linux/tools/objtool
Joe Lawrence 72d76d0c18 objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports
klp_reloc_needed() returns true for module exports to support
late-module patching.  However, clone_reloc_klp() unconditionally
rejects symbols without a twin (i.e., new references added by the
patch), even when the symbol is a known export from Module.symvers.

Relax the check: allow new references to exported symbols by only
erroring on !twin when there is no export.  The export metadata from
Module.symvers provides sufficient context to emit the klp-relocation
without a twin.

For a module export that isn't sufficient on its own though, as the
resulting klp relocation will only be resolved at patch-enable time if
the exporting module is loaded.

If the original (unpatched) module already depends on the exporting
module, the dependency is safe: the module loader ensures the dependency
is satisfied before the patched module can be loaded, so the
klp relocation target will exist.

However, if the patch introduces a reference to a module that the
original doesn't depend on, there is no such guarantee.  The exporting
module could be absent or could be unloaded at any time, leading to a
relocation failure or use-after-free.

So also add a build-time check: when a new symbol reference (no twin)
targets a module export, verify that the original module already has at
least one UNDEF symbol resolving to that same exporting module.  If not,
error out with a diagnostic message.

Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e0d725acb4774747f0e271308b4ca33daae2d5db.1786138493.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
2026-08-11 16:10:51 -07:00
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arch objtool/klp: Ignore replacement offset of empty x86 alternatives 2026-08-11 15:04:57 -07:00
Documentation Revert "objtool: Warn on functions with ambiguous -ffunction-sections section names" 2025-11-21 10:04:10 +01:00
include/objtool objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming 2026-08-11 16:10:51 -07:00
.gitignore objtool: Add Function to get the name of a CPU feature 2025-11-24 20:39:47 +01:00
Build objtool/klp: Fix symbol resolution for duplicate data symbols 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
builtin-check.c objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
builtin-klp.c objtool/klp: Add "objtool klp checksum" subcommand 2026-05-04 21:16:05 -07:00
check.c objtool/klp: Add .klp.symid for sympos disambiguation 2026-08-03 07:12:39 +02:00
disas.c objtool: Add insn_sym() helper 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
elf.c objtool/klp: Fix false module dependencies caused by dead relocs 2026-08-03 07:12:38 +02:00
klp-checksum.c objtool/klp: Fix position-dependent checksums for non-relocated jumps/calls 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
klp-diff.c objtool/klp: Allow new references to module exports 2026-08-11 16:10:51 -07:00
klp-post-link.c objtool/klp: Fix cross-module klp relocation section naming 2026-08-11 16:10:51 -07:00
klp-symid.c objtool/klp: Fix vmlinux .klp.symid link error for .no_trim_symbol symbols 2026-08-11 15:04:57 -07:00
klp-sympos.c objtool/klp: Explicitly disallow patching or referencing init code/data 2026-08-11 16:10:38 -07:00
Makefile objtool: Include libsubcmd headers directly from source tree 2026-05-04 21:16:04 -07:00
noreturns.h x86/smpboot: Mark native_play_dead() as __noreturn 2025-10-30 08:29:41 -07:00
objtool.c objtool/klp: Add correlation debugging output 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
orc_dump.c objtool: Add annotype() helper 2025-10-14 14:46:49 -07:00
orc_gen.c objtool: Add annotype() helper 2025-10-14 14:46:49 -07:00
signal.c objtool: Add more robust signal error handling, detect and warn about stack overflows 2025-12-03 19:42:37 +01:00
special.c objtool: Provide access to feature and flags of group alternatives 2025-11-21 15:30:14 +01:00
sync-check.sh objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files 2025-10-14 14:50:18 -07:00
trace.c objtool: Add insn_sym() helper 2026-05-04 21:16:06 -07:00
weak.c objtool/klp: Introduce klp diff subcommand for diffing object files 2025-10-14 14:50:18 -07:00