = false;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("no_modsig_enforce", set_no_modsig_enforce);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORCE */
/*
* Export sig_enforce kernel cmdline parameter to allow other subsystems rely


Hi,
Please document this cmdline option, probably in
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt.

thanks.


Thanks for your information, I will submit a v2 patch.

Thanks and best,
Tianjia