Upstream commit 2992ef29ae01 ("livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH
module-specific") v4.9+ modified the kernel to add the TAINT_LIVEPATCH
flag on module load. To support this feature, add the "livepatch"
module info in the {k,live}patch modules and drop the add_taint() in the
core module.
Some features were backported into the 4.4 kernel which change the fields
of the livepatch structures. Ensure we can work with either v4.5 or greater,
or Ubuntu 4.4.0-7 or greater.
Support patching objects that have duplicated function names. This feature was
introduced upstream in Linux v4.5.
This patch appends the symbol position to the symbol structure when
lookup_local_symbol is called. This pos variable is then used when creating the
funcs and dynrelas sections. Finally, incorporate sympos into the livepatch
patch hook only if the kernel version is greater than v4.5. In other cases the
older format is used.
Fixes: #493
Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>
Fixes issue #494. A null pointer dereference can result with patch
modules for multiple objects since the "vmlinux" patch object's "name"
field is null. strcmp therefore crashes trying to compare object->name
if the current object is vmlinux and the supplied "name" argument is
not. Check that object->name is not null before invoking strcmp.
Adds a new patch module scaffold for use when building against a kernel
with CONFIG_LIVE_PATCHING=y.
Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
