Re: [PATCH v4] powerpc/uprobes: Validation for prefixed instruction

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Tue Mar 09 2021 - 04:55:44 EST


Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> As per ISA 3.1, prefixed instruction should not cross 64-byte
> boundary. So don't allow Uprobe on such prefixed instruction.
>
> There are two ways probed instruction is changed in mapped pages.
> First, when Uprobe is activated, it searches for all the relevant
> pages and replace instruction in them. In this case, if that probe
> is on the 64-byte unaligned prefixed instruction, error out
> directly. Second, when Uprobe is already active and user maps a
> relevant page via mmap(), instruction is replaced via mmap() code
> path. But because Uprobe is invalid, entire mmap() operation can
> not be stopped. In this case just print an error and continue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Do we have a Fixes: tag for this?

> ---
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210304050529.59391-1-ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> v3->v4:
> - CONFIG_PPC64 check was not required, remove it.
> - Use SZ_ macros instead of hardcoded numbers.
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> index e8a63713e655..4cbfff6e94a3 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ int arch_uprobe_analyze_insn(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe,
> if (addr & 0x03)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) &&
> + ppc_inst_prefixed(auprobe->insn) &&
> + (addr & (SZ_64 - 4)) == SZ_64 - 4) {
> + pr_info_ratelimited("Cannot register a uprobe on 64 byte unaligned prefixed instruction\n");
> + return -EINVAL;

I realise we already did the 0x03 check above, but I still think this
would be clearer simply as:

(addr & 0x3f == 60)

cheers