Re: [PATCH v14 17/19] unwind_user/sframe: Separate reading of FRE from reading of FRE data words

Re: [PATCH v14 17/19] unwind_user/sframe: Separate reading of FRE from reading of FRE data words

[Jens Remus]

On 5/5/2026 9:05 PM, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [Critical] A malicious user can trigger a kernel panic by providing a crafted `.sframe` section with `rep_size` set to 0, which causes a division-by-zero when the kernel attempts to unwind the stack.
> --
> 
> commit 1aeb36f953ce26b15e30e2b228bfb48239924c2b
> Author: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> unwind_user/sframe: Separate reading of FRE from reading of FRE data words
> 
> This commit separates the reading of SFrame FRE structures from their
> data words, which allows linear searches to skip data words until a
> matching FRE is found. New fields are added to struct sframe_fre_internal
> to cache the necessary information to read data words later.
> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
>> index 2ba2c8b385f96..98346412078b8 100644
>> --- a/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
>> +++ b/kernel/unwind/sframe.c
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> @@ -455,6 +450,7 @@ static __always_inline int __find_fre(struct sframe_section *sec,
>>  	bool which = false;
>>  	unsigned int i;
>>  	u32 ip_off;
>> +	int ret;
>>  
>>  	ip_off = ip - fde->func_addr;
>>  
> 
> This isn't a regression introduced by this patch, but while looking at this
> area, can a crafted sframe section cause a division-by-zero just after
> this line?

Fixed in [PATCH v14 05/19] unwind_user/sframe: Add support for reading
.sframe contents.

> 
> In __find_fre(), the code does:
> 
>     if (fde_pctype == SFRAME_FDE_PCTYPE_MASK)
>         ip_off %= fde->rep_size;
> 
> Since fde->rep_size and fde->info are populated directly from the user-provided
> sframe section, does anything ensure rep_size is non-zero before reaching
> this code?
> 
> If a user provides an sframe section with rep_size set to 0 and the
> SFRAME_FDE_PCTYPE_MASK bit set in the info field, will this lead to an
> unhandled division-by-zero exception and crash the kernel during stack
> unwinding?
Regards,
Jens
-- 
Jens Remus
Linux on Z Development (D3303)
jremus@de.ibm.com / jremus@linux.ibm.com

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