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kbuild: Fix permissions of modules.builtin.modinfo
authorEthan Zuo <yuxuan.zuo@outlook.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:37:51 +0000 (14:37 +0800)
committerNicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:51:25 +0000 (11:51 +0100)
Currently, modules.builtin.modinfo is created with executable permissions
(0755). This is because after commit 39cfd5b12160 ("kbuild: extract
modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped"), modules.builtin.modinfo
is extracted from vmlinux.unstripped using objcopy. When extracting
sections, objcopy inherits attributes from the source ELF file.

Since modules.builtin.modinfo is a data file and not an executable,
it should have regular file permissions (0644). The executable bit
can trigger warnings in Debian's Lintian tool.

Explicitly remove the executable bit after generation.

Fixes: 39cfd5b12160 ("kbuild: extract modules.builtin.modinfo from vmlinux.unstripped")
Signed-off-by: Ethan Zuo <yuxuan.zuo@outlook.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/SY0P300MB0609F6916B24ADF65502940B9C91A@SY0P300MB0609.AUSP300.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
scripts/Makefile.vmlinux

index cd788cac9d91dadcf4e83a39142f9d7bc61ffed0..276c3134a563ade4933fab4df17e7eafc6a39fe2 100644 (file)
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ vmlinux: vmlinux.unstripped FORCE
 # what kmod expects to parse.
 quiet_cmd_modules_builtin_modinfo = GEN     $@
       cmd_modules_builtin_modinfo = $(cmd_objcopy); \
-                                    sed -i 's/\x00\+$$/\x00/g' $@
+                                    sed -i 's/\x00\+$$/\x00/g' $@; \
+                                    chmod -x $@
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_modules.builtin.modinfo := -j .modinfo -O binary