linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: Fix the bug if the function name is larger than KSYM_NAME

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:57:39 -0500
From:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:	Minfei Huang <minfei.huang@...mail.com>
Cc:	sjenning@...hat.com, jkosina@...e.cz, vojtech@...e.cz,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: Fix the bug if the function name is
 larger than KSYM_NAME_LEN-1

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 08:26:29AM +0800, Minfei Huang wrote:
> On 04/13/15 at 06:13P, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 09:15:54PM +0800, Minfei Huang wrote:
> > > For now, the kallsyms will only store the first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1). The
> > > kallsyms name is same for the function which first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1) is
> > > same, but the rest is not.
> > > 
> > > Then function will never be patched, although function name and address
> > > are provided both. The reason caused this bug is livepatch cannt
> > > recognize the function name.
> > > 
> > > Now, livepatch will verify the function name with first (KSYM_NAME_LEN-1)
> > > and address, if provided. Once they are matched, we can confirm that the
> > > patched function is found.
> > 
> > From scripts/kallsyms.c:
> > 
> > 	if (strlen(str) > KSYM_NAME_LEN) {
> > 		fprintf(stderr, "Symbol %s too long for kallsyms (%zu vs %d).\n"
> > 				"Please increase KSYM_NAME_LEN both in kernel and kallsyms.c\n",
> > 			str, strlen(str), KSYM_NAME_LEN);
> > 		return -1;
> > 	}
> > 
> > So I think such a long symbol name wouldn't be added to the kallsyms
> > database in the first place.
> > 
> 
> Actually, kernel allows overlength function name to be used. Following
> is my testing module.
> 
> We can got the address in /proc/kallsyms.
> $ cat /proc/kallsyms | grep sysfs_print
> ffffffffa0000000 t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_pri  [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000010 t kobj_release [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000020 t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_pri  [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa00004e0 b root_kobj    [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000200 d print_ktype  [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa00004a0 b print_kobj   [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa000004c t sys_print_exit   [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000144 r __func__.14514   [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000230 d kobj_attrs   [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000240 d sys_print_kobj_attr  [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa0000260 d __this_module    [sysfs_print]
> ffffffffa000004c t cleanup_module   [sysfs_print]
> 
> Code:
> 
> static ssize_t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_store(struct kobject *kobj, s
>         const char *buf, size_t count)
> {
>     return count;
> }
> 
> static ssize_t sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_show(struct kobject *kobj,
>                 struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> {
>     return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE-1, "%s\n", "This is printed by module");
> }
> 
> static struct kobj_attribute sys_print_kobj_attr = __ATTR_RW(sys_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_print_p
> static struct attribute *kobj_attrs[] = {
>     &sys_print_kobj_attr.attr,
>     NULL
> };
> 

Hm, this seems like a kallsyms bug.  IMO it should either fail the build
or omit the symbol from the kallsyms db.  Truncating it seems dangerous
and counterintuitive.

But regardless I really don't see a good reason to encourage this kind
of insanity in the livepatch code.

-- 
Josh
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