Re: [PATCH 04/29] x86/livepatch: Validate __fentry__ location

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Feb 23 2022 - 09:06:19 EST


On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 07:41:39AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:57:26 +0100
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > @@ -1578,7 +1578,23 @@ unsigned long ftrace_location_range(unsi
> > */
> > unsigned long ftrace_location(unsigned long ip)
> > {
> > - return ftrace_location_range(ip, ip);
> > + struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
> > + unsigned long offset;
> > + unsigned long size;
> > +
> > + rec = lookup_rec(ip, ip);
> > + if (!rec) {
> > + if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(ip, &size, &offset))
> > + goto out;
> > +
> > + rec = lookup_rec(ip - offset, (ip - offset) + size);
> > + }
> > +
>
> Please create a new function for this. Perhaps find_ftrace_location().
>
> ftrace_location() is used to see if the address given is a ftrace
> nop or not. This change will make it always return true.
>

# git grep ftrace_location
arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h:#define klp_get_ftrace_location klp_get_ftrace_location
arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h:static inline unsigned long klp_get_ftrace_location(unsigned long faddr)
arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h: return ftrace_location_range(faddr, faddr + 16);
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c: faddr = ftrace_location_range((unsigned long)addr,
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c: faddr = ftrace_location(addr);
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c: * arch_check_ftrace_location(). Something went terribly wrong
include/linux/ftrace.h:unsigned long ftrace_location(unsigned long ip);
include/linux/ftrace.h:unsigned long ftrace_location_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
include/linux/ftrace.h:static inline unsigned long ftrace_location(unsigned long ip)
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:static int is_ftrace_location(void *ip)
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c: addr = ftrace_location((long)ip);
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c: ret = is_ftrace_location(ip);
kernel/kprobes.c: unsigned long faddr = ftrace_location((unsigned long)addr);
kernel/kprobes.c:static int check_ftrace_location(struct kprobe *p)
kernel/kprobes.c: ftrace_addr = ftrace_location((unsigned long)p->addr);
kernel/kprobes.c: ret = check_ftrace_location(p);
kernel/livepatch/patch.c:#ifndef klp_get_ftrace_location
kernel/livepatch/patch.c:static unsigned long klp_get_ftrace_location(unsigned long faddr)
kernel/livepatch/patch.c: return ftrace_location(faddr);
kernel/livepatch/patch.c: klp_get_ftrace_location((unsigned long)func->old_func);
kernel/livepatch/patch.c: klp_get_ftrace_location((unsigned long)func->old_func);
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: * ftrace_location_range - return the first address of a traced location
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:unsigned long ftrace_location_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: * ftrace_location - return true if the ip giving is a traced location
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:unsigned long ftrace_location(unsigned long ip)
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: ret = ftrace_location_range((unsigned long)start,
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: if (!ftrace_location(ip))
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: ip = ftrace_location(ip);
kernel/trace/ftrace.c: ip = ftrace_location(ip);
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c: * Since ftrace_location_range() does inclusive range check, we need
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c: return !ftrace_location_range(addr, addr + size - 1);

and yet almost every caller takes the address it returns...