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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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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * pps-ktimer.c -- kernel timer test client
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+#include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global variables
+ */
+
+static struct pps_device *pps;
+static struct timer_list ktimer;
+
+/*
+ * The kernel timer
+ */
+
+static void pps_ktimer_event(struct timer_list *unused)
+{
+ struct pps_event_time ts;
+
+ /* First of all we get the time stamp... */
+ pps_get_ts(&ts);
+
+ pps_event(pps, &ts, PPS_CAPTUREASSERT, NULL);
+
+ mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The PPS info struct
+ */
+
+static struct pps_source_info pps_ktimer_info = {
+ .name = "ktimer",
+ .path = "",
+ .mode = PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_OFFSETASSERT |
+ PPS_ECHOASSERT |
+ PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC,
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Module staff
+ */
+
+static void __exit pps_ktimer_exit(void)
+{
+ dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source unregistered\n");
+
+ timer_delete_sync(&ktimer);
+ pps_unregister_source(pps);
+}
+
+static int __init pps_ktimer_init(void)
+{
+ pps = pps_register_source(&pps_ktimer_info,
+ PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_OFFSETASSERT);
+ if (IS_ERR(pps)) {
+ pr_err("cannot register PPS source\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(pps);
+ }
+
+ timer_setup(&ktimer, pps_ktimer_event, 0);
+ mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);
+
+ dev_dbg(&pps->dev, "ktimer PPS source registered\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(pps_ktimer_init);
+module_exit(pps_ktimer_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("dummy PPS source by using a kernel timer (just for debug)");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");