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) --- kernel/kprobes.c | 6 ++++++ kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c index 65adc815fc6e..166ebf81dc45 100644 --- a/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ static struct ftrace_ops kprobe_ipmodify_ops __read_mostly = { static int kprobe_ipmodify_enabled; static int kprobe_ftrace_enabled; +bool kprobe_ftrace_disabled; static int __arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops, int *cnt) @@ -1136,6 +1137,11 @@ static int disarm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p) ipmodify ? &kprobe_ipmodify_ops : &kprobe_ftrace_ops, ipmodify ? &kprobe_ipmodify_enabled : &kprobe_ftrace_enabled); } + +void kprobe_ftrace_kill() +{ + kprobe_ftrace_disabled = true; +} #else /* !CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE */ static inline int arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p) { diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index da1710499698..96db99c347b3 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -7895,6 +7895,7 @@ void ftrace_kill(void) ftrace_disabled = 1; ftrace_enabled = 0; ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub; + kprobe_ftrace_kill(); } /** -- cgit v1.2.3