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-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c36
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 1088a8f97b0..8ecc5096c56 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -53,16 +53,48 @@ static DECLARE_RWSEM(umhelper_sem);
*/
char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe";
+static void free_modprobe_argv(char **argv, char **envp)
+{
+ kfree(argv[3]); /* check call_modprobe() */
+ kfree(argv);
+}
+
static int call_modprobe(char *module_name, int wait)
{
static char *envp[] = { "HOME=/",
"TERM=linux",
"PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin",
NULL };
+ struct subprocess_info *info;
+
+ char **argv = kmalloc(sizeof(char *[5]), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!argv)
+ goto out;
- char *argv[] = { modprobe_path, "-q", "--", module_name, NULL };
+ module_name = kstrdup(module_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!module_name)
+ goto free_argv;
- return call_usermodehelper(modprobe_path, argv, envp, wait);
+ argv[0] = modprobe_path;
+ argv[1] = "-q";
+ argv[2] = "--";
+ argv[3] = module_name; /* check free_modprobe_argv() */
+ argv[4] = NULL;
+
+ info = call_usermodehelper_setup(argv[0], argv, envp, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!info)
+ goto free_module_name;
+
+ call_usermodehelper_setcleanup(info, free_modprobe_argv);
+
+ return call_usermodehelper_exec(info, wait | UMH_KILLABLE);
+
+free_module_name:
+ kfree(module_name);
+free_argv:
+ kfree(argv);
+out:
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
/**