Re: [PATCH -tip v2] kprobes: Prohibit probing on BUG() and WARN() address

[Naveen N. Rao]

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Since BUG() and WARN() may use a trap (e.g. UD2 on x86) to
> get the address where the BUG() has occurred, kprobes can not
> do single-step out-of-line that instruction. So prohibit
> probing on such address.
>
> Without this fix, if someone put a kprobe on WARN(), the
> kernel will crash with invalid opcode error instead of
> outputing warning message, because kernel can not find
> correct bug address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   Changes in v2:
>    - Add find_bug() stub function for !CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
>    - Cast the p->addr to unsigned long.
> ---
>  include/linux/bug.h |    5 +++++
>  kernel/kprobes.c    |    3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

- Naveen