Re: [BUGFIX PATCH] kprobes/x86: Fix to set RWX bits correctly before releasing trampoline

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 07:38:17PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Fix kprobes to set(recover) RWX bits correctly on trampoline
> buffer before releasing it. Releasing readonly page to
> module_memfree() crash the kernel.
> 
> Without this fix, if kprobes user register a bunch of kprobes
> in function body (since kprobes on function entry usually
> use ftrace) and unregister it, kernel hits a BUG and crash.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Fixes: d0381c81c2f7 ("kprobes/x86: Set kprobes pages read-only")
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c |    9 +++++++++
>  kernel/kprobes.c               |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> index 5b2bbfb..6b87780 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
>  #include <linux/ftrace.h>
>  #include <linux/frame.h>
>  #include <linux/kasan.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleloader.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/text-patching.h>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -417,6 +418,14 @@ static void prepare_boost(struct kprobe *p, struct insn *insn)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +/* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */
> +void free_insn_page(void *page)
> +{
> +	set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
> +	set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
> +	module_memfree(page);
> +}

Is this needed for all module_memfree() ? If so should / could it just do it
for alloc users ?

  Luis