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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] perf events fix
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 23:58:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZSsO8/2KhWgd6kLS@gmail.com> (raw)


Linus,

Please pull the latest perf/urgent git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git perf-urgent-2023-10-14

   # HEAD: e53899771a02f798d436655efbd9d4b46c0f9265 perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses

Fix an LBR sampling bug.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
JP Kobryn (1):
      perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses


 arch/x86/events/utils.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/utils.c b/arch/x86/events/utils.c
index 76b1f8bb0fd5..dab4ed199227 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/utils.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include "perf_event.h"
 
@@ -132,9 +133,9 @@ static int get_branch_type(unsigned long from, unsigned long to, int abort,
 		 * The LBR logs any address in the IP, even if the IP just
 		 * faulted. This means userspace can control the from address.
 		 * Ensure we don't blindly read any address by validating it is
-		 * a known text address.
+		 * a known text address and not a vsyscall address.
 		 */
-		if (kernel_text_address(from)) {
+		if (kernel_text_address(from) && !in_gate_area_no_mm(from)) {
 			addr = (void *)from;
 			/*
 			 * Assume we can get the maximum possible size

             reply	other threads:[~2023-10-14 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-14 21:58 Ingo Molnar [this message]
2023-10-14 22:49 ` [GIT PULL] perf events fix pr-tracker-bot
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-11-26  9:43 Ingo Molnar
2023-11-26 17:16 ` pr-tracker-bot
2023-10-28 10:41 Ingo Molnar
2023-10-28 18:17 ` pr-tracker-bot
2023-10-21 15:22 Ingo Molnar
2023-10-21 18:29 ` pr-tracker-bot
2023-09-10 16:20 Ingo Molnar
2023-09-10 18:08 ` pr-tracker-bot

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