linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/master] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Fix to clear TF bit in fault-on-single-stepping

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Date:	Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:06:53 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, systemtap@...rceware.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/master] [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Fix to clear TF bit in fault-on-single-stepping

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@...nel.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);