linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kprobes/x86: opt: free optinsn cache when range check fails

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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:15:45 +0800
From:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Pei Feiyue <peifeiyue@...wei.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes/x86: opt: free optinsn cache when range check
 fails

On 2014/7/29 9:43, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2014/07/28 21:20), Wang Nan wrote:
>> This patch frees optinsn slot when range check error to prevent memory
>> leaks. Before this patch, cache entry in kprobe_insn_cache won't be
>> freed if kprobe optimizing fails due to range check failure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> 
> Oops, thank you for finding it!
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
> 

Hi Masami Hiramatsu,

I don't find this patch in newest upstream. Is there any problem?

> BTW, would you really have hit this error?
> I'd like to know the case if this really happens.
> 
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
>> index f304773..f1314d0 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
>> @@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ int arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
>>  	 * a relative jump.
>>  	 */
>>  	rel = (long)op->optinsn.insn - (long)op->kp.addr + RELATIVEJUMP_SIZE;
>> -	if (abs(rel) > 0x7fffffff)
>> +	if (abs(rel) > 0x7fffffff) {
>> +		__arch_remove_optimized_kprobe(op, 0);
>>  		return -ERANGE;
>> +	}
>>  
>>  	buf = (u8 *)op->optinsn.insn;
>>  
>>
> 
> 


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