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authorJinke Han <jinkehan@didiglobal.com>2026-09-08 15:37:42 +0800
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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
+/* AFS server record management
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "afs_fs.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "protocol_yfs.h"
+
+static unsigned afs_server_gc_delay = 10; /* Server record timeout in seconds */
+static atomic_t afs_server_debug_id;
+
+static void __afs_put_server(struct afs_net *, struct afs_server *);
+static void afs_server_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
+static void afs_server_destroyer(struct work_struct *work);
+
+/*
+ * Find a server by one of its addresses.
+ */
+struct afs_server *afs_find_server(const struct rxrpc_peer *peer)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server = (struct afs_server *)rxrpc_kernel_get_peer_data(peer);
+
+ if (!server)
+ return NULL;
+ return afs_use_server(server, false, afs_server_trace_use_cm_call);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Look up a server by its UUID and mark it active. The caller must hold
+ * cell->fs_lock.
+ */
+static struct afs_server *afs_find_server_by_uuid(struct afs_cell *cell, const uuid_t *uuid)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server;
+ struct rb_node *p;
+ int diff;
+
+ _enter("%pU", uuid);
+
+ p = cell->fs_servers.rb_node;
+ while (p) {
+ server = rb_entry(p, struct afs_server, uuid_rb);
+
+ diff = memcmp(uuid, &server->uuid, sizeof(*uuid));
+ if (diff < 0) {
+ p = p->rb_left;
+ } else if (diff > 0) {
+ p = p->rb_right;
+ } else {
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags))
+ return NULL; /* Need a write lock */
+ afs_use_server(server, true, afs_server_trace_use_by_uuid);
+ return server;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Install a server record in the cell tree. The caller must hold an exclusive
+ * lock on cell->fs_lock.
+ */
+static struct afs_server *afs_install_server(struct afs_cell *cell,
+ struct afs_server **candidate)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server;
+ struct afs_net *net = cell->net;
+ struct rb_node **pp, *p;
+ int diff;
+
+ _enter("%p", candidate);
+
+ /* Firstly install the server in the UUID lookup tree */
+ pp = &cell->fs_servers.rb_node;
+ p = NULL;
+ while (*pp) {
+ p = *pp;
+ _debug("- consider %p", p);
+ server = rb_entry(p, struct afs_server, uuid_rb);
+ diff = memcmp(&(*candidate)->uuid, &server->uuid, sizeof(uuid_t));
+ if (diff < 0)
+ pp = &(*pp)->rb_left;
+ else if (diff > 0)
+ pp = &(*pp)->rb_right;
+ else
+ goto exists;
+ }
+
+ server = *candidate;
+ *candidate = NULL;
+ rb_link_node(&server->uuid_rb, p, pp);
+ rb_insert_color(&server->uuid_rb, &cell->fs_servers);
+ write_seqlock(&net->fs_lock);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&server->proc_link, &net->fs_proc);
+ write_sequnlock(&net->fs_lock);
+
+ afs_get_cell(cell, afs_cell_trace_get_server);
+
+exists:
+ afs_use_server(server, true, afs_server_trace_use_install);
+ return server;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate a new server record and mark it as active but uncreated.
+ */
+static struct afs_server *afs_alloc_server(struct afs_cell *cell, const uuid_t *uuid)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server;
+ struct afs_net *net = cell->net;
+
+ _enter("");
+
+ server = kzalloc_obj(struct afs_server);
+ if (!server)
+ return NULL;
+
+ refcount_set(&server->ref, 1);
+ atomic_set(&server->active, 0);
+ __set_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags);
+ server->debug_id = atomic_inc_return(&afs_server_debug_id);
+ server->uuid = *uuid;
+ rwlock_init(&server->fs_lock);
+ INIT_WORK(&server->destroyer, &afs_server_destroyer);
+ timer_setup(&server->timer, afs_server_timer, 0);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&server->volumes);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&server->probe_wq);
+ mutex_init(&server->cm_token_lock);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&server->probe_link);
+ INIT_HLIST_NODE(&server->proc_link);
+ spin_lock_init(&server->probe_lock);
+ server->cell = cell;
+ server->rtt = UINT_MAX;
+ server->service_id = FS_SERVICE;
+ server->probe_counter = 1;
+ server->probed_at = jiffies - LONG_MAX / 2;
+
+ afs_inc_servers_outstanding(net);
+ _leave(" = %p", server);
+ return server;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Look up an address record for a server
+ */
+static struct afs_addr_list *afs_vl_lookup_addrs(struct afs_server *server,
+ struct key *key)
+{
+ struct afs_vl_cursor vc;
+ struct afs_addr_list *alist = NULL;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+ if (afs_begin_vlserver_operation(&vc, server->cell, key)) {
+ while (afs_select_vlserver(&vc)) {
+ if (test_bit(AFS_VLSERVER_FL_IS_YFS, &vc.server->flags))
+ alist = afs_yfsvl_get_endpoints(&vc, &server->uuid);
+ else
+ alist = afs_vl_get_addrs_u(&vc, &server->uuid);
+ }
+
+ ret = afs_end_vlserver_operation(&vc);
+ }
+
+ return ret < 0 ? ERR_PTR(ret) : alist;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get or create a fileserver record and return it with an active-use count on
+ * it.
