linux-kernel - [ 35/95] kprobes: return proper error code from register

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Date:	Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:02:37 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Prashanth K Nageshappa <prashanth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Subject: [ 35/95] kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe()

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Prashanth Nageshappa <prashanth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit f986a499ef6f317d906e6f6f281be966e1237a10 upstream.

register_kprobe() aborts if the address of the new request falls in a
prohibited area (such as ftrace pouch, __kprobes annotated functions,
non-kernel text addresses, jump label text).  We however don't return the
right error on this abort, resulting in a silent failure - incorrect
adding/reporting of kprobes ('perf probe do_fork+18' or 'perf probe
mcount' for instance).

In V2 we are incorporating Masami Hiramatsu's  feedback.

This patch fixes it by returning -EINVAL upon failure.

While we are here, rename the label used for exit to be more appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Prashanth K Nageshappa <prashanth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/kprobes.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1334,8 +1334,10 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 	if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
 	    in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
 	    ftrace_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr) ||
-	    jump_label_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr))
-		goto fail_with_jump_label;
+	    jump_label_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto cannot_probe;
+	}
 
 	/* User can pass only KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED to register_kprobe */
 	p->flags &= KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED;
@@ -1352,7 +1354,7 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 		 * its code to prohibit unexpected unloading.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(!try_module_get(probed_mod)))
-			goto fail_with_jump_label;
+			goto cannot_probe;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the module freed .init.text, we couldn't insert
@@ -1361,7 +1363,7 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 		if (within_module_init((unsigned long)p->addr, probed_mod) &&
 		    probed_mod->state != MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
 			module_put(probed_mod);
-			goto fail_with_jump_label;
+			goto cannot_probe;
 		}
 		/* ret will be updated by following code */
 	}
@@ -1409,7 +1411,7 @@ out:
 
 	return ret;
 
-fail_with_jump_label:
+cannot_probe:
 	preempt_enable();
 	jump_label_unlock();
 	return ret;


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