341 Commits
Author SHA1 Message Date
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 5ef268cb7a kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()
Remove unneeded warnings for handled errors from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()
because all caller handled the error correctly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/177261531182.1312989.8737778408503961141.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/

Reported-by: Zw Tang <shicenci@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPHJ_V+J6YDb_wX2nhXU6kh466Dt_nyDSas-1i_Y8s7tqY-Mzw@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 9c89bb8e32 ("kprobes: treewide: Cleanup the error messages for kprobes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) e113f0b46d kprobes: avoid crash when rmmod/insmod after ftrace killed
After we hit ftrace is killed by some errors, the kernel crash if
we remove modules in which kprobe probes.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff805000d
PGD 817fcc067 P4D 817fcc067 PUD 817fc8067 PMD 101555067 PTE 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2012 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G        W  OE
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
RIP: 0010:kprobes_module_callback+0x89/0x790
RSP: 0018:ffff88812e157d30 EFLAGS: 00010a02
RAX: 1ffffffff805000d RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffffffff86a8de90
RDX: ffffed1025c2af9b RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffffc0280068
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1025c2af9a
R10: ffff88812e157cd7 R11: 205d323130325420 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffffffc0290488 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffffffffc0280040
FS:  00007fbc450dd740(0000) GS:ffff888420331000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: fffffbfff805000d CR3: 000000010f624000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 notifier_call_chain+0xc6/0x280
 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x60/0x90
 __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x32a/0x4e0
 do_syscall_64+0x5d/0xfa0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

This is because the kprobe on ftrace does not correctly handles
the kprobe_ftrace_disabled flag set by ftrace_kill().

To prevent this error, check kprobe_ftrace_disabled in
__disarm_kprobe_ftrace() and skip all ftrace related operations.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176473947565.1727781.13110060700668331950.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/

Reported-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251125020536.2484381-1-yebin@huaweicloud.com/
Fixes: ae6aa16fdc ("kprobes: introduce ftrace based optimization")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2026-03-13 23:14:14 +09:00
Linus Torvalds 323bbfcf1e Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Linus Torvalds bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook 69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 73c12f2094 kprobes: Use dedicated kthread for kprobe optimizer
Instead of using generic workqueue, use a dedicated kthread for optimizing
kprobes, because it can wait (sleep) for a long time inside the process
by synchronize_rcu_task(). This means other works can be stopped until it
finishes.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176970170302.114949.5175231591310436910.stgit@devnote2/

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-01-30 11:49:38 +09:00
hongaoandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) f76d1c41b6 kprobes: retry blocked optprobe in do_free_cleaned_kprobes
Once the aggrprobe is fully reverted in do_free_cleaned_kprobes(), retry
optimize_kprobe() on that sibling so it can return to OPTIMIZED.

Also remove the stale comment in __disarm_kprobe().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/349359900266B25F+20260115023804.3951960-2-hongao@uniontech.com/

Signed-off-by: hongao <hongao@uniontech.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2026-01-20 23:53:07 +09:00
Peng JiangandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) e1876fb015 kprobes: Add missing kerneldoc for __get_insn_slot
Add kerneldoc for '__get_insn_slot' function to fix W=1 warnings:

  kernel/kprobes.c:141 function parameter 'c' not described in '__get_insn_slot'

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250704143817707TOCcfTRWsO5OAbQ2eYoU9@zte.com.cn/

Signed-off-by: Peng Jiang <jiang.peng9@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-07-15 18:45:34 +09:00
Sebastian Andrzej SiewiorandPetr Pavlu 7e74a7c00a kprobes: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address().
__module_text_address() can be invoked within a RCU section, there is no
requirement to have preemption disabled.

Replace the preempt_disable() section around __module_text_address()
with RCU.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250129084925.9ppBjGLC@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
Joel Granados 1751f872cc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable
Add the const qualifier to all the ctl_tables in the tree except for
watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl, memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
loadpin_sysctl_table and the ones calling register_net_sysctl (./net,
drivers/inifiniband dirs). These are special cases as they use a
registration function with a non-const qualified ctl_table argument or
modify the arrays before passing them on to the registration function.