+ */
+struct afs_server *afs_lookup_server(struct afs_cell *cell, struct key *key,
+ const uuid_t *uuid, u32 addr_version)
+{
+ struct afs_addr_list *alist = NULL;
+ struct afs_server *server, *candidate = NULL;
+ bool creating = false;
+ int ret;
+
+ _enter("%p,%pU", cell->net, uuid);
+
+ down_read(&cell->fs_lock);
+ server = afs_find_server_by_uuid(cell, uuid);
+ /* Won't see servers marked uncreated. */
+ up_read(&cell->fs_lock);
+
+ if (server) {
+ timer_delete_sync(&server->timer);
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, &server->flags))
+ goto wait_for_creation;
+ if (server->addr_version != addr_version)
+ set_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_NEEDS_UPDATE, &server->flags);
+ return server;
+ }
+
+ candidate = afs_alloc_server(cell, uuid);
+ if (!candidate) {
+ afs_put_addrlist(alist, afs_alist_trace_put_server_oom);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ down_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ server = afs_install_server(cell, &candidate);
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, &server->flags)) {
+ /* We need to wait for creation to complete. */
+ up_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ goto wait_for_creation;
+ }
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags)) {
+ set_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, &server->flags);
+ clear_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags);
+ creating = true;
+ }
+ up_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ timer_delete_sync(&server->timer);
+
+ /* If we get to create the server, we look up the addresses and then
+ * immediately dispatch an asynchronous probe to each interface on the
+ * fileserver. This will make sure the repeat-probing service is
+ * started.
+ */
+ if (creating) {
+ alist = afs_vl_lookup_addrs(server, key);
+ if (IS_ERR(alist)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(alist);
+ goto create_failed;
+ }
+
+ ret = afs_fs_probe_fileserver(cell->net, server, alist, key);
+ if (ret)
+ goto create_failed;
+
+ clear_and_wake_up_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, &server->flags);
+ }
+
+out:
+ afs_put_addrlist(alist, afs_alist_trace_put_server_create);
+ if (candidate) {
+ kfree(candidate);
+ afs_dec_servers_outstanding(cell->net);
+ }
+ return server ?: ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+wait_for_creation:
+ afs_see_server(server, afs_server_trace_wait_create);
+ wait_on_bit(&server->flags, AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (test_bit_acquire(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags)) {
+ /* Barrier: read flag before error */
+ ret = READ_ONCE(server->create_error);
+ afs_put_server(cell->net, server, afs_server_trace_unuse_create_fail);
+ server = NULL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+
+create_failed:
+ down_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(server->create_error, ret);
+ smp_wmb(); /* Barrier: set error before flag. */
+ set_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags);
+
+ clear_and_wake_up_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_CREATING, &server->flags);
+
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags)) {
+ clear_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UNCREATED, &server->flags);
+ creating = true;
+ }
+ afs_unuse_server(cell->net, server, afs_server_trace_unuse_create_fail);
+ server = NULL;
+
+ up_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ goto out;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set/reduce a server's timer.
+ */
+static void afs_set_server_timer(struct afs_server *server, unsigned int delay_secs)
+{
+ mod_timer(&server->timer, jiffies + delay_secs * HZ);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get a reference on a server object.
+ */
+struct afs_server *afs_get_server(struct afs_server *server,
+ enum afs_server_trace reason)
+{
+ unsigned int a;
+ int r;
+
+ __refcount_inc(&server->ref, &r);
+ a = atomic_read(&server->active);
+ trace_afs_server(server->debug_id, r + 1, a, reason);
+ return server;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get an active count on a server object and maybe remove from the inactive
+ * list.
