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[PATCH tip/master] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Fix to clear TF bit in fault-on-single-stepping
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel dot org>
- To: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel dot org>, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix dot de>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto at kernel dot org>, systemtap at sourceware dot org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:06:53 +0900
- Subject: [PATCH tip/master] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Fix to clear TF bit in fault-on-single-stepping
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Fix kprobe_fault_handler to clear TF (trap flag) bit of
flags register in the case of fault fixup on single-stepping.
If we put a kprobe on the instruction which can cause a
page fault (e.g. actual mov instructions in copy_user_*),
that fault happens on a single-stepping buffer. In this
case, kprobes resets running instance so that the CPU can
retry execution on the original ip address.
However, current code forgets reset TF bit. Since this
fault happens with TF bit set for enabling single-stepping,
when it retries, it causes a debug exception and kprobes
can not handle it because it already reset itself.
On the most of x86-64 platform, it can be easily reproduced
by using kprobe tracer. E.g.
# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
# echo p copy_user_enhanced_fast_string+5 > kprobe_events
# echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
And you'll see a kernel panic on do_debug(), since the debug
trap is not handled by kprobes.
To fix this problem, we just need to clear the TF bit when
resetting running kprobe.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index 38cf7a7..856df81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -961,6 +961,13 @@ int kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
* normal page fault.
*/
regs->ip = (unsigned long)cur->addr;
+ /*
+ * Trap flag has been set here because this fault happened
+ * where the single stepping will be done. So clear it with
+ * resetting current kprobe.
+ */
+ regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+ /* If the TF was set before the kprobe hit, don't touch it */
regs->flags |= kcb->kprobe_old_flags;
if (kcb->kprobe_status == KPROBE_REENTER)
restore_previous_kprobe(kcb);