Linux Kernel Hacking

2.0: Loading a Kernel Module from Memory (No Arguments)

Load the example.ko kernel module from memory - without using insmod.

To use:

• Build with make
• Execute as root with sudo ./load
• Check output in kernel buffer with dmesg
• See the module loaded in lsmod | grep example
• Unload with rmmod example
• Check the second output in the kernel buffer with dmesg

NOTE: If you aren't running kernel 5.4.0-33-generic (Ubuntu 20.04 currently), then you will need to recompile example.ko, and replace the example_ko and example_ko_len lines with the output of xxd -i example.ko.