linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix: arm: kprobes: optimized kprobes illegal instruction

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Message-Id: <20190206133941.80be666ffac89205f57b9edf@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 13:39:41 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     patches@...linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Robert Berger <Robert.Berger@...iableEmbeddedSystems.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        William Cohen <wcohen@...hat.com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        "# v4 . 14+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix: arm: kprobes: optimized kprobes illegal
 instruction

On Tue,  5 Feb 2019 10:37:40 -0500
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> wrote:

> commit e46daee53bb5 ("ARM: 8806/1: kprobes: Fix false positive with
> FORTIFY_SOURCE") introduced a regression in optimized kprobes. It
> triggers "invalid instruction" oopses when using kprobes instrumentation
> through lttng and perf. This commit was introduced in kernel v4.20, and
> has been backported to stable kernels 4.19 and 4.14.
> 
> This crash was also reported by Hongzhi Song on the redhat bugzilla
> where the patch was originally introduced.

Thank you for fixing this.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>


> 
> Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639397
> Link: https://bugs.lttng.org/issues/1174
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/342740659.2887.1549307721609.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com
> Fixes: e46daee53bb5 ("ARM: 8806/1: kprobes: Fix false positive with FORTIFY_SOURCE")
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> Reported-by: Robert Berger <Robert.Berger@...iableEmbeddedSystems.com>
> Tested-by: Robert Berger <Robert.Berger@...iableEmbeddedSystems.com>
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> CC: Robert Berger <Robert.Berger@...iableEmbeddedSystems.com>
> CC: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> CC: William Cohen <wcohen@...hat.com>
> CC: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> CC: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> CC: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> CC: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.14+
> CC: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> CC: patches@...linux.org.uk
> ---
> KernelVersion: 5.0.0-rc5
>  arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c b/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
> index 2c118a6ab358..0dc23fc227ed 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op, struct kprobe *or
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Copy arch-dep-instance from template. */
> -	memcpy(code, (unsigned char *)optprobe_template_entry,
> +	memcpy(code, (unsigned long *)&optprobe_template_entry,
>  			TMPL_END_IDX * sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
>  
>  	/* Adjust buffer according to instruction. */
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>