Constifying ctl_table structs will prevent the modification of
proc_handler function pointers as the arrays would reside in .rodata.
This is made possible after commit 78eb4ea25c ("sysctl: treewide:
constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers") constified all the
proc_handlers.

Created this by running an spatch followed by a sed command:
Spatch:
    virtual patch

    @
    depends on !(file in "net")
    disable optional_qualifier
    @

    identifier table_name != {
      watchdog_hardlockup_sysctl,
      iwcm_ctl_table,
      ucma_ctl_table,
      memory_allocation_profiling_sysctls,
      loadpin_sysctl_table
    };
    @@

    + const
    struct ctl_table table_name [] = { ... };

sed:
    sed --in-place \
      -e "s/struct ctl_table .table = &uts_kern/const struct ctl_table *table = \&uts_kern/" \
      kernel/utsname_sysctl.c

Reviewed-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> # for kernel/trace/
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> # SCSI
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> # xfs
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <bodonnel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) bef8e6afaa kprobes: Remove remaining gotos
Remove remaining gotos from kprobes.c to clean up the code.
This does not use cleanup macros, but changes code flow for avoiding
gotos.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173371212474.480397.5684523564137819115.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:13 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 5e5b8b4933 kprobes: Remove unneeded goto
Remove unneeded gotos. Since the labels referred by these gotos have
only one reference for each, we can replace those gotos with the
referred code.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173371211203.480397.13988907319659165160.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:13 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) a35fb2bcae kprobes: Use guard for rcu_read_lock
Use guard(rcu) for rcu_read_lock so that it can remove unneeded
gotos and make it more structured.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173371209846.480397.3852648910271029695.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:13 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 54c7939011 kprobes: Use guard() for external locks
Use guard() for text_mutex, cpu_read_lock, and jump_label_lock in
the kprobes.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173371208663.480397.7535769878667655223.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:13 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 587e8e6d64 kprobes: Adopt guard() and scoped_guard()
Use guard() or scoped_guard() for critical sections rather than
discrete lock/unlock pairs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173289887835.73724.608223217359025939.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:12 +09:00
Thomas WeißschuhandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 1703abb4de kprobes: Reduce preempt disable scope in check_kprobe_access_safe()
Commit a189d0350f ("kprobes: disable preempt for module_text_address() and kernel_text_address()")
introduced a preempt_disable() region to protect against concurrent
module unloading. However this region also includes the call to
jump_label_text_reserved() which takes a long time;
up to 400us, iterating over approx 6000 jump tables.

The scope protected by preempt_disable() is largen than necessary.
core_kernel_text() does not need to be protected as it does not interact
with module code at all.
Only the scope from __module_text_address() to try_module_get() needs to
be protected.
By limiting the critical section to __module_text_address() and
try_module_get() the function responsible for the latency spike remains
preemptible.

This works fine even when !CONFIG_MODULES as in that case
try_module_get() will always return true and that block can be optimized
away.

Limit the critical section to __module_text_address() and
try_module_get(). Use guard(preempt)() for easier error handling.

While at it also remove a spurious *probed_mod = NULL in an error
path. On errors the output parameter is never inspected by the caller.
Some error paths were clearing the parameters, some didn't.
Align them for clarity.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241121-kprobes-preempt-v1-1-fd581ee7fcbb@linutronix.de/

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2025-01-10 09:00:12 +09:00
Nathan ChancellorandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 3fbff98889 kprobes: Use struct_size() in __get_insn_slot()
__get_insn_slot() allocates 'struct kprobe_insn_page' using a custom
structure size calculation macro, KPROBE_INSN_PAGE_SIZE. Replace
KPROBE_INSN_PAGE_SIZE with the struct_size() macro, which is the
preferred way to calculate the size of flexible structures in the kernel
because it handles overflow and makes it easier to change and audit how
flexible structures are allocated across the entire tree.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241030-kprobes-fix-counted-by-annotation-v1-2-8f266001fad0@kernel.org/
(Masami modofied this to be applicable without the 1st patch in the series.)

Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2024-10-31 11:00:58 +09:00
Jinjie RuanandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) da93dd931b kprobes: Cleanup collect_one_slot() and __disable_kprobe()
If kip->nused is not zero, collect_one_slot() return false, otherwise do
a lot of linked list operations, reverse the processing order to make the
code if nesting more concise. __disable_kprobe() is the same as well.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240813115334.3922580-4-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2024-10-31 10:59:42 +09:00
Jinjie RuanandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) ce7f27dcd7 kprobes: Cleanup the config comment
The CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE #if/#else/#endif section is small and doesn't
nest additional #ifdefs so the comment is useless and should be removed,
but the __ARCH_WANT_KPROBES_INSN_SLOT and CONFIG_OPTPROBES() nest is long,
it is better to add comment for reading.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240813115334.3922580-3-ruanjinjie@huawei.com/

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2024-10-31 10:59:42 +09:00
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 8c8acb8f26 kprobes: Fix to check symbol prefixes correctly
Since str_has_prefix() takes the prefix as the 2nd argument and the string
as the first, is_cfi_preamble_symbol() always fails to check the prefix.
Fix the function parameter order so that it correctly check the prefix.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/172260679559.362040.7360872132937227206.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: de02f2ac5d ("kprobes: Prohibit probing on CFI preamble symbol")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2024-08-05 14:04:03 +09:00
Joel Granados 78eb4ea25c sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers
const qualify the struct ctl_table argument in the proc_handler function
signatures. This is a prerequisite to moving the static ctl_table
structs into .rodata data which will ensure that proc_handler function
pointers cannot be modified.

This patch has been generated by the following coccinelle script:

```
  virtual patch

  @r1@
  identifier ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  identifier func !~ "appldata_(timer|interval)_handler|sched_(rt|rr)_handler|rds_tcp_skbuf_handler|proc_sctp_do_(hmac_alg|rto_min|rto_max|udp_port|alpha_beta|auth|probe_interval)";
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

  @r2@
  identifier func, ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
  { ... }

  @r3@
  identifier func;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r4@
  identifier func, ctl;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r5@
  identifier func, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

```

* Code formatting was adjusted in xfs_sysctl.c to comply with code
  conventions. The xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler,
  xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler and xfs_deprecated_dointvec_minmax where
  adjusted.

* The ctl_table argument in proc_watchdog_common was const qualified.
  This is called from a proc_handler itself and is calling back into
  another proc_handler, making it necessary to change it as part of the
  proc_handler migration.

Co-developed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Co-developed-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <j.granados@samsung.com>
2024-07-24 20:59:29 +02:00
Linus Torvalds 4b377b4868 kprobe/ftrace: fix build error due to bad function definition
Commit 1a7d0890dd ("kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed")
introduced a bad K&R function definition, which we haven't accepted in a
long long time.

Gcc seems to let it slide, but clang notices with the appropriate error:

  kernel/kprobes.c:1140:24: error: a function declaration without a prototype is deprecated in all >
   1140 | void kprobe_ftrace_kill()
        |                        ^
        |                         void

but this commit was apparently never in linux-next before it was sent
upstream, so it didn't get the appropriate build test coverage.

Fixes: 1a7d0890dd kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2024-05-17 19:17:55 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 70a663205d Merge tag 'probes-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace
Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:

 - tracing/probes: Add new pseudo-types %pd and %pD support for dumping
   dentry name from 'struct dentry *' and file name from 'struct file *'

 - uprobes performance optimizations:
    - Speed up the BPF uprobe event by delaying the fetching of the
      uprobe event arguments that are not used in BPF
    - Avoid locking by speculatively checking whether uprobe event is
      valid
    - Reduce lock contention by using read/write_lock instead of
      spinlock for uprobe list operation. This improved BPF uprobe
      benchmark result 43% on average

 - rethook: Remove non-fatal warning messages when tracing stack from
   BPF and skip rcu_is_watching() validation in rethook if possible

 - objpool: Optimize objpool (which is used by kretprobes and fprobe as
   rethook backend storage) by inlining functions and avoid caching
   nr_cpu_ids because it is a const value

