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| author | Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> | 2020-07-28 23:33:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> | 2020-08-05 10:31:28 +0200 |
| commit | 262e6ae7081df304fc625cf368d5c2cbba2bb991 (patch) | |
| tree | 90066684afe25cf4b29db325e439be31835cad09 /arch/arm | |
| parent | ef1dac6021cc8ec5de02ce31722bf26ac4ed5523 (diff) | |
modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
If a TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE exports symbol, inherit the taint flag
for all modules importing these symbols, and don't allow loading
symbols from TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE modules if the module previously
imported gplonly symbols. Add a anti-circumvention devices so people
don't accidentally get themselves into trouble this way.
Comment from Greg:
"Ah, the proven-to-be-illegal "GPL Condom" defense :)"
[jeyu: pr_info -> pr_err and pr_warn as per discussion]
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730162957.GA22469@lst.de
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
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