Bug#983379: [PATCH] um: mark all kernel symbols as local

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Hi,

Just a follow-up question on this fix.

Is it something that is a candidate for linux-stable ?


Thanks,
Ritesh

On Sat, 2021-03-06 at 16:21 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > > Marking all the symbols as local seems correct, and does seem
> > > to address the issue, so do that. Also do it for static link,
> > > nsswitch libraries could still be loaded there.
> > > 
> > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/983379
> > > 
> > > Reported-by: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs at debian.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >   arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S | 6 ++++++
> > >   arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S | 6 ++++++
> > >   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
> > > index dacbfabf66d8..2f2a8ce92f1e 100644
> > > --- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
> > > +++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
> > > @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
> > >   ENTRY(_start)
> > >   jiffies = jiffies_64;
> > >   
> > > +VERSION {
> > > +  {
> > > +    local: *;
> > > +  };
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >   SECTIONS
> > >   {
> > >     PROVIDE (__executable_start = START);
> > > diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
> > > index 45d957d7004c..7a8e2b123e29 100644
> > > --- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
> > > +++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
> > > @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ OUTPUT_ARCH(ELF_ARCH)
> > >   ENTRY(_start)
> > >   jiffies = jiffies_64;
> > >   
> > > +VERSION {
> > > +  {
> > > +    local: *;
> > > +  };
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >   SECTIONS
> > >   {
> > >     /* This must contain the right address - not quite the
> default
> > > ELF one.*/
> > > 
> 
> Tested on all 3 machines where the issue was seen before.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Acked-By: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com>
> 
> Tested-By: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs at debian.org>

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