[PATCH] powerpc/kprobes: Use probe_address() to read instructions
Christophe Leroy
christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Tue Feb 25 05:02:10 AEDT 2020
In order to avoid Oopses, use probe_address() to read the
instruction at the address where the trap happened.
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 84567406b53d..a35320b79e16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -276,14 +276,18 @@ int kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
p = get_kprobe(addr);
if (!p) {
- if (*addr != BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) {
+ unsigned int instr;
+
+ if (probe_kernel_address(addr, instr))
+ goto no_kprobe;
+
+ if (instr != BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) {
/*
* PowerPC has multiple variants of the "trap"
* instruction. If the current instruction is a
* trap variant, it could belong to someone else
*/
- kprobe_opcode_t cur_insn = *addr;
- if (is_trap(cur_insn))
+ if (is_trap(instr))
goto no_kprobe;
/*
* The breakpoint instruction was removed right
--
2.25.0
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