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-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 901cd6ac2f1..be4807fb90e 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
/* Set up license info based on the info section */
set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
+ /*
+ * ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules.
+ * Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from
+ * using GPL-only symbols it needs.
+ */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
- add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+ add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+
+ /* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);