Re: [PATCH] uprobes: change handle_swbp() to send SIGTRAP with si_code=SI_KERNEL

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> [2020-07-23 17:44:20]:

> If a tracee is uprobed and it hits int3 inserted by debugger, handle_swbp()
> does send_sig(SIGTRAP, current, 0) which means si_code == SI_USER. This used
> to work when this code was written, but then GDB started to validate si_code
> and now it simply can't use breakpoints if the tracee has an active uprobe:
> 
> 
> The tracee hits the internal breakpoint inserted by GDB to monitor shared
> library events but GDB misinterprets this SIGTRAP and reports a signal.
> 
> Change handle_swbp() to use force_sig(SIGTRAP), this matches do_int3_user()
> and fixes the problem.
> 
> This is the minimal fix for -stable, arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c is equally
> wrong; it should use send_sigtrap(TRAP_TRACE) instead of send_sig(SIGTRAP),
> but this doesn't confuse GDB and needs another x86-specific patch.
> 
> Reported-by: Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index bb0862873dba..5f8b0c52fd2e 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	if (!uprobe) {
>  		if (is_swbp > 0) {
>  			/* No matching uprobe; signal SIGTRAP. */
> -			send_sig(SIGTRAP, current, 0);
> +			force_sig(SIGTRAP);
>  		} else {
>  			/*
>  			 * Either we raced with uprobe_unregister() or we can't
> -- 
> 2.25.1.362.g51ebf55
> 
> 

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju