[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/jprobes: Validate break handler invocation as being due to a jprobe_return()

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue May 16 04:05:04 AEST 2017


Fix a circa 2005 FIXME by implementing a check to ensure that we
actually got into the jprobe break handler() due to the trap in
jprobe_return().

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 19b053475758..1ebeb8c482db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -627,25 +627,23 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(setjmp_pre_handler);
 
 void __used jprobe_return(void)
 {
-	asm volatile("trap" ::: "memory");
+	asm volatile("jprobe_return_trap:\n"
+		     "trap\n"
+		     ::: "memory");
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(jprobe_return);
 
-static void __used jprobe_return_end(void)
-{
-}
-NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(jprobe_return_end);
-
 int longjmp_break_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
 	unsigned long sp;
 
-	/*
-	 * FIXME - we should ideally be validating that we got here 'cos
-	 * of the "trap" in jprobe_return() above, before restoring the
-	 * saved regs...
-	 */
+	if (regs->nip != ppc_kallsyms_lookup_name("jprobe_return_trap")) {
+		WARN(1, "longjmp_break_handler NIP (0x%lx) does not match jprobe_return_trap (0x%lx)\n",
+				regs->nip, ppc_kallsyms_lookup_name("jprobe_return_trap"));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(regs, &kcb->jprobe_saved_regs, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
 	sp = kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
 	memcpy((void *)sp, &kcb->jprobes_stack, MIN_STACK_SIZE(sp));
-- 
2.12.2



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