From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH mm-stable] uprobes: Revert ref_ctr_offset in uprobe_unregister error path
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:21:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250513122125.1617722-1-jolsa@kernel.org> (raw)
From: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@gmail.com>
There's error path that could lead to inactive uprobe:
1) uprobe_register succeeds - updates instruction to int3 and
changes ref_ctr from 0 to 1
2) uprobe_unregister fails - int3 stays in place, but ref_ctr
is changed to 0 (it's not restored to 1 in the fail path)
uprobe is leaked
3) another uprobe_register comes and re-uses the leaked uprobe
and succeds - but int3 is already in place, so ref_ctr update
is skipped and it stays 0 - uprobe CAN NOT be triggered now
4) uprobe_unregister fails because ref_ctr value is unexpected
Fixing this by reverting the updated ref_ctr value back to 1 in step 2),
which is the case when uprobe_unregister fails (int3 stays in place),
but we have already updated refctr.
The new scenario will go as follows:
1) uprobe_register succeeds - updates instruction to int3 and
changes ref_ctr from 0 to 1
2) uprobe_unregister fails - int3 stays in place and ref_ctr
is reverted to 1.. uprobe is leaked
3) another uprobe_register comes and re-uses the leaked uprobe
and succeds - but int3 is already in place, so ref_ctr update
is skipped and it stays 1 - uprobe CAN be triggered now
4) uprobe_unregister succeeds
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
Please note it's based on mm-stable branch, because it has the
latest uprobe_write_opcode rewrite changes.
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 4c965ba77f9f..84ee7b590861 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ int uprobe_write_opcode(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
out:
/* Revert back reference counter if instruction update failed. */
- if (ret < 0 && is_register && ref_ctr_updated)
- update_ref_ctr(uprobe, mm, -1);
+ if (ret < 0 && ref_ctr_updated)
+ update_ref_ctr(uprobe, mm, is_register ? -1 : 1);
/* try collapse pmd for compound page */
if (ret > 0)
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-05-13 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-13 12:21 Jiri Olsa [this message]
2025-05-13 13:16 ` [PATCH mm-stable] uprobes: Revert ref_ctr_offset in uprobe_unregister error path David Hildenbrand
2025-05-13 13:17 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-05-13 13:48 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-05-13 15:46 ` Oleg Nesterov
2025-05-13 16:56 ` David Hildenbrand
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