[kernel/f16] Taint if virtualbox modules have been loaded.

Dave Jones davej at fedoraproject.org
Thu Oct 6 22:49:57 UTC 2011


commit 885bf3a7eb5058b8dc0f2107404fa811bfdf224f
Author: Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 6 18:37:12 2011 -0400

    Taint if virtualbox modules have been loaded.

 kernel.spec      |    5 +++++
 taint-vbox.patch |   15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 6bebdec..8a4257a 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ Patch09: linux-2.6-upstream-reverts.patch
 
 # Standalone patches
 
+Patch100: taint-vbox.patch
 Patch160: linux-2.6-32bit-mmap-exec-randomization.patch
 Patch161: linux-2.6-i386-nx-emulation.patch
 
@@ -1216,6 +1217,7 @@ ApplyOptionalPatch linux-2.6-upstream-reverts.patch -R
 ApplyPatch arm-omap-dt-compat.patch
 ApplyPatch arm-smsc-support-reading-mac-address-from-device-tree.patch
 
+ApplyPatch taint-vbox.patch
 #
 # NX Emulation
 #
@@ -2052,6 +2054,9 @@ fi
 # and build.
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 06 2011 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
+- Taint if virtualbox modules have been loaded.
+
 * Wed Oct 05 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0
 - Linux 3.1-rc9
 
diff --git a/taint-vbox.patch b/taint-vbox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cb3e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taint-vbox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
+index 04379f92..d26c9a3 100644
+--- a/kernel/module.c
++++ b/kernel/module.c
+@@ -2653,6 +2653,10 @@ static int check_module_license_and_versions(struct module *mod)
+ 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
+ 		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+ 
++	/* vbox is garbage. */
++	if (strcmp(mod->name, "vboxdrv") == 0)
++		add_taint(TAINT_CRAP);
++
+ 	/* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */
+ 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
+ 		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);


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