1 files changed, 4 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b049939177f6..cab4bce49c23 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2431,10 +2431,10 @@ static void kmemleak_load_module(const struct module *mod,
         kmemleak_scan_area(mod, sizeof(struct module), GFP_KERNEL);
 
         for (i = 1; i < info->hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
-                const char *name = info->secstrings + info->sechdrs[i].sh_name;
-                if (!(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
-                        continue;
-                if (!strstarts(name, ".data") && !strstarts(name, ".bss"))
+                /* Scan all writable sections that's not executable */
+                if (!(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) ||
+                    !(info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_WRITE) ||
+                    (info->sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_EXECINSTR))
                         continue;
 
                 kmemleak_scan_area((void *)info->sechdrs[i].sh_addr,
@@ -2769,24 +2769,11 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
         mod->trace_events = section_objs(info, "_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_TRACING
         mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start = section_objs(info, "__trace_printk_fmt",
                                          sizeof(*mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start),
                                          &mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt);
-        /*
-         * This section contains pointers to allocated objects in the trace
-         * code and not scanning it leads to false positives.
-         */
-        kmemleak_scan_area(mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start,
-                           sizeof(*mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start) *
-                           mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt, GFP_KERNEL);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
         /* sechdrs[0].sh_size is always zero */