diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index e7bdd549e527..672ad2016262 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <asm/module.h>
 
-/* In stripped ARM and x86-64 modules, ~ is surprisingly rare. */
-#define MODULE_SIG_STRING "~Module signature appended~\n"
-
 /* Not Yet Implemented */
 #define MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(name)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/module_signature.h b/include/linux/module_signature.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e80728e5b86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/module_signature.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* Module signature handling.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H
+#define _LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H
+
+/* In stripped ARM and x86-64 modules, ~ is surprisingly rare. */
+#define MODULE_SIG_STRING "~Module signature appended~\n"
+
+enum pkey_id_type {
+	PKEY_ID_PGP,		/* OpenPGP generated key ID */
+	PKEY_ID_X509,		/* X.509 arbitrary subjectKeyIdentifier */
+	PKEY_ID_PKCS7,		/* Signature in PKCS#7 message */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Module signature information block.
+ *
+ * The constituents of the signature section are, in order:
+ *
+ *	- Signer's name
+ *	- Key identifier
+ *	- Signature data
+ *	- Information block
+ */
+struct module_signature {
+	u8	algo;		/* Public-key crypto algorithm [0] */
+	u8	hash;		/* Digest algorithm [0] */
+	u8	id_type;	/* Key identifier type [PKEY_ID_PKCS7] */
+	u8	signer_len;	/* Length of signer's name [0] */
+	u8	key_id_len;	/* Length of key identifier [0] */
+	u8	__pad[3];
+	__be32	sig_len;	/* Length of signature data */
+};
+
+int validate_module_sig(const struct module_signature *ms, size_t file_len);
+int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, unsigned long *_modlen);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_MODULE_SIGNATURE_H */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8514b25db21c..c3ac1170b93a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 config MODULE_SIG
 	bool "Module signature verification"
 	depends on MODULES
-	select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+	select MODULE_SIG_FORMAT
 	help
 	  Check modules for valid signatures upon load: the signature
 	  is simply appended to the module. For more information see
@@ -1749,6 +1749,10 @@ config MODULE_SIG
 	  debuginfo strip done by some packagers (such as rpmbuild) and
 	  inclusion into an initramfs that wants the module size reduced.
 
+config MODULE_SIG_FORMAT
+	def_bool n
+	select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
+
 config MODULE_SIG_FORCE
 	bool "Require modules to be validly signed"
 	depends on MODULE_SIG
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 4cb8e8b23c6e..d5f9748ab19f 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ obj-y += up.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += module_signing.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_FORMAT) += module_signing.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_CORE) += crash_core.o
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 40f983cbea81..52921fccb51a 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/extable.h>
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
+#include <linux/module_signature.h>
 #include <linux/trace_events.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
diff --git a/kernel/module_signing.c b/kernel/module_signing.c
index 937c844bee4a..204c60d4cc9f 100644
--- a/kernel/module_signing.c
+++ b/kernel/module_signing.c
@@ -11,36 +11,38 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/module_signature.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/verification.h>
 #include <crypto/public_key.h>
 #include "module-internal.h"
 
-enum pkey_id_type {
-	PKEY_ID_PGP,		/* OpenPGP generated key ID */
-	PKEY_ID_X509,		/* X.509 arbitrary subjectKeyIdentifier */
-	PKEY_ID_PKCS7,		/* Signature in PKCS#7 message */
-};
-
-/*
- * Module signature information block.
- *
- * The constituents of the signature section are, in order:
+/**
+ * validate_module_sig - validate that the given signature is sane
  *
- *	- Signer's name
- *	- Key identifier
- *	- Signature data
- *	- Information block
+ * @ms:		Signature to validate.
+ * @file_len:	Size of the file to which @ms is appended.
  */
-struct module_signature {
-	u8	algo;		/* Public-key crypto algorithm [0] */
-	u8	hash;		/* Digest algorithm [0] */
-	u8	id_type;	/* Key identifier type [PKEY_ID_PKCS7] */
-	u8	signer_len;	/* Length of signer's name [0] */
-	u8	key_id_len;	/* Length of key identifier [0] */
-	u8	__pad[3];
-	__be32	sig_len;	/* Length of signature data */
-};
+int validate_module_sig(const struct module_signature *ms, size_t file_len)
+{
+	if (be32_to_cpu(ms->sig_len) >= file_len - sizeof(*ms))
+		return -EBADMSG;
+	else if (ms->id_type != PKEY_ID_PKCS7) {
+		pr_err("Module is not signed with expected PKCS#7 message\n");
+		return -ENOPKG;
+	} else if (ms->algo != 0 ||
+		   ms->hash != 0 ||
+		   ms->signer_len != 0 ||
+		   ms->key_id_len != 0 ||
+		   ms->__pad[0] != 0 ||
+		   ms->__pad[1] != 0 ||
+		   ms->__pad[2] != 0) {
+		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature info has unexpected non-zero params\n");
+		return -EBADMSG;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * Verify the signature on a module.
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, unsigned long *_modlen)
 {
 	struct module_signature ms;
 	size_t modlen = *_modlen, sig_len;
+	int ret;
 
 	pr_devel("==>%s(,%zu)\n", __func__, modlen);
 
@@ -56,30 +59,15 @@ int mod_verify_sig(const void *mod, unsigned long *_modlen)
 		return -EBADMSG;
 
 	memcpy(&ms, mod + (modlen - sizeof(ms)), sizeof(ms));
-	modlen -= sizeof(ms);
+
+	ret = validate_module_sig(&ms, modlen);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	sig_len = be32_to_cpu(ms.sig_len);
-	if (sig_len >= modlen)
-		return -EBADMSG;
-	modlen -= sig_len;
+	modlen -= sig_len + sizeof(ms);
 	*_modlen = modlen;
 
-	if (ms.id_type != PKEY_ID_PKCS7) {
-		pr_err("Module is not signed with expected PKCS#7 message\n");
-		return -ENOPKG;
-	}
-
-	if (ms.algo != 0 ||
-	    ms.hash != 0 ||
-	    ms.signer_len != 0 ||
-	    ms.key_id_len != 0 ||
-	    ms.__pad[0] != 0 ||
-	    ms.__pad[1] != 0 ||
-	    ms.__pad[2] != 0) {
-		pr_err("PKCS#7 signature info has unexpected non-zero params\n");
-		return -EBADMSG;
-	}
-
 	return verify_pkcs7_signature(mod, modlen, mod + modlen, sig_len,
 				      NULL, VERIFYING_MODULE_SIGNATURE,
 				      NULL, NULL);
