Restricting automatic kernel-module loading [LWN.net]

Restricting automatic kernel-module loading

Posted Dec 4, 2017 22:05 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Restricting automatic kernel-module loading by gutschke
Parent article: Restricting automatic kernel-module loading

The existing MODULE_VERSION macro shows what the fate of any such field is likely to be: rotting unnoticed even though the module *is* in fact actively maintained.

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Restricting automatic kernel-module loading

Posted Dec 4, 2017 22:09 UTC (Mon) by gutschke (subscriber, #27910) [Link]

But that's OK, isn't it. The only people making use of this field are those maintainers who explicitly want to request enhanced permissions for their code.

If updating the field isn't something they can fit into their workflow, then maybe their code doesn't deserve these extra permissions. After all, it sounds as if the long-term goal would be for auto-loading to become the exception rather than the rule.

There probably would be a lengthy transition path before any of these policies would be widely and uniformly enforced anyway.