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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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
+The Linux kernel GTP tunneling module
+=====================================
+
+Documentation by
+ Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> and
+ Andreas Schultz <aschultz@tpip.net>
+
+In 'drivers/net/gtp.c' you are finding a kernel-level implementation
+of a GTP tunnel endpoint.
+
+What is GTP
+===========
+
+GTP is the Generic Tunnel Protocol, which is a 3GPP protocol used for
+tunneling User-IP payload between a mobile station (phone, modem)
+and the interconnection between an external packet data network (such
+as the internet).
+
+So when you start a 'data connection' from your mobile phone, the
+phone will use the control plane to signal for the establishment of
+such a tunnel between that external data network and the phone. The
+tunnel endpoints thus reside on the phone and in the gateway. All
+intermediate nodes just transport the encapsulated packet.
+
+The phone itself does not implement GTP but uses some other
+technology-dependent protocol stack for transmitting the user IP
+payload, such as LLC/SNDCP/RLC/MAC.
+
+At some network element inside the cellular operator infrastructure
+(SGSN in case of GPRS/EGPRS or classic UMTS, hNodeB in case of a 3G
+femtocell, eNodeB in case of 4G/LTE), the cellular protocol stacking
+is translated into GTP *without breaking the end-to-end tunnel*. So
+intermediate nodes just perform some specific relay function.
+
+At some point the GTP packet ends up on the so-called GGSN (GSM/UMTS)
+or P-GW (LTE), which terminates the tunnel, decapsulates the packet
+and forwards it onto an external packet data network. This can be
+public internet, but can also be any private IP network (or even
+theoretically some non-IP network like X.25).
+
+You can find the protocol specification in 3GPP TS 29.060, available
+publicly via the 3GPP website at http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/29060.htm
+
+A direct PDF link to v13.6.0 is provided for convenience below:
+http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/129000_129099/129060/13.06.00_60/ts_129060v130600p.pdf
+
+The Linux GTP tunnelling module
+===============================
+
+The module implements the function of a tunnel endpoint, i.e. it is
+able to decapsulate tunneled IP packets in the uplink originated by
+the phone, and encapsulate raw IP packets received from the external
+packet network in downlink towards the phone.
+
+It *only* implements the so-called 'user plane', carrying the User-IP
+payload, called GTP-U. It does not implement the 'control plane',
+which is a signaling protocol used for establishment and teardown of
+GTP tunnels (GTP-C).
+
+So in order to have a working GGSN/P-GW setup, you will need a
+userspace program that implements the GTP-C protocol and which then
+uses the netlink interface provided by the GTP-U module in the kernel
+to configure the kernel module.
+
+This split architecture follows the tunneling modules of other
+protocols, e.g. PPPoE or L2TP, where you also run a userspace daemon
+to handle the tunnel establishment, authentication etc. and only the
+data plane is accelerated inside the kernel.
+
+Don't be confused by terminology: The GTP User Plane goes through
+kernel accelerated path, while the GTP Control Plane goes to
+Userspace :)
+
+The official homepage of the module is at
+https://osmocom.org/projects/linux-kernel-gtp-u/wiki
+
+Userspace Programs with Linux Kernel GTP-U support
+==================================================
+
+At the time of this writing, there are at least two Free Software
+implementations that implement GTP-C and can use the netlink interface
+to make use of the Linux kernel GTP-U support:
+
+* OpenGGSN (classic 2G/3G GGSN in C):
+ https://osmocom.org/projects/openggsn/wiki/OpenGGSN
+
+* ergw (GGSN + P-GW in Erlang):
+ https://github.com/travelping/ergw
+
+Userspace Library / Command Line Utilities
+==========================================
+
+There is a userspace library called 'libgtpnl' which is based on
+libmnl and which implements a C-language API towards the netlink
+interface provided by the Kernel GTP module:
+
+http://git.osmocom.org/libgtpnl/
+
+Protocol Versions
+=================
+
+There are two different versions of GTP-U: v0 [GSM TS 09.60] and v1
+[3GPP TS 29.281]. Both are implemented in the Kernel GTP module.
+Version 0 is a legacy version, and deprecated from recent 3GPP
+specifications.
+
+GTP-U uses UDP for transporting PDUs. The receiving UDP port is 2151
+for GTPv1-U and 3386 for GTPv0-U.
+
+There are three versions of GTP-C: v0, v1, and v2. As the kernel
+doesn't implement GTP-C, we don't have to worry about this. It's the
+responsibility of the control plane implementation in userspace to
+implement that.
+
+IPv6
+====
+
+The 3GPP specifications indicate either IPv4 or IPv6 can be used both
+on the inner (user) IP layer, or on the outer (transport) layer.