+ */
+struct afs_server *afs_use_server(struct afs_server *server, bool activate,
+ enum afs_server_trace reason)
+{
+ unsigned int a;
+ int r;
+
+ __refcount_inc(&server->ref, &r);
+ a = atomic_inc_return(&server->active);
+ if (a == 1 && activate &&
+ !test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags))
+ timer_delete(&server->timer);
+
+ trace_afs_server(server->debug_id, r + 1, a, reason);
+ return server;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Release a reference on a server record.
+ */
+void afs_put_server(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_server *server,
+ enum afs_server_trace reason)
+{
+ unsigned int a, debug_id;
+ bool zero;
+ int r;
+
+ if (!server)
+ return;
+
+ debug_id = server->debug_id;
+ a = atomic_read(&server->active);
+ zero = __refcount_dec_and_test(&server->ref, &r);
+ trace_afs_server(debug_id, r - 1, a, reason);
+ if (unlikely(zero))
+ __afs_put_server(net, server);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop an active count on a server object without updating the last-unused
+ * time.
+ */
+void afs_unuse_server_notime(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_server *server,
+ enum afs_server_trace reason)
+{
+ if (!server)
+ return;
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&server->active)) {
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags) ||
+ READ_ONCE(server->cell->state) >= AFS_CELL_REMOVING)
+ schedule_work(&server->destroyer);
+ }
+
+ afs_put_server(net, server, reason);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop an active count on a server object.
+ */
+void afs_unuse_server(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_server *server,
+ enum afs_server_trace reason)
+{
+ if (!server)
+ return;
+
+ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&server->active)) {
+ if (!test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags) &&
+ READ_ONCE(server->cell->state) < AFS_CELL_REMOVING) {
+ time64_t unuse_time = ktime_get_real_seconds();
+
+ server->unuse_time = unuse_time;
+ afs_set_server_timer(server, afs_server_gc_delay);
+ } else {
+ schedule_work(&server->destroyer);
+ }
+ }
+
+ afs_put_server(net, server, reason);
+}
+
+static void afs_server_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server = container_of(rcu, struct afs_server, rcu);
+
+ trace_afs_server(server->debug_id, refcount_read(&server->ref),
+ atomic_read(&server->active), afs_server_trace_free);
+ afs_put_endpoint_state(rcu_access_pointer(server->endpoint_state),
+ afs_estate_trace_put_server);
+ afs_put_cell(server->cell, afs_cell_trace_put_server);
+ kfree(server->cm_rxgk_appdata.data);
+ kfree(server);
+}
+
+static void __afs_put_server(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_server *server)
+{
+ call_rcu(&server->rcu, afs_server_rcu);
+ afs_dec_servers_outstanding(net);
+}
+
+static void afs_give_up_callbacks(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_server *server)
+{
+ struct afs_endpoint_state *estate = rcu_access_pointer(server->endpoint_state);
+ struct afs_addr_list *alist = estate->addresses;
+
+ afs_fs_give_up_all_callbacks(net, server, &alist->addrs[alist->preferred], NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check to see if the server record has expired.
+ */
+static bool afs_has_server_expired(const struct afs_server *server)
+{
+ time64_t expires_at;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&server->active))
+ return false;
+
+ if (server->cell->net->live ||
+ server->cell->state >= AFS_CELL_REMOVING) {
+ trace_afs_server(server->debug_id, refcount_read(&server->ref),
+ 0, afs_server_trace_purging);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ expires_at = server->unuse_time;
+ if (!test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_VL_FAIL, &server->flags) &&
+ !test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_NOT_FOUND, &server->flags))
+ expires_at += afs_server_gc_delay;
+
+ return ktime_get_real_seconds() > expires_at;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove a server record from it's parent cell's database.
