linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: ftrace: don't dereference a probably invalid address

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Message-ID: <20210607105217.772214e5@oasis.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:52:17 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@...iatek.com>
Cc:     <catalin.marinas@....com>, <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        <mingo@...hat.com>, <will@...nel.org>, <yj.chiang@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: ftrace: don't dereference a probably invalid
 address

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 22:15:22 +0800
Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@...iatek.com> wrote:

> And the crash is becuase kernel trying to read *rec->ip in print_ip_ins() if
> ftrace_bug() get error code -EINVAL.

Right, so the actual fix should be something like this:

[ not tested, nor even compiled ]

-- Steve


diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 2e8a3fde7104..72ef4dccbcc4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1967,12 +1967,18 @@ static int ftrace_hash_ipmodify_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 
 static void print_ip_ins(const char *fmt, const unsigned char *p)
 {
+	char ins[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
 	int i;
 
+	if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(ins, p, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "%s[FAULT](%px)", fmt, p);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	printk(KERN_CONT "%s", fmt);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE; i++)
-		printk(KERN_CONT "%s%02x", i ? ":" : "", p[i]);
+		printk(KERN_CONT "%s%02x", i ? ":" : "", ins[i]);
 }
 
 enum ftrace_bug_type ftrace_bug_type;