+
+Unfortunately, the Kernel module currently supports IPv6 neither for
+the User IP payload, nor for the outer IP layer. Patches or other
+Contributions to fix this are most welcome!
+
+Mailing List
+============
+
+If you have questions regarding how to use the Kernel GTP module from
+your own software, or want to contribute to the code, please use the
+osmocom-net-grps mailing list for related discussion. The list can be
+reached at osmocom-net-gprs@lists.osmocom.org and the mailman
+interface for managing your subscription is at
+https://lists.osmocom.org/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-net-gprs
+
+Issue Tracker
+=============
+
+The Osmocom project maintains an issue tracker for the Kernel GTP-U
+module at
+https://osmocom.org/projects/linux-kernel-gtp-u/issues
+
+History / Acknowledgements
+==========================
+
+The Module was originally created in 2012 by Harald Welte, but never
+completed. Pablo came in to finish the mess Harald left behind. But
+doe to a lack of user interest, it never got merged.
+
+In 2015, Andreas Schultz came to the rescue and fixed lots more bugs,
+extended it with new features and finally pushed all of us to get it
+mainline, where it was merged in 4.7.0.
+
+Architectural Details
+=====================
+
+Local GTP-U entity and tunnel identification
+--------------------------------------------
+
+GTP-U uses UDP for transporting PDU's. The receiving UDP port is 2152
+for GTPv1-U and 3386 for GTPv0-U.
+
+There is only one GTP-U entity (and therefore SGSN/GGSN/S-GW/PDN-GW
+instance) per IP address. Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (TEID) are unique
+per GTP-U entity.
+
+A specific tunnel is only defined by the destination entity. Since the
+destination port is constant, only the destination IP and TEID define
+a tunnel. The source IP and Port have no meaning for the tunnel.
+
+Therefore:
+
+ * when sending, the remote entity is defined by the remote IP and
+ the tunnel endpoint id. The source IP and port have no meaning and
+ can be changed at any time.
+
+ * when receiving the local entity is defined by the local
+ destination IP and the tunnel endpoint id. The source IP and port
+ have no meaning and can change at any time.
+
+[3GPP TS 29.281] Section 4.3.0 defines this so::
+
+ The TEID in the GTP-U header is used to de-multiplex traffic
+ incoming from remote tunnel endpoints so that it is delivered to the
+ User plane entities in a way that allows multiplexing of different
+ users, different packet protocols and different QoS levels.
+ Therefore no two remote GTP-U endpoints shall send traffic to a
+ GTP-U protocol entity using the same TEID value except
+ for data forwarding as part of mobility procedures.
+
+The definition above only defines that two remote GTP-U endpoints
+*should not* send to the same TEID, it *does not* forbid or exclude
+such a scenario. In fact, the mentioned mobility procedures make it
+necessary that the GTP-U entity accepts traffic for TEIDs from
+multiple or unknown peers.
+
+Therefore, the receiving side identifies tunnels exclusively based on
+TEIDs, not based on the source IP!
+
+APN vs. Network Device
+======================
+
+The GTP-U driver creates a Linux network device for each Gi/SGi
+interface.
+
+[3GPP TS 29.281] calls the Gi/SGi reference point an interface. This
+may lead to the impression that the GGSN/P-GW can have only one such
+interface.
+
+Correct is that the Gi/SGi reference point defines the interworking
+between +the 3GPP packet domain (PDN) based on GTP-U tunnel and IP
+based networks.
+
+There is no provision in any of the 3GPP documents that limits the
+number of Gi/SGi interfaces implemented by a GGSN/P-GW.
+
+[3GPP TS 29.061] Section 11.3 makes it clear that the selection of a
+specific Gi/SGi interfaces is made through the Access Point Name
+(APN)::
+
+ 2. each private network manages its own addressing. In general this
+ will result in different private networks having overlapping
+ address ranges. A logically separate connection (e.g. an IP in IP
+ tunnel or layer 2 virtual circuit) is used between the GGSN/P-GW
+ and each private network.
+
+ In this case the IP address alone is not necessarily unique. The
+ pair of values, Access Point Name (APN) and IPv4 address and/or
+ IPv6 prefixes, is unique.
+
+In order to support the overlapping address range use case, each APN
+is mapped to a separate Gi/SGi interface (network device).
+
+.. note::
+
+ The Access Point Name is purely a control plane (GTP-C) concept.
+ At the GTP-U level, only Tunnel Endpoint Identifiers are present in
+ GTP-U packets and network devices are known
+
+Therefore for a given UE the mapping in IP to PDN network is:
+
+ * network device + MS IP -> Peer IP + Peer TEID,
+
+and from PDN to IP network:
+
+ * local GTP-U IP + TEID -> network device
+
+Furthermore, before a received T-PDU is injected into the network
+device the MS IP is checked against the IP recorded in PDP context.