Re: [PATCH] x86/kprobes: fix JNG/JNLE emulation

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Aug 15 2022 - 03:29:48 EST


On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 03:59:43PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
> From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When kprobes emulates JNG/JNLE instructions on x86 it uses the wrong
> condition. For JNG (opcode: 0F 8E), according to Intel SDM, the jump is
> performed if (ZF == 1 or SF != OF). However the kernel emulation
> currently uses 'and' instead of 'or'.
>
> As a result, setting a kprobe on JNG/JNLE might cause the kernel to
> behave incorrectly whenever the kprobe is hit.
>
> Fix by changing the 'and' to 'or'.
>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 6256e668b7af ("x86/kprobes: Use int3 instead of debug trap for single-step")
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>

Urgghh..

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> index 74167dc5f55e..4c3c27b6aea3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static void kprobe_emulate_jcc(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
> match = ((regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_SF) >> X86_EFLAGS_SF_BIT) ^
> ((regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_OF) >> X86_EFLAGS_OF_BIT);
> if (p->ainsn.jcc.type >= 0xe)
> - match = match && (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_ZF);
> + match = match || (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_ZF);
> }
> __kprobe_emulate_jmp(p, regs, (match && !invert) || (!match && invert));
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>