linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 44/44] x86/unwind: warn if stack grows up

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Date:	Thu,  4 Aug 2016 17:22:40 -0500
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 44/44] x86/unwind: warn if stack grows up

Add a sanity check to ensure the stack only grows down, and print a
warning if the check fails.

Use printk_deferred_once() because the unwinder can be called with the
console lock by lockdep via save_stack_trace().

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c
index f943413..a29c342 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ bool unwind_next_frame(struct unwind_state *state)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
 	unsigned long *next_bp;
+	enum stack_type prev_type = state->stack_info.type;
 
 	state->regs = NULL;
 
@@ -186,6 +187,15 @@ bool unwind_next_frame(struct unwind_state *state)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/* make sure the stack only unwinds up */
+	if (state->stack_info.type == prev_type && next_bp <= state->bp) {
+		printk_deferred_once(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: kernel stack frame pointer at %p in %s:%d points the wrong way (%p)\n",
+				     state->bp, state->task->comm,
+				     state->task->pid, next_bp);
+		state->stack_info.type = STACK_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/* move to the next frame */
 	state->bp = next_bp;
 	return true;
-- 
2.7.4