+ */
+static bool afs_remove_server_from_cell(struct afs_server *server)
+{
+ struct afs_cell *cell = server->cell;
+
+ down_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+
+ if (!afs_has_server_expired(server)) {
+ up_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ set_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags);
+ _debug("expire %pU %u", &server->uuid, atomic_read(&server->active));
+ afs_see_server(server, afs_server_trace_see_expired);
+ rb_erase(&server->uuid_rb, &cell->fs_servers);
+ up_write(&cell->fs_lock);
+ return true;
+}
+
+static void afs_server_destroyer(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct afs_endpoint_state *estate;
+ struct afs_server *server = container_of(work, struct afs_server, destroyer);
+ struct afs_net *net = server->cell->net;
+
+ afs_see_server(server, afs_server_trace_see_destroyer);
+
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags))
+ return;
+
+ if (!afs_remove_server_from_cell(server))
+ return;
+
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&server->timer);
+ cancel_work(&server->destroyer);
+
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_MAY_HAVE_CB, &server->flags))
+ afs_give_up_callbacks(net, server);
+
+ /* Unbind the rxrpc_peer records from the server. */
+ estate = rcu_access_pointer(server->endpoint_state);
+ if (estate)
+ afs_set_peer_appdata(server, estate->addresses, NULL);
+
+ write_seqlock(&net->fs_lock);
+ list_del_init(&server->probe_link);
+ if (!hlist_unhashed(&server->proc_link))
+ hlist_del_rcu(&server->proc_link);
+ write_sequnlock(&net->fs_lock);
+
+ afs_put_server(net, server, afs_server_trace_destroy);
+}
+
+static void afs_server_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server = container_of(timer, struct afs_server, timer);
+
+ afs_see_server(server, afs_server_trace_see_timer);
+ if (!test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_EXPIRED, &server->flags))
+ schedule_work(&server->destroyer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wake up all the servers in a cell so that they can purge themselves.
+ */
+void afs_purge_servers(struct afs_cell *cell)
+{
+ struct afs_server *server;
+ struct rb_node *rb;
+
+ down_read(&cell->fs_lock);
+ for (rb = rb_first(&cell->fs_servers); rb; rb = rb_next(rb)) {
+ server = rb_entry(rb, struct afs_server, uuid_rb);
+ afs_see_server(server, afs_server_trace_see_purge);
+ schedule_work(&server->destroyer);
+ }
+ up_read(&cell->fs_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wait for outstanding servers.
+ */
+void afs_wait_for_servers(struct afs_net *net)
+{
+ _enter("");
+
+ atomic_dec(&net->servers_outstanding);
+ wait_var_event(&net->servers_outstanding,
+ !atomic_read(&net->servers_outstanding));
+ _leave("");
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get an update for a server's address list.
+ */
+static noinline bool afs_update_server_record(struct afs_operation *op,
+ struct afs_server *server,
+ struct key *key)
+{
+ struct afs_endpoint_state *estate;
+ struct afs_addr_list *alist;
+ bool has_addrs;
+
+ _enter("");
+
+ trace_afs_server(server->debug_id, refcount_read(&server->ref),
+ atomic_read(&server->active),
+ afs_server_trace_update);
+
+ alist = afs_vl_lookup_addrs(server, op->key);
+ if (IS_ERR(alist)) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ estate = rcu_dereference(server->endpoint_state);
+ has_addrs = estate->addresses;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if ((PTR_ERR(alist) == -ERESTARTSYS ||
+ PTR_ERR(alist) == -EINTR) &&
+ (op->flags & AFS_OPERATION_UNINTR) &&
+ has_addrs) {
+ _leave(" = t [intr]");
+ return true;
+ }
+ afs_op_set_error(op, PTR_ERR(alist));
+ _leave(" = f [%d]", afs_op_error(op));
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (server->addr_version != alist->version)
+ afs_fs_probe_fileserver(op->net, server, alist, key);
+
+ afs_put_addrlist(alist, afs_alist_trace_put_server_update);
+ _leave(" = t");
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * See if a server's address list needs updating.
+ */
+bool afs_check_server_record(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_server *server,
+ struct key *key)
+{
+ bool success;
+ int ret, retries = 0;
+
+ _enter("");
+
+ ASSERT(server);
+
+retry:
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_UPDATING, &server->flags))
+ goto wait;
+ if (test_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_NEEDS_UPDATE, &server->flags))
+ goto update;
+ _leave(" = t [good]");
+ return true;
+
+update:
+ if (!test_and_set_bit_lock(AFS_SERVER_FL_UPDATING, &server->flags)) {
+ clear_bit(AFS_SERVER_FL_NEEDS_UPDATE, &server->flags);
+ success = afs_update_server_record(op, server, key);
+ clear_bit_unlock(AFS_SERVER_FL_UPDATING, &server->flags);
+ wake_up_bit(&server->flags, AFS_SERVER_FL_UPDATING);
+ _leave(" = %d", success);
+ return success;
+ }
+
+wait:
+ ret = wait_on_bit(&server->flags, AFS_SERVER_FL_UPDATING,
+ (op->flags & AFS_OPERATION_UNINTR) ?
+ TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE : TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+ afs_op_set_error(op, ret);
+ _leave(" = f [intr]");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ retries++;
+ if (retries == 4) {
+ _leave(" = f [stale]");
+ ret = -ESTALE;
+ return false;
+ }
+ goto retry;
+}