Re: [PATCH] module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM Hao Ge <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If codetag_load_module() fails, err is never set and load_module()
> returns 0 after the module has been torn down.
>
> Fixes: 044d2aee6c57 ("alloc_tag: handle module codetag load errors as module load failures")
> Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>

> ---
>  kernel/module/main.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index 46dd8d25a605..afb810f0154c 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -3568,7 +3568,8 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
>                         goto sysfs_cleanup;
>         }
>
> -       if (codetag_load_module(mod))
> +       err = codetag_load_module(mod);
> +       if (err)
>                 goto sysfs_cleanup;
>
>         /* Get rid of temporary copy. */
> --
> 2.25.1
>