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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.2-no-invariants-or-later
+
+=================
+EDAC/RAS features
+=================
+
+Copyright (c) 2024-2025 HiSilicon Limited.
+
+:Author: Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@huawei.com>
+:License: The GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 without
+ Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts nor Back-Cover Texts.
+ (dual licensed under the GPL v2)
+
+- Written for: 6.15
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+EDAC/RAS components plugging and high-level design:
+
+1. Scrub control
+
+2. Error Check Scrub (ECS) control
+
+3. ACPI RAS2 features
+
+4. Post Package Repair (PPR) control
+
+5. Memory Sparing Repair control
+
+High level design is illustrated in the following diagram::
+
+ +-----------------------------------------------+
+ | Userspace - Rasdaemon |
+ | +-------------+ |
+ | | RAS CXL mem | +---------------+ |
+ | |error handler|---->| | |
+ | +-------------+ | RAS dynamic | |
+ | +-------------+ | scrub, memory | |
+ | | RAS memory |---->| repair control| |
+ | |error handler| +----|----------+ |
+ | +-------------+ | |
+ +--------------------------|--------------------+
+ |
+ |
+ +-------------------------------|------------------------------+
+ | Kernel EDAC extension for | controlling RAS Features |
+ |+------------------------------|----------------------------+ |
+ || EDAC Core Sysfs EDAC| Bus | |
+ || +--------------------------|---------------------------+| |
+ || |/sys/bus/edac/devices/<dev>/scrubX/ | | EDAC device || |
+ || |/sys/bus/edac/devices/<dev>/ecsX/ |<->| EDAC MC || |
+ || |/sys/bus/edac/devices/<dev>/repairX | | EDAC sysfs || |
+ || +---------------------------|--------------------------+| |
+ || EDAC|Bus | |
+ || | | |
+ || +----------+ Get feature | Get feature | |
+ || | | desc +---------|------+ desc +----------+ | |
+ || |EDAC scrub|<-----| EDAC device | | | | |
+ || +----------+ | driver- RAS |----->| EDAC mem | | |
+ || +----------+ | feature control| | repair | | |
+ || | |<-----| | +----------+ | |
+ || |EDAC ECS | +---------|------+ | |
+ || +----------+ Register RAS|features | |
+ || ______________________|_____________ | |
+ |+---------|---------------|------------------|--------------+ |
+ | +-------|----+ +-------|-------+ +----|----------+ |
+ | | | | CXL mem driver| | Client driver | |
+ | | ACPI RAS2 | | scrub, ECS, | | memory repair | |
+ | | driver | | sparing, PPR | | features | |
+ | +-----|------+ +-------|-------+ +------|--------+ |
+ | | | | |
+ +--------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------+
+ | | |
+ +--------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------+
+ | +---|-----------------|--------------------|-------+ |
+ | | | |
+ | | Platform HW and Firmware | |
+ | +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ +--------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+1. EDAC Features components - Create feature-specific descriptors. For
+ example: scrub, ECS, memory repair in the above diagram.
+
+2. EDAC device driver for controlling RAS Features - Get feature's attribute
+ descriptors from EDAC RAS feature component and registers device's RAS
+ features with EDAC bus and expose the features control attributes via
+ sysfs. For example, /sys/bus/edac/devices/<dev-name>/<feature>X/
+
+3. RAS dynamic feature controller - Userspace sample modules in rasdaemon for
+ dynamic scrub/repair control to issue scrubbing/repair when excess number
+ of corrected memory errors are reported in a short span of time.
+
+RAS features
+------------
+1. Memory Scrub
+
+Memory scrub features are documented in `Documentation/edac/scrub.rst`.
+
+2. Memory Repair
+
+Memory repair features are documented in `Documentation/edac/memory_repair.rst`.