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JP Kobryn 3863989497 perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses 
commit e53899771a upstream.

We found that a panic can occur when a vsyscall is made while LBR sampling
is active. If the vsyscall is interrupted (NMI) for perf sampling, this
call sequence can occur (most recent at top):

    __insn_get_emulate_prefix()
    insn_get_emulate_prefix()
    insn_get_prefixes()
    insn_get_opcode()
    decode_branch_type()
    get_branch_type()
    intel_pmu_lbr_filter()
    intel_pmu_handle_irq()
    perf_event_nmi_handler()

Within __insn_get_emulate_prefix() at frame 0, a macro is called:

    peek_nbyte_next(insn_byte_t, insn, i)

Within this macro, this dereference occurs:

    (insn)->next_byte

Inspecting registers at this point, the value of the next_byte field is the
address of the vsyscall made, for example the location of the vsyscall
version of gettimeofday() at 0xffffffffff600000. The access to an address
in the vsyscall region will trigger an oops due to an unhandled page fault.

To fix the bug, filtering for vsyscalls can be done when
determining the branch type. This patch will return
a "none" branch if a kernel address if found to lie in the
vsyscall region.

Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: JP Kobryn <inwardvessel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2023-10-19 23:08:56 +02:00
arch perf/x86/lbr: Filter vsyscall addresses 2023-10-19 23:08:56 +02:00
block block: fix use-after-free of q->q_usage_counter 2023-10-10 22:00:37 +02:00
certs certs: Fix build error when PKCS#11 URI contains semicolon 2023-02-09 11:28:11 +01:00
crypto crypto: lrw,xts - Replace strlcpy with strscpy 2023-09-23 11:11:01 +02:00
Documentation tcp: enforce receive buffer memory limits by allowing the tcp window to shrink 2023-10-19 23:08:54 +02:00
drivers ACPI: EC: Add quirk for the HP Pavilion Gaming 15-dk1xxx 2023-10-19 23:08:56 +02:00
fs ksmbd: not allow to open file if delelete on close bit is set 2023-10-19 23:08:56 +02:00
include tcp: enforce receive buffer memory limits by allowing the tcp window to shrink 2023-10-19 23:08:54 +02:00
init sched/psi: Select KERNFS as needed 2023-09-13 09:42:28 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/fs: remove sqe->rw_flags checking from LINKAT 2023-10-06 14:57:02 +02:00
ipc ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs() 2022-12-31 13:32:01 +01:00
kernel workqueue: Override implicit ordered attribute in workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask() 2023-10-19 23:08:54 +02:00
lib lib/test_meminit: fix off-by-one error in test_pages() 2023-10-15 18:32:41 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers 2021-12-16 14:33:10 +01:00
mm mm: page_alloc: fix CMA and HIGHATOMIC landing on the wrong buddy list 2023-10-10 22:00:36 +02:00
net tcp: enforce receive buffer memory limits by allowing the tcp window to shrink 2023-10-19 23:08:54 +02:00
rust rust: allocator: Prevent mis-aligned allocation 2023-08-11 12:08:18 +02:00
samples samples/hw_breakpoint: fix building without module unloading 2023-09-23 11:11:09 +02:00
scripts modpost: add missing else to the "of" check 2023-10-10 22:00:41 +02:00
security KEYS: trusted: Remove redundant static calls usage 2023-10-19 23:08:50 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - ALC287 merge RTK codec with CS CS35L41 AMP 2023-10-19 23:08:51 +02:00
tools netfilter: nf_tables: Deduplicate nft_register_obj audit logs 2023-10-10 22:00:43 +02:00
usr usr/gen_init_cpio.c: remove unnecessary -1 values from int file 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -07:00
virt kvm/vfio: ensure kvg instance stays around in kvm_vfio_group_add() 2023-09-13 09:42:46 +02:00
.clang-format inet: ping: use hlist_nulls rcu iterator during lookup 2022-12-01 12:42:46 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore Kbuild: add Rust support 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
.mailmap 9 hotfixes. 6 for MM, 3 for other areas. Four of these patches address 2022-12-10 17:10:52 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Michal Marek from Kbuild maintainers 2022-11-16 14:53:00 +09:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS devlink: move code to a dedicated directory 2023-08-30 16:11:00 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.1.58 2023-10-15 18:32:41 +02:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.