From 2ea77fca84f07849aa995271271340d262d0c2e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugh Dickins Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:28:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] modpost: Initialize builtin_modname to stop SIGSEGVs Segmentation fault ./scripts/mod/modpost -o vmlinux.symvers vmlinux.o stops the kernel build. It comes when write_vmlinux_export_c_file() tries to buf_printf alias->builtin_modname. malloc'ed memory is not necessarily zeroed. NULL new->builtin_modname before adding to aliases. Fixes: 5ab23c7923a1 ("modpost: Create modalias for builtin modules") Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4590a243-0a7e-b7e6-e2d3-cd1b41a12237@google.com Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor --- scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c index 7da9735e7ab3..b3333560b95e 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c +++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ module_alias_printf(struct module *mod, bool append_wildcard, } } + new->builtin_modname = NULL; list_add_tail(&new->node, &mod->aliases); } -- 2.47.3