[grsec] Strange output from lsmod

Christoph Pleger Christoph.Pleger at uni-dortmund.de
Mon Jan 16 02:43:23 EST 2006


Hello,

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:54:53 +0100
pageexec at freemail.hu wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2006 at 15:51, Christoph Pleger wrote:
> > I added the grsecurity-2.1.7-patch to vanilla kernel 2.6.14.3 from
> > kernel.org. After compiling, installing and booting the new kernel
> > lsmod from module-init-tools displays strange things, even when all
> > grsecurity features are disabled in the kernel configuration. This
> > does not happen without applying the grsecurity-patch.
> 
> it's caused by the PaX related changes to the module loader, the
> kernel emits more info than vanilla and lsmod gets confused by it
> (you can always look at /proc/modules directly though). although
> it's useful info (for me at least), i reverted it in my latest
> patch, so i guess it'll go into grsec soon.

Is it possible that you send me this latest patch or give me a hint how
I can revert that behaviour myself? I really want to use use grsecurity
with kernel 2.6.24, but only without this confusion to lsmod.

Or is the latest patch already downloadable from somewhere?

Christoph 


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