1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index a65dc787a27b..e96b8ed1cb6a 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1910,9 +1910,7 @@ static void kmemleak_load_module(struct module *mod, Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
         unsigned int i;
 
         /* only scan the sections containing data */
-        kmemleak_scan_area(mod->module_core, (unsigned long)mod -
-                           (unsigned long)mod->module_core,
-                           sizeof(struct module), GFP_KERNEL);
+        kmemleak_scan_area(mod, sizeof(struct module), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
                 if (!(sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
@@ -1921,8 +1919,7 @@ static void kmemleak_load_module(struct module *mod, Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
                     && strncmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, ".bss", 4) != 0)
                         continue;
 
-                kmemleak_scan_area(mod->module_core, sechdrs[i].sh_addr -
-                                   (unsigned long)mod->module_core,
+                kmemleak_scan_area((void *)sechdrs[i].sh_addr,
                                    sechdrs[i].sh_size, GFP_KERNEL);
         }
 }
@@ -2250,6 +2247,12 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
                                          "_ftrace_events",
                                          sizeof(*mod->trace_events),
                                          &mod->num_trace_events);
+        /*
+         * This section contains pointers to allocated objects in the trace
+         * code and not scanning it leads to false positives.
+         */
+        kmemleak_scan_area(mod->trace_events, sizeof(*mod->trace_events) *
+                           mod->num_trace_events, GFP_KERNEL);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
         /* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */