diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b2dcb8d9..e59499344 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ The table below shows which release corresponds to each branch, and what date th
 - [#2502][2502] Fix loading ELF files without valid .dynamic section
 - [#2476][2476] Deprecate 'keepends' argument in favor of 'drop' in `tube.recvline*`
 - [#2364][2364] Deprecate direct commandline scripts invocation and exclude nonsense ones
+- [#2496][2496] Add linux ko file search support
 
 [2508]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2508
 [2471]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2471
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ The table below shows which release corresponds to each branch, and what date th
 [2502]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2502
 [2476]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2476
 [2364]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2364
+[2496]: https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools/pull/2496
 
 ## 4.14.0 (`beta`)
 
diff --git a/pwnlib/elf/elf.py b/pwnlib/elf/elf.py
index d93bfca8b..9d2939882 100644
--- a/pwnlib/elf/elf.py
+++ b/pwnlib/elf/elf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 from elftools.elf.constants import SHN_INDICES
 from elftools.elf.descriptions import describe_e_type
 from elftools.elf.dynamic import DynamicSection
-from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
+from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile, PAGESIZE
 from elftools.elf.enums import ENUM_GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_FLAGS
 from elftools.elf.gnuversions import GNUVerDefSection
 from elftools.elf.relocation import RelocationSection, RelrRelocationSection
@@ -1259,7 +1259,49 @@ def search(self, needle, writable = False, executable = False):
                     break
                 yield (addr + offset + load_address_fixup)
                 offset += 1
-
+        if not segments:
+            if writable:
+                ko_check_segments = [".data"]
+            elif executable:
+                ko_check_segments = [".text"]
+            else:
+                ko_check_segments = [".text",".note",".rodata",".data"]
+            for section in super().iter_sections():
+                if section.name not in ko_check_segments and \
+                       not any(section.name.startswith(ko_check_segment) for ko_check_segment in ko_check_segments):
+                    continue
+                filesz = section['sh_size']
+                offset = section['sh_offset']
+                data = self.mmap[offset:offset + filesz]
+                data += b'\x00'
+                offset = 0
+                while True:
+                    offset = data.find(needle, offset)
+                    if offset == -1:
+                        break
+                    # ko_file: header->.note->.text->.rodata->.data
+                    # after insmod: text page(executable page), note and rodate page(read only page), data page(writable page)
+                    if section.name == ".text":
+                        addr = 0
+                    elif section.name.startswith(".note") :
+                        text_filesz=self.get_section_by_name(".text")['sh_size']
+                        addr = (text_filesz//PAGESIZE + 1)*PAGESIZE + section['sh_offset'] - self.header['e_ehsize']
+                    elif section.name.startswith(".rodata"):
+                        text_filesz=self.get_section_by_name(".text")['sh_size']
+                        text_offset=self.get_section_by_name(".text")['sh_offset']
+                        addr = (text_filesz//PAGESIZE + 1)*PAGESIZE + text_offset - self.header['e_ehsize']
+                    elif section.name == ".data" :
+                        text_filesz=self.get_section_by_name(".text")['sh_size']
+                        rodata_filesz=0
+                        note_filez=0
+                        for section in super().iter_sections():
+                            if section.name.startswith(".rodata"):
+                                rodata_filesz += section['sh_size']
+                            elif section.name.startswith(".node"):
+                                note_filesz += section['sh_size']
+                        addr = (text_filesz//PAGESIZE + 1 + (note_filez+rodata_filesz)//PAGESIZE + 1)*PAGESIZE
+                    yield (addr + offset + load_address_fixup)
+                    offset += 1
     def offset_to_vaddr(self, offset):
         """offset_to_vaddr(offset) -> int