[PATCH 2/2] uprobes: Hide unprepared uprobes from the breakpoint paths
From: Adriano Cordova
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 10:41:54 EST
find_uprobe_rcu() backs handle_swbp() and handle_syscall_uprobe(). Make
it skip a uprobe whose instruction has not been analyzed yet, so neither
path can use an uninitialized ->arch. An unprepared uprobe has no
breakpoint installed (install_breakpoint() prepares before set_swbp()),
so the trap path treats it as not registered yet. This also gives
handle_syscall_uprobe() the check it was missing.
Signed-off-by: Adriano Cordova <adrianox@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 686585539ebf..bdc05fdce0a0 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -924,8 +924,20 @@ static struct uprobe *find_uprobe_rcu(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset)
* try again as we might have missed the element (false
* negative). If seqcount is unchanged, search truly failed.
*/
- if (node)
- return __node_2_uprobe(node);
+ if (node) {
+ struct uprobe *uprobe = __node_2_uprobe(node);
+
+ /*
+ * A uprobe is inserted before it is prepared; do
+ * not hand it out until ->arch is usable.
+ */
+ if (!test_bit(UPROBE_COPY_INSN, &uprobe->flags))
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* Pairs with the smp_wmb() in prepare_uprobe(). */
+ smp_rmb();
+ return uprobe;
+ }
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&uprobes_seqcount, seq));
return NULL;
@@ -1123,7 +1135,7 @@ static int prepare_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct file *file,
if (ret)
goto out;
- smp_wmb(); /* pairs with the smp_rmb() in handle_swbp() */
+ smp_wmb(); /* pairs with the smp_rmb() in find_uprobe_rcu() */
set_bit(UPROBE_COPY_INSN, &uprobe->flags);
out:
@@ -2743,23 +2755,6 @@ static void handle_swbp(struct pt_regs *regs)
/* change it in advance for ->handler() and restart */
instruction_pointer_set(regs, bp_vaddr);
- /*
- * TODO: move copy_insn/etc into _register and remove this hack.
- * After we hit the bp, _unregister + _register can install the
- * new and not-yet-analyzed uprobe at the same address, restart.
- */
- if (unlikely(!test_bit(UPROBE_COPY_INSN, &uprobe->flags)))
- goto out;
-
- /*
- * Pairs with the smp_wmb() in prepare_uprobe().
- *
- * Guarantees that if we see the UPROBE_COPY_INSN bit set, then
- * we must also see the stores to &uprobe->arch performed by the
- * prepare_uprobe() call.
- */
- smp_rmb();
-
/* Tracing handlers use ->utask to communicate with fetch methods */
if (!get_utask())
goto out;
--
2.51.0