[PATCH 1/2] ARM64: check stack pointer in get_wchan

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov
Date: Thu Dec 05 2013 - 08:30:22 EST


get_wchan() is lockless. Task may wakeup at any time and change its own stack,
thus each next stack frame may be overwritten and filled with random stuff.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index de17c89..0adb8f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
{
struct stackframe frame;
+ unsigned long stack_page;
int count = 0;
if (!p || p == current || p->state == TASK_RUNNING)
return 0;
@@ -315,9 +316,11 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
frame.fp = thread_saved_fp(p);
frame.sp = thread_saved_sp(p);
frame.pc = thread_saved_pc(p);
+ stack_page = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p);
do {
- int ret = unwind_frame(&frame);
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (frame.sp < stack_page ||
+ frame.sp >= stack_page + THREAD_SIZE ||
+ unwind_frame(&frame))
return 0;
if (!in_sched_functions(frame.pc))
return frame.pc;

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