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| author | Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com> | 2024-05-01 09:29:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> | 2024-05-16 07:23:30 +0900 |
| commit | 1a7d0890dd4a502a202aaec792a6c04e6e049547 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ef5c1732237654fddc49948aa9644070f82fcf9 /kernel/kprobes.c | |
| parent | b7bd96ec1b709f5079fd203b680261dabc0050aa (diff) | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kprobes.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kprobes.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c index 65adc815fc6e..166ebf81dc45 100644 --- a/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ static struct ftrace_ops kprobe_ipmodify_ops __read_mostly = { static int kprobe_ipmodify_enabled; static int kprobe_ftrace_enabled; +bool kprobe_ftrace_disabled; static int __arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops, int *cnt) @@ -1136,6 +1137,11 @@ static int disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p) ipmodify ? &kprobe_ipmodify_ops : &kprobe_ftrace_ops, ipmodify ? &kprobe_ipmodify_enabled : &kprobe_ftrace_enabled); } + +void kprobe_ftrace_kill() +{ + kprobe_ftrace_disabled = true; +} #else /* !CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE */ static inline int arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p) { |