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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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+==========================================
+LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks)
+==========================================
+
+:Author: Originally Written by FlatCap - Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org>.
+:Last Updated: Anton Altaparmakov on 30 March 2007 for Windows Vista.
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Windows 2000, XP, and Vista use a new partitioning scheme. It is a complete
+replacement for the MSDOS style partitions. It stores its information in a
+1MiB journalled database at the end of the physical disk. The size of
+partitions is limited only by disk space. The maximum number of partitions is
+nearly 2000.
+
+Any partitions created under the LDM are called "Dynamic Disks". There are no
+longer any primary or extended partitions. Normal MSDOS style partitions are
+now known as Basic Disks.
+
+If you wish to use Spanned, Striped, Mirrored or RAID 5 Volumes, you must use
+Dynamic Disks. The journalling allows Windows to make changes to these
+partitions and filesystems without the need to reboot.
+
+Once the LDM driver has divided up the disk, you can use the MD driver to
+assemble any multi-partition volumes, e.g. Stripes, RAID5.
+
+To prevent legacy applications from repartitioning the disk, the LDM creates a
+dummy MSDOS partition containing one disk-sized partition. This is what is
+supported with the Linux LDM driver.
+
+A newer approach that has been implemented with Vista is to put LDM on top of a
+GPT label disk. This is not supported by the Linux LDM driver yet.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Below we have a 50MiB disk, divided into seven partitions.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The missing 1MiB at the end of the disk is where the LDM database is
+ stored.
+
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|Device || Offset Bytes | Sectors | MiB || Size Bytes | Sectors | MiB|
++=======++==============+=========+=====++==============+=========+====+
+|hda || 0 | 0 | 0 || 52428800 | 102400 | 50|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda1 || 51380224 | 100352 | 49 || 1048576 | 2048 | 1|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda2 || 16384 | 32 | 0 || 6979584 | 13632 | 6|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda3 || 6995968 | 13664 | 6 || 10485760 | 20480 | 10|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda4 || 17481728 | 34144 | 16 || 4194304 | 8192 | 4|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda5 || 21676032 | 42336 | 20 || 5242880 | 10240 | 5|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda6 || 26918912 | 52576 | 25 || 10485760 | 20480 | 10|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+|hda7 || 37404672 | 73056 | 35 || 13959168 | 27264 | 13|
++-------++--------------+---------+-----++--------------+---------+----+
+
+The LDM Database may not store the partitions in the order that they appear on
+disk, but the driver will sort them.
+
+When Linux boots, you will see something like::
+
+ hda: 102400 sectors w/32KiB Cache, CHS=50/64/32
+ hda: [LDM] hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 hda5 hda6 hda7
+
+
+Compiling LDM Support
+---------------------
+
+To enable LDM, choose the following two options:
+
+ - "Advanced partition selection" CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED
+ - "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" CONFIG_LDM_PARTITION
+
+If you believe the driver isn't working as it should, you can enable the extra
+debugging code. This will produce a LOT of output. The option is:
+
+ - "Windows LDM extra logging" CONFIG_LDM_DEBUG
+
+N.B. The partition code cannot be compiled as a module.
+
+As with all the partition code, if the driver doesn't see signs of its type of
+partition, it will pass control to another driver, so there is no harm in
+enabling it.
+
+If you have Dynamic Disks but don't enable the driver, then all you will see
+is a dummy MSDOS partition filling the whole disk. You won't be able to mount
+any of the volumes on the disk.
+
+
+Booting
+-------
+
+If you enable LDM support, then lilo is capable of booting from any of the
+discovered partitions. However, grub does not understand the LDM partitioning
+and cannot boot from a Dynamic Disk.
+
+
+More Documentation
+------------------
+
+There is an Overview of the LDM together with complete Technical Documentation.
+It is available for download.
+
+ http://www.linux-ntfs.org/
+
+If you have any LDM questions that aren't answered in the documentation, email
+me.
+
+Cheers,
+ FlatCap - Richard Russon
+ ldm@flatcap.org
+