From 1a7d0890dd4a502a202aaec792a6c04e6e049547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Brennan Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 09:29:56 -0700 Subject: kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed If an error happens in ftrace, ftrace_kill() will prevent disarming kprobes. Eventually, the ftrace_ops associated with the kprobes will be freed, yet the kprobes will still be active, and when triggered, they will use the freed memory, likely resulting in a page fault and panic. This behavior can be reproduced quite easily, by creating a kprobe and then triggering a ftrace_kill(). For simplicity, we can simulate an ftrace error with a kernel module like [1]: [1]: https://github.com/brenns10/kernel_stuff/tree/master/ftrace_killer sudo perf probe --add commit_creds sudo perf trace -e probe:commit_creds # In another terminal make sudo insmod ftrace_killer.ko # calls ftrace_kill(), simulating bug # Back to perf terminal # ctrl-c sudo perf probe --del commit_creds After a short period, a page fault and panic would occur as the kprobe continues to execute and uses the freed ftrace_ops. While ftrace_kill() is supposed to be used only in extreme circumstances, it is invoked in FTRACE_WARN_ON() and so there are many places where an unexpected bug could be triggered, yet the system may continue operating, possibly without the administrator noticing. If ftrace_kill() does not panic the system, then we should do everything we can to continue operating, rather than leave a ticking time bomb. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240501162956.229427-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com/ Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Acked-by: Guo Ren Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) --- arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/parisc') diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c index 621a4b386ae4..c91f9c2e61ed 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c @@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ void kprobe_ftrace_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, struct kprobe *p; int bit; + if (unlikely(kprobe_ftrace_disabled)) + return; + bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip); if (bit < 0) return; -- cgit v1.2.3