Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:45:46 -0700 | From | Keshavamurthy Anil S <> | Subject | Re: [patch][ia64]Refuse kprobe on ivt code |
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 06:38:33PM -0700, David Mosberger wrote: > Please do the checking based on the .text.ivt section instead (and add > the necessary labels to vmlinux.S and asm-ia64/sections.h).
Subject: Refuse kprobe insert on IVT code
Not safe to insert kprobes on IVT code.
This patch checks to see if the address on which Kprobes is being inserted is in ivt code and if it is in ivt code then refuse to register kprobe.
Take 1: This patch is based on review comments from David Mosberger, now checking based on .text.ivt
Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
=============================================== arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 7 ++++++- include/asm-ia64/sections.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6.12-mm1/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-mm1.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c +++ linux-2.6.12-mm1/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ static inline void get_kprobe_inst(bundl } } +/* Returns non-zero if the addr is in the Interrupt Vector Table */ +static inline int in_ivt_functions(unsigned long addr) +{ + extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[]; + return (addr >= (unsigned long)__start_ivt_text + && addr < (unsigned long)__end_ivt_text); +} + static int valid_kprobe_addr(int template, int slot, unsigned long addr) { if ((slot > 2) || ((bundle_encoding[template][1] == L) && slot > 1)) { @@ -271,6 +279,12 @@ static int valid_kprobe_addr(int templat return -EINVAL; } + if (in_ivt_functions(addr)) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "Kprobes can't be inserted inside " + "IVT code at 0x%lx\n", addr); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (slot == 1) { printk(KERN_WARNING "Inserting kprobes on slot #1 " "is not supported\n"); Index: linux-2.6.12-mm1/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-mm1.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ linux-2.6.12-mm1/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ #define LOAD_OFFSET (KERNEL_START - KERNEL_TR_PAGE_SIZE) #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> +#define IVT_TEXT \ + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ivt_text) = .; \ + *(.text.ivt) \ + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ivt_text) = .; + OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-ia64-little") OUTPUT_ARCH(ia64) ENTRY(phys_start) @@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) { - *(.text.ivt) + IVT_TEXT *(.text) SCHED_TEXT LOCK_TEXT Index: linux-2.6.12-mm1/include/asm-ia64/sections.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-mm1.orig/include/asm-ia64/sections.h +++ linux-2.6.12-mm1/include/asm-ia64/sections.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern char __start_gate_vtop_patchlist[ extern char __start_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[], __end_gate_fsyscall_patchlist[]; extern char __start_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[], __end_gate_brl_fsys_bubble_down_patchlist[]; extern char __start_unwind[], __end_unwind[]; +extern char __start_ivt_text[], __end_ivt_text[]; #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SECTIONS_H */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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