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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
index 089328f2b920..3c8da0af9695 100644
--- a/mm/usercopy.c
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ static inline const char *check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
* Some architectures (arm64) return true for virt_addr_valid() on
* vmalloced addresses. Work around this by checking for vmalloc
* first.
+ *
+ * We also need to check for module addresses explicitly since we
+ * may copy static data from modules to userspace
*/
- if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
+ if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(ptr))
return NULL;
if (!virt_addr_valid(ptr))