Thread (74 messages) 74 messages, 2 authors, 2012-03-12

[ 29/68] kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe()

From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2012-03-09 20:04:52
Also in: lkml

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Prashanth Nageshappa <redacted>

commit f986a499ef6f317d906e6f6f281be966e1237a10 upstream.

register_kprobe() aborts if the address of the new request falls in a
prohibited area (such as ftrace pouch, __kprobes annotated functions,
non-kernel text addresses, jump label text).  We however don't return the
right error on this abort, resulting in a silent failure - incorrect
adding/reporting of kprobes ('perf probe do_fork+18' or 'perf probe
mcount' for instance).

In V2 we are incorporating Masami Hiramatsu's  feedback.

This patch fixes it by returning -EINVAL upon failure.

While we are here, rename the label used for exit to be more appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Prashanth K Nageshappa <redacted>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <redacted>
Cc: Jason Baron <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/kprobes.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1324,8 +1324,10 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 	if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
 	    in_kprobes_functions((unsigned long) p->addr) ||
 	    ftrace_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr) ||
-	    jump_label_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr))
-		goto fail_with_jump_label;
+	    jump_label_text_reserved(p->addr, p->addr)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto cannot_probe;
+	}
 
 	/* User can pass only KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED to register_kprobe */
 	p->flags &= KPROBE_FLAG_DISABLED;
@@ -1340,7 +1342,7 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 		 * its code to prohibit unexpected unloading.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(!try_module_get(probed_mod)))
-			goto fail_with_jump_label;
+			goto cannot_probe;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the module freed .init.text, we couldn't insert
@@ -1349,7 +1351,7 @@ int __kprobes register_kprobe(struct kpr
 		if (within_module_init((unsigned long)p->addr, probed_mod) &&
 		    probed_mod->state != MODULE_STATE_COMING) {
 			module_put(probed_mod);
-			goto fail_with_jump_label;
+			goto cannot_probe;
 		}
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
@@ -1396,7 +1398,7 @@ out:
 
 	return ret;
 
-fail_with_jump_label:
+cannot_probe:
 	preempt_enable();
 	jump_label_unlock();
 	return -EINVAL;

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