Re: [PATCH v2] rcu: Avoid stack overflow due to __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() being kprobe-ed

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Jan 09 2023 - 15:05:21 EST


On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 03:09:34PM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> Register kprobe on __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() can cause kernel stack
> overflow [1]. This issue can be reproduced by enabling CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> and boot kernel with argument "nohz_full=" then execute like:
> # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
> # echo 'p:mp1 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick' >> kprobe_events
> # echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
>
> It seems __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() should not be kprobe-ed, so add
> it into kprobe blacklist with NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(). This may have less impact
> than tagging as 'noinstr' which was discussed but not concluded in
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221119040049.795065-1-zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx/

Queued for testing and further review, thank you!

Could you please check the wordsmithed version below?

Thanx, Paul

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commit 5ceaf736da841c4bdb03049c7d6e0c0c41253161
Author: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 6 15:09:34 2023 +0800

rcu: Avoid stack overflow due to __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() being kprobe-ed

Registering a kprobe on __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() can cause kernel
stack overflow as shown below. This issue can be reproduced by enabling
CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL and booting the kernel with argument "nohz_full=",
and then giving the following commands at the shell prompt:

# cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
# echo 'p:mp1 __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick' >> kprobe_events
# echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable

This commit therefore adds __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() to the kprobes
blacklist using NOKPROBE_SYMBOL().

Insufficient stack space to handle exception!
ESR: 0x00000000f2000004 -- BRK (AArch64)
FAR: 0x0000ffffccf3e510
Task stack: [0xffff80000ad30000..0xffff80000ad38000]
IRQ stack: [0xffff800008050000..0xffff800008058000]
Overflow stack: [0xffff089c36f9f310..0xffff089c36fa0310]
CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 400003c5 (nZcv DAIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
lr : ct_nmi_enter+0x11c/0x138
sp : ffff80000ad30080
x29: ffff80000ad30080 x28: ffff089c82e20000 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff089c02a8d100 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: 00000000400003c5 x22: 0000ffffccf3e510 x21: ffff089c36fae148
x20: ffff80000ad30120 x19: ffffa8da8fcce148 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffffa8da8e44ea6c
x14: ffffa8da8e44e968 x13: ffffa8da8e03136c x12: 1fffe113804d6809
x11: ffff6113804d6809 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : dfff800000000000
x8 : ffff089c026b404f x7 : 00009eec7fb297f7 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : ffff80000ad30120 x4 : dfff800000000000 x3 : ffffa8da8e3016f4
x2 : 0000000000000003 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel stack overflow
CPU: 5 PID: 190 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.2.0-rc2-00320-g1f5abbd77e2c #19
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x108
show_stack+0x20/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
dump_stack+0x1c/0x38
panic+0x214/0x404
add_taint+0x0/0xf8
panic_bad_stack+0x144/0x160
handle_bad_stack+0x38/0x58
__bad_stack+0x78/0x7c
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
[...]
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
arm64_enter_el1_dbg.isra.0+0x14/0x20
el1_dbg+0x2c/0x90
el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8
el1h_64_sync+0x64/0x68
__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick+0x0/0x1b8
el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28
el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
__ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock+0x98/0x198
__ftrace_set_clr_event+0x58/0x80
system_enable_write+0x144/0x178
vfs_write+0x174/0x738
ksys_write+0xd0/0x188
__arm64_sys_write+0x4c/0x60
invoke_syscall+0x64/0x180
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x84/0x160
do_el0_svc+0x48/0xe8
el0_svc+0x34/0xd0
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
Kernel Offset: 0x28da86000000 from 0xffff800008000000
PHYS_OFFSET: 0xfffff76600000000
CPU features: 0x00000,01a00100,0000421b
Memory Limit: none

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221119040049.795065-1-zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: aaf2bc50df1f ("rcu: Abstract out rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from rcu_nmi_enter()")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index a6181b76fd5ab..63545d79da51c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ void __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(void)
}
raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode);
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__rcu_irq_enter_check_tick);
#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */

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