linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: kprobe: Fixup kernel panic when probing an illegal position

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Message-ID: <CAJF2gTSnb4cvcXFvgkesgjuPOiZbcp4GZ2qJas4VWn68Pfsb9A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:01:42 +0800
From:   Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
To:     Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>
Cc:     palmer@...belt.com, paul.walmsley@...ive.com, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        conor.dooley@...rochip.com, penberg@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, liaochang <liaochang1@...wei.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: kprobe: Fixup kernel panic when probing an illegal position

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> guoren@...nel.org writes:
>
> > From: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
> >
> > The kernel would panic when probed for an illegal position. eg:
> >
> > (CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C=n)
> >
> > echo 'p:hello kernel_clone+0x16 a0=%a0' >> kprobe_events
> > echo 1 > events/kprobes/hello/enable
> > cat trace
> >
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack
> > is corrupted in: __do_sys_newfstatat+0xb8/0xb8
> > CPU: 0 PID: 111 Comm: sh Not tainted
> > 6.2.0-rc1-00027-g2d398fe49a4d #490
> > Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
> > Call Trace:
> > [<ffffffff80007268>] dump_backtrace+0x38/0x48
> > [<ffffffff80c5e83c>] show_stack+0x50/0x68
> > [<ffffffff80c6da28>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x84
> > [<ffffffff80c6da6c>] dump_stack+0x20/0x30
> > [<ffffffff80c5ecf4>] panic+0x160/0x374
> > [<ffffffff80c6db94>] generic_handle_arch_irq+0x0/0xa8
> > [<ffffffff802deeb0>] sys_newstat+0x0/0x30
> > [<ffffffff800158c0>] sys_clone+0x20/0x30
> > [<ffffffff800039e8>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x4
> > ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector:
> > Kernel stack is corrupted in: __do_sys_newfstatat+0xb8/0xb8 ]---
> >
> > That is because the kprobe's ebreak instruction broke the kernel's
> > original code. The user should guarantee the correction of the probe
> > position, but it couldn't make the kernel panic.
> >
> > This patch adds arch_check_kprobe in arch_prepare_kprobe to prevent an
> > illegal position (Such as the middle of an instruction).
>
> Nice!
>
> @liaochang Will you remove your patch from the OPTPROBE series?
>
> > Fixes: c22b0bcb1dd0 ("riscv: Add kprobes supported")
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> > index f21592d20306..475989f06d6d 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
> > @@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ static void __kprobes arch_simulate_insn(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
> >       post_kprobe_handler(p, kcb, regs);
> >  }
> >
> > +static bool __kprobes arch_check_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> > +{
> > +     unsigned long tmp  = (unsigned long)p->addr - p->offset;
> > +     unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)p->addr;
> > +
> > +     while (tmp <= addr) {
> > +             if (tmp == addr)
> > +                     return true;
> > +
> > +             tmp += GET_INSN_LENGTH(*(kprobe_opcode_t *)tmp);
>
> kprobe_opcode_t is u32; This can trigger a misaligned load, right?
>
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     return false;
> > +}
> > +
> >  int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> >  {
> >       unsigned long probe_addr = (unsigned long)p->addr;
> > @@ -55,6 +70,9 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
> >       if (probe_addr & 0x1)
> >               return -EILSEQ;
> >
> > +     if (!arch_check_kprobe(p))
> > +             return -EILSEQ;
> > +
> >       /* copy instruction */
> >       p->opcode = *p->addr;
>
> Not related to your patch, but this can also trigger a misaligned load.
Yes, it would trigger a misaligned load.

What's the problem of that?

>
>
> Björn



-- 
Best Regards
 Guo Ren