modpost: Initialize builtin_modname to stop SIGSEGVs
authorHugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:28:06 +0000 (21:28 -0700)
committerNathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:54:07 +0000 (07:54 -0400)
Segmentation fault ./scripts/mod/modpost -o vmlinux.symvers vmlinux.o
stops the kernel build.  It comes when write_vmlinux_export_c_file()
tries to buf_printf alias->builtin_modname.  malloc'ed memory is not
necessarily zeroed.  NULL new->builtin_modname before adding to aliases.

Fixes: 5ab23c7923a1 ("modpost: Create modalias for builtin modules")
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4590a243-0a7e-b7e6-e2d3-cd1b41a12237@google.com
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
scripts/mod/file2alias.c

index 7da9735..b333356 100644 (file)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ module_alias_printf(struct module *mod, bool append_wildcard,
                }
        }
 
+       new->builtin_modname = NULL;
        list_add_tail(&new->node, &mod->aliases);
 }