[Query] Stack Overflow in "arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c" while unwinding frame

[Anurag Aggarwal]

Hi All,

While executing unwind backtrace instructions in ARM, in the function
unwind_exec_insn()
there are chances that SP overflows from stack.


For example while executing instruction with opcode 0xAE, vsp can go
beyond stack to area that has not been allocated till now.

unsigned long *vsp = (unsigned long *)ctrl->vrs[SP];
int reg;

/* pop R4-R[4+bbb] */
for (reg = 4; reg <= 4 + (insn & 7); reg++)
ctrl->vrs[reg] = *vsp++;

The above scenario can happen while executing any of the unwind instruction.

One of the ways to fix the problem is to check for vsp with stack
limits before we increment it, but doing it for all the instructions
seems a little bad.

I just want to know that if anyone has faced the problem before

I am working on Linux kernel for Android phones and I saw one case
when this happened.

I am new to Linux Kernel so not sure if this is the right place to ask
the question.


-- 
Anurag Aggarwal
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/