From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: Skip disarmed probes when checking optkprobe overlap
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:36:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930053618.104498-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
On x86, an optkprobe at A replaces five bytes with a jump. If a disabled
probe B is at A+2, get_optimized_kprobe() stops at B when arming a new
probe C at A+4. It leaves A optimized:
A A+1 A+2 A+3 A+4
A's jump | e9 | d0 | d1 | d2 | d3 |
after C | e9 | d0 | d1 | d2 | cc |
The INT3 for C overwrites the last byte of A's jump displacement, so
execution can jump to the wrong address. B can have prepared optinsns
while disarmed, but has no jump to unoptimize.
Continue past disarmed and unprepared probes to find the active optimized
probe before arming a probe in its jump.
Fixes: afd66255b9a4 ("kprobes: Introduce kprobes jump optimization")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
kernel/kprobes.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 6337da5cab9e..e6f6e18fa1b5 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -495,14 +495,16 @@ static bool kprobe_queued(struct kprobe *p)
static struct kprobe *get_optimized_kprobe(kprobe_opcode_t *addr)
{
int i;
- struct kprobe *p = NULL;
+ struct kprobe *p;
struct optimized_kprobe *op;
/* Don't check i == 0, since that is a breakpoint case. */
- for (i = 1; !p && i < MAX_OPTIMIZED_LENGTH / sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t); i++)
+ for (i = 1; i < MAX_OPTIMIZED_LENGTH / sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t); i++) {
p = get_kprobe(addr - i);
+ /* A disabled probe can have prepared, but inactive, optinsns. */
+ if (!p || !kprobe_optready(p) || kprobe_disarmed(p))
+ continue;
- if (p && kprobe_optready(p)) {
op = container_of(p, struct optimized_kprobe, kp);
if (arch_within_optimized_kprobe(op, addr))
return p;
--
2.55.0
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