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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/module.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
index 49483137371f..e69f9882bf95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ do { \
static unsigned long module_load_offset;
static int randomize_modules = 1;
+/* Mutex protects the module_load_offset. */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(module_kaslr_mutex);
+
static int __init parse_nokaslr(char *p)
{
randomize_modules = 0;
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ early_param("nokaslr", parse_nokaslr);
static unsigned long int get_module_load_offset(void)
{
if (randomize_modules) {
- mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&module_kaslr_mutex);
/*
* Calculate the module_load_offset the first time this
* code is called. Once calculated it stays the same until
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ static unsigned long int get_module_load_offset(void)
if (module_load_offset == 0)
module_load_offset =
(get_random_int() % 1024 + 1) * PAGE_SIZE;
- mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&module_kaslr_mutex);
}
return module_load_offset;
}