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authorJinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com>2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2026-09-17 09:48:42 +0200
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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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+Contributions are solicited in particular to remedy the following issues:
+
+cpcihp:
+
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
+cpqphp:
+
+* The driver spawns a kthread cpqhp_event_thread() which is woken by the
+ hardirq handler cpqhp_ctrl_intr(). Convert this to threaded IRQ handling.
+ The kthread is also woken from the timer pushbutton_helper_thread(),
+ convert it to call irq_wake_thread(). Use pciehp as a template.
+
+* A large portion of cpqphp_ctrl.c and cpqphp_pci.c concerns resource
+ management. Doesn't this duplicate functionality in the core?
+
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
+ibmphp:
+
+* Implementations of hotplug_slot_ops callbacks such as get_adapter_present()
+ in ibmphp_core.c create a copy of the struct slot on the stack, then perform
+ the actual operation on that copy. Determine if this overhead is necessary,
+ delete it if not. The functions also perform a NULL pointer check on the
+ struct hotplug_slot, this seems superfluous.
+
+* Several functions access the pci_slot member in struct hotplug_slot even
+ though pci_hotplug.h declares it private. See get_max_bus_speed() for an
+ example. Either the pci_slot member should no longer be declared private
+ or ibmphp should store a pointer to its bus in struct slot. Probably the
+ former.
+
+* ibmphp_init_devno() takes a struct slot **, it could instead take a
+ struct slot *.
+
+* The return value of pci_hp_register() is not checked.
+
+* The various slot data structures are difficult to follow and need to be
+ simplified. A lot of functions are too large and too complex, they need
+ to be broken up into smaller, manageable pieces. Negative examples are
+ ebda_rsrc_controller() and configure_bridge().
+
+* A large portion of ibmphp_res.c and ibmphp_pci.c concerns resource
+ management. Doesn't this duplicate functionality in the core?
+
+* Returned code from pci_hp_add_bridge() is not checked.
+
+shpchp:
+
+* The hardirq handler shpc_isr() queues events on a workqueue. It can be
+ simplified by converting it to threaded IRQ handling. Use pciehp as a
+ template.