1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 8e4528c9909f..f5e9491ef7ac 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -917,6 +917,10 @@ static int check_version(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
         if (!crc)
                 return 1;
 
+        /* No versions at all?  modprobe --force does this. */
+        if (versindex == 0)
+                return try_to_force_load(mod, symname) == 0;
+
         versions = (void *) sechdrs[versindex].sh_addr;
         num_versions = sechdrs[versindex].sh_size
                 / sizeof(struct modversion_info);
@@ -932,8 +936,9 @@ static int check_version(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
                 goto bad_version;
         }
 
-        if (!try_to_force_load(mod, symname))
-                return 1;
+        printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: no symbol version for %s\n",
+               mod->name, symname);
+        return 0;
 
 bad_version:
         printk("%s: disagrees about version of symbol %s\n",
@@ -952,11 +957,14 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_version(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
         return check_version(sechdrs, versindex, "struct_module", mod, crc);
 }
 
-/* First part is kernel version, which we ignore. */
-static inline int same_magic(const char *amagic, const char *bmagic)
+/* First part is kernel version, which we ignore if module has crcs. */
+static inline int same_magic(const char *amagic, const char *bmagic,
+                             bool has_crcs)
 {
-        amagic += strcspn(amagic, " ");
-        bmagic += strcspn(bmagic, " ");
+        if (has_crcs) {
+                amagic += strcspn(amagic, " ");
+                bmagic += strcspn(bmagic, " ");
+        }
         return strcmp(amagic, bmagic) == 0;
 }
 #else
@@ -976,7 +984,8 @@ static inline int check_modstruct_version(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
         return 1;
 }
 
-static inline int same_magic(const char *amagic, const char *bmagic)
+static inline int same_magic(const char *amagic, const char *bmagic,
+                             bool has_crcs)
 {
         return strcmp(amagic, bmagic) == 0;
 }
@@ -1869,7 +1878,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
                 err = try_to_force_load(mod, "magic");
                 if (err)
                         goto free_hdr;
-        } else if (!same_magic(modmagic, vermagic)) {
+        } else if (!same_magic(modmagic, vermagic, versindex)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: version magic '%s' should be '%s'\n",
                        mod->name, modmagic, vermagic);
                 err = -ENOEXEC;