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authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>2025-09-17 19:03:11 +0300
committerJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>2025-10-15 00:45:21 +0300
commitbf770d6d2097a52d87f4d9c88d0b05bd3998d7de (patch)
treed03f0ac660b9f52bc2c5fabb72af987ceae134b2
parent1ba9f8979426590367406c70c1c821f5b943f993 (diff)
downloadlinux-bf770d6d2097a52d87f4d9c88d0b05bd3998d7de.tar.xz
x86/module: Improve relocation error messages
Add the section number and reloc index to relocation error messages to help find the faulty relocation. Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/module.c15
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
index 0ffbae902e2f..11c45ce42694 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static int __write_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
DEBUGP("%s relocate section %u to %u\n",
apply ? "Applying" : "Clearing",
relsec, sechdrs[relsec].sh_info);
+
for (i = 0; i < sechdrs[relsec].sh_size / sizeof(*rel); i++) {
size_t size;
@@ -162,15 +163,17 @@ static int __write_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
if (apply) {
if (memcmp(loc, &zero, size)) {
- pr_err("x86/modules: Invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for type %d, loc %p, val %Lx\n",
- (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info), loc, val);
+ pr_err("x86/modules: Invalid relocation target, existing value is nonzero for sec %u, idx %u, type %d, loc %lx, val %llx\n",
+ relsec, i, (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info),
+ (unsigned long)loc, val);
return -ENOEXEC;
}
write(loc, &val, size);
} else {
if (memcmp(loc, &val, size)) {
- pr_warn("x86/modules: Invalid relocation target, existing value does not match expected value for type %d, loc %p, val %Lx\n",
- (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info), loc, val);
+ pr_warn("x86/modules: Invalid relocation target, existing value does not match expected value for sec %u, idx %u, type %d, loc %lx, val %llx\n",
+ relsec, i, (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info),
+ (unsigned long)loc, val);
return -ENOEXEC;
}
write(loc, &zero, size);
@@ -179,8 +182,8 @@ static int __write_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
return 0;
overflow:
- pr_err("overflow in relocation type %d val %Lx\n",
- (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info), val);
+ pr_err("overflow in relocation type %d val %llx sec %u idx %d\n",
+ (int)ELF64_R_TYPE(rel[i].r_info), val, relsec, i);
pr_err("`%s' likely not compiled with -mcmodel=kernel\n",
me->name);
return -ENOEXEC;
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index 0e73fac55f8e..7e443c2cf7d4 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ static int klp_resolve_symbols(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab,
for (i = 0; i < relasec->sh_size / sizeof(Elf_Rela); i++) {
sym = (Elf_Sym *)sechdrs[symndx].sh_addr + ELF_R_SYM(relas[i].r_info);
if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_LIVEPATCH) {
- pr_err("symbol %s is not marked as a livepatch symbol\n",
- strtab + sym->st_name);
+ pr_err("symbol %s at rela sec %u idx %d is not marked as a livepatch symbol\n",
+ strtab + sym->st_name, symndx, i);
return -EINVAL;
}