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jprobes: make jprobes a little safer for users
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I realise jprobes are a razor-blades-included type of interface, but that
doesn't mean we can't try and make them safer to use.  This guy I know once
wrote code like this:

struct jprobe jp = { .kp.symbol_name = "foo", .entry = "jprobe_foo" };

And then his kernel exploded. Oops.

This patch adds an arch hook, arch_deref_entry_point() (I don't like it
either) which takes the void * in a struct jprobe, and gives back the text
address that it represents.

We can then use that in register_jprobe() to check that the entry point we're
passed is actually in the kernel text, rather than just some random value.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Cc: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <[email protected]>
Cc: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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mpe authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jul 19, 2007
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
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Expand Up @@ -936,10 +936,15 @@ static void ia64_get_bsp_cfm(struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg)
return;
}

unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return ((struct fnptr *)entry)->ip;
}

int __kprobes setjmp_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct jprobe *jp = container_of(p, struct jprobe, kp);
unsigned long addr = ((struct fnptr *)(jp->entry))->ip;
unsigned long addr = arch_deref_entry_point(jp->entry);
struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
struct param_bsp_cfm pa;
int bytes;
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
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Expand Up @@ -492,6 +492,13 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
return ret;
}

#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return (unsigned long)(((func_descr_t *)entry)->entry);
}
#endif

int __kprobes setjmp_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct jprobe *jp = container_of(p, struct jprobe, kp);
Expand All @@ -500,11 +507,9 @@ int __kprobes setjmp_pre_handler(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
memcpy(&kcb->jprobe_saved_regs, regs, sizeof(struct pt_regs));

/* setup return addr to the jprobe handler routine */
regs->nip = arch_deref_entry_point(jp->entry);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
regs->nip = (unsigned long)(((func_descr_t *)jp->entry)->entry);
regs->gpr[2] = (unsigned long)(((func_descr_t *)jp->entry)->toc);
#else
regs->nip = (unsigned long)jp->entry;
#endif

return 1;
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/linux/kprobes.h
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Expand Up @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ int longjmp_break_handler(struct kprobe *, struct pt_regs *);
int register_jprobe(struct jprobe *p);
void unregister_jprobe(struct jprobe *p);
void jprobe_return(void);
unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *);

int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp);
void unregister_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp);
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions kernel/kprobes.c
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Expand Up @@ -675,9 +675,18 @@ static struct notifier_block kprobe_exceptions_nb = {
.priority = 0x7fffffff /* we need to be notified first */
};

unsigned long __weak arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return (unsigned long)entry;
}

int __kprobes register_jprobe(struct jprobe *jp)
{
unsigned long addr = arch_deref_entry_point(jp->entry);

if (!kernel_text_address(addr))
return -EINVAL;

/* Todo: Verify probepoint is a function entry point */
jp->kp.pre_handler = setjmp_pre_handler;
jp->kp.break_handler = longjmp_break_handler;
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