1 files changed, 18 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index a65dc787a27b..f82386bd9ee9 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,12 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *resolve_symbol(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
  * J. Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
+
+static inline bool sect_empty(const Elf_Shdr *sect)
+{
+        return !(sect->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) || sect->sh_size == 0;
+}
+
 struct module_sect_attr
 {
         struct module_attribute mattr;
@@ -1051,8 +1057,7 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
 
         /* Count loaded sections and allocate structures */
         for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++)
-                if (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC
-                    && sechdrs[i].sh_size)
+                if (!sect_empty(&sechdrs[i]))
                         nloaded++;
         size[0] = ALIGN(sizeof(*sect_attrs)
                         + nloaded * sizeof(sect_attrs->attrs[0]),
@@ -1070,9 +1075,7 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
         sattr = &sect_attrs->attrs[0];
         gattr = &sect_attrs->grp.attrs[0];
         for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++) {
-                if (! (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
-                        continue;
-                if (!sechdrs[i].sh_size)
+                if (sect_empty(&sechdrs[i]))
                         continue;
                 sattr->address = sechdrs[i].sh_addr;
                 sattr->name = kstrdup(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name,
@@ -1156,7 +1159,7 @@ static void add_notes_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
         /* Count notes sections and allocate structures.  */
         notes = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++)
-                if ((sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) &&
+                if (!sect_empty(&sechdrs[i]) &&
                     (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_NOTE))
                         ++notes;
 
@@ -1172,7 +1175,7 @@ static void add_notes_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
         notes_attrs->notes = notes;
         nattr = &notes_attrs->attrs[0];
         for (loaded = i = 0; i < nsect; ++i) {
-                if (!(sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
+                if (sect_empty(&sechdrs[i]))
                         continue;
                 if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_NOTE) {
                         nattr->attr.name = mod->sect_attrs->attrs[loaded].name;
@@ -1910,9 +1913,7 @@ 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 +1922,7 @@ 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 +2250,12 @@ 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 */