linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kprobes: Limit max data

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Date:   Wed, 1 Dec 2021 11:19:22 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        zhangyue <zhangyue1@...inos.cn>, naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com,
        anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: Limit max data_size of the kretprobe instances

On Wed,  1 Dec 2021 23:45:50 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> The kretprobe::data_size is unsigned (size_t) but it is
> used as 'data_size + sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance)'.
> Thus, it can be smaller than sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance)
> while allocating memory for the kretprobe_instance.

The above doesn't make sense.

data_size is unsigned but it is used as
 'data_size + sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance)'. 

What does that mean?

What can be smaller than sizeof(struct kretprobe_instance) and why does it
matter?

-- Steve


> 
> To avoid this issue, introduce a max limitation of the
> kretprobe::data_size. 4KB per instance should be OK.
>