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authorJinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com>2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800
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x86/kprobes: Fix crash when probing CS CALL instructionsgrafted
When using eBPF to probe CS CALL instructions within a function, a crash can be triggered. The eBPF tool probes offset 257 of the __hrtimer_run_queues() function: <__hrtimer_run_queues+249>: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) <__hrtimer_run_queues+254>: mov %r14,%rdi <__hrtimer_run_queues+257>: cs call <__x86_indirect_thunk_r12> <__hrtimer_run_queues+263>: mov %eax,%r12d <__hrtimer_run_queues+266>: xchg %ax,%ax <__hrtimer_run_queues+268>: mov %r13,%rdi Which triggers this crash: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000000f41c9 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Kdump: loaded Tainted: P RIP: 0010:__hrtimer_run_queues+0x106/0x230 Note that __hrtimer_run_queues+0x106 is __hrtimer_run_queues+262, which is at the 6th byte of the above CS CALL instruction. Since the CS CALL instruction occupies 6 bytes, the exception occurred in the middle of that call instruction. The root cause is that when using eBPF tools to probe in the middle of a function, a kprobe with INT3 is used as the underlying implementation. During single-step emulation of the original CALL instruction, int3_emulate_call() assumes that the probed CALL instruction is 5 bytes long. However, the actual CS-prefixed CALL instruction occupies 6 bytes, so it constructs an incorrect exception return address. When the CPU returns from the kprobe handler, the next instruction to be executed is at the address of the last byte of that CS CALL instruction. Coincidentally, starting from that address, the CPU fetches and decodes a completely different instruction, which ultimately triggers a kernel crash. Fix the issue by using the actual instruction length obtained from the instruction decoder when constructing the exception return address, rather than relying on the hardcoded CALL_INSN_SIZE macro. [ mingo: Refined the changelog ] Fixes: 6256e668b7af ("x86/kprobes: Use int3 instead of debug trap for single-step") Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260908073742.GA10517@didi-ThinkCentre-M920t-N000
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+What: /sys/.../message
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the text message displayed on character line displays.
+
+ Reading returns the current message with a trailing newline.
+ Writing updates the displayed message. Messages longer than the
+ display width will automatically scroll. Trailing newlines in
+ input are automatically trimmed.
+
+ Writing an empty string clears the display.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "Hello World" > message
+ cat message # Returns "Hello World\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../num_chars
+Date: November 2025
+KernelVersion: 6.18
+Contact: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@gmail.com>
+Description:
+ Read-only attribute showing the character width capacity of
+ the line display device. Messages longer than this will scroll.
+
+ Example:
+ cat num_chars # Returns "16\n" for 16-char display
+
+What: /sys/.../scroll_step_ms
+Date: October 2021
+KernelVersion: 5.16
+Description:
+ Controls the scrolling speed for messages longer than the display
+ width, specified in milliseconds per scroll step.
+
+ Setting to 0 disables scrolling. Default is 500ms.
+
+ Example:
+ echo "250" > scroll_step_ms # 4Hz scrolling
+ cat scroll_step_ms # Returns "250\n"
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg7
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-7-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg7_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_7segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 7-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used in segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_7segment.h
+
+What: /sys/.../map_seg14
+Date: January 2024
+KernelVersion: 6.9
+Description:
+ Read/write binary blob representing the ASCII-to-14-segment
+ display conversion table used by the linedisp driver, as defined
+ by struct seg14_conversion_map in <linux/map_to_14segment.h>.
+
+ Only visible on displays with 14-segment capability.
+
+ This attribute is not human-readable. Writes must match the
+ struct size exactly, else -EINVAL is returned; reads return the
+ entire mapping as a binary blob.
+
+ This interface and its implementation match existing conventions
+ used by segment-mapped display drivers since 2005.
+
+ ABI note: This style of binary sysfs attribute *is an exception*
+ to current "one value per file, text only" sysfs rules, for
+ historical compatibility and driver uniformity. New drivers are
+ discouraged from introducing additional binary sysfs ABIs.
+
+ Reference interface guidance:
+ - include/uapi/linux/map_to_14segment.h