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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/class/watchdog/watchdogn/bootstatus
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains status of the watchdog
+ device at boot. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS of
+ ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/options
+Date: April 2023
+Contact: Thomas Weißschuh
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains options of watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/fw_version
+Date: April 2023
+Contact: Thomas Weißschuh
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains firmware version of
+ watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/identity
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains identity string of
+ watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/nowayout
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read/write file. While reading, it gives '1'
+ if the device has the nowayout feature set, otherwise
+ it gives '0'. Writing a '1' to the file enables the
+ nowayout feature. Once set, the nowayout feature
+ cannot be disabled, so writing a '0' either has no
+ effect (if the feature was already disabled) or
+ results in a permission error.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/state
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It gives active/inactive status of
+ watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/status
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains watchdog device's
+ internal status bits. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETSTATUS
+ of ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/timeleft
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains value of time left for
+ reset generation. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT of
+ ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/timeout
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It is read to know about current
+ value of timeout programmed.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/pretimeout
+Date: December 2016
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It specifies the time in seconds before
+ timeout when the pretimeout interrupt is delivered. Pretimeout
+ is an optional feature.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/pretimeout_available_governors
+Date: February 2017
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It shows the pretimeout governors
+ available for this watchdog.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/pretimeout_governor
+Date: February 2017
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read/write file. When read, the currently assigned
+ pretimeout governor is returned. When written, it sets
+ the pretimeout governor.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdog1/access_cs0
+Date: August 2019
+Contact: Ivan Mikhaylov <i.mikhaylov@yadro.com>,
+ Alexander Amelkin <a.amelkin@yadro.com>
+Description:
+ It is a read/write file. This attribute exists only if the
+ system has booted from the alternate flash chip due to
+ expiration of a watchdog timer of AST2400/AST2500 when
+ alternate boot function was enabled with 'aspeed,alt-boot'
+ devicetree option for that watchdog or with an appropriate
+ h/w strapping (for WDT2 only).
+
+ At alternate flash the 'access_cs0' sysfs node provides:
+
+ ast2400:
+ a way to get access to the primary SPI flash
+ chip at CS0 after booting from the alternate
+ chip at CS1.
+ ast2500:
+ a way to restore the normal address mapping
+ from (CS0->CS1, CS1->CS0) to (CS0->CS0,
+ CS1->CS1).
+
+ Clearing the boot code selection and timeout counter also
+ resets to the initial state the chip select line mapping. When
+ the SoC is in normal mapping state (i.e. booted from CS0),
+ clearing those bits does nothing for both versions of the SoC.
+ For alternate boot mode (booted from CS1 due to wdt2
+ expiration) the behavior differs as described above.
+
+ This option can be used with wdt2 (watchdog1) only.
+
+ When read, the current status of the boot code selection is
+ shown. When written with any non-zero value, it clears
+ the boot code selection and the timeout counter, which results
+ in chipselect reset for AST2400/AST2500.