 - fprobe: Add entry/exit callbacks types (code cleanup)

 - kprobes: Check ftrace was killed in kprobes if it uses ftrace

* tag 'probes-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed
  selftests/ftrace: Fix required features for VFS type test case
  objpool: cache nr_possible_cpus() and avoid caching nr_cpu_ids
  objpool: enable inlining objpool_push() and objpool_pop() operations
  rethook: honor CONFIG_FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING in rethook_try_get()
  ftrace: make extra rcu_is_watching() validation check optional
  uprobes: reduce contention on uprobes_tree access
  rethook: Remove warning messages printed for finding return address of a frame.
  fprobe: Add entry/exit callbacks types
  selftests/ftrace: add fprobe test cases for VFS type "%pd" and "%pD"
  selftests/ftrace: add kprobe test cases for VFS type "%pd" and "%pD"
  Documentation: tracing: add new type '%pd' and '%pD' for kprobe
  tracing/probes: support '%pD' type for print struct file's name
  tracing/probes: support '%pd' type for print struct dentry's name
  uprobes: add speculative lockless system-wide uprobe filter check
  uprobes: prepare uprobe args buffer lazily
  uprobes: encapsulate preparation of uprobe args buffer
2024-05-17 18:29:30 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 91b6163be4 Merge tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl
Pull sysctl updates from Joel Granados:

 - Remove sentinel elements from ctl_table structs in kernel/*

   Removing sentinels in ctl_table arrays reduces the build time size
   and runtime memory consumed by ~64 bytes per array. Removals for
   net/, io_uring/, mm/, ipc/ and security/ are set to go into mainline
   through their respective subsystems making the next release the most
   likely place where the final series that removes the check for
   proc_name == NULL will land.

   This adds to removals already in arch/, drivers/ and fs/.

 - Adjust ctl_table definitions and references to allow constification
     - Remove unused ctl_table function arguments
     - Move non-const elements from ctl_table to ctl_table_header
     - Make ctl_table pointers const in ctl_table_root structure

   Making the static ctl_table structs const will increase safety by
   keeping the pointers to proc_handler functions in .rodata. Though no
   ctl_tables where made const in this PR, the ground work for making
   that possible has started with these changes sent by Thomas
   Weißschuh.

* tag 'sysctl-6.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl:
  sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check
  sysctl: move sysctl type to ctl_table_header
  sysctl: drop sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_table
  sysctl: treewide: constify argument ctl_table_root::permissions(table)
  sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table)
  bpf: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  delayacct: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kprobes: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  printk: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  seccomp: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  timekeeping: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  ftrace: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  umh: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
  kernel misc: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
Stephen BrennanandMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 1a7d0890dd kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed
If an error happens in ftrace, ftrace_kill() will prevent disarming
kprobes. Eventually, the ftrace_ops associated with the kprobes will be
freed, yet the kprobes will still be active, and when triggered, they
will use the freed memory, likely resulting in a page fault and panic.

This behavior can be reproduced quite easily, by creating a kprobe and
then triggering a ftrace_kill(). For simplicity, we can simulate an
ftrace error with a kernel module like [1]:

[1]: https://github.com/brenns10/kernel_stuff/tree/master/ftrace_killer

  sudo perf probe --add commit_creds
  sudo perf trace -e probe:commit_creds
  # In another terminal
  make
  sudo insmod ftrace_killer.ko  # calls ftrace_kill(), simulating bug
  # Back to perf terminal
  # ctrl-c
  sudo perf probe --del commit_creds

After a short period, a page fault and panic would occur as the kprobe
continues to execute and uses the freed ftrace_ops. While ftrace_kill()
is supposed to be used only in extreme circumstances, it is invoked in
FTRACE_WARN_ON() and so there are many places where an unexpected bug
could be triggered, yet the system may continue operating, possibly
without the administrator noticing. If ftrace_kill() does not panic the
system, then we should do everything we can to continue operating,
rather than leave a ticking time bomb.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240501162956.229427-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com/

Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
2024-05-16 07:23:30 +09:00