Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/uprobes: Validation for prefixed instruction

[Naveen N. Rao]

On 2021/02/04 04:19PM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/4/21 4:17 PM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> > Don't allow Uprobe on 2nd word of a prefixed instruction. As per
> > ISA 3.1, prefixed instruction should not cross 64-byte boundary.
> > So don't allow Uprobe on such prefixed instruction as well.
> > 
> > There are two ways probed instruction is changed in mapped pages.
> > First, when Uprobe is activated, it searches for all the relevant
> > pages and replace instruction in them. In this case, if we notice
> > that probe is on the 2nd word of prefixed instruction, error out
> > directly. Second, when Uprobe is already active and user maps a
> > relevant page via mmap(), instruction is replaced via mmap() code
> > path. But because Uprobe is invalid, entire mmap() operation can
> > not be stopped. In this case just print an error and continue.
> 
> @mpe,
> 
> arch_uprobe_analyze_insn() can return early if
> cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) is not set. But that will
> miss out a rare scenario of user running binary with prefixed
> instruction on p10 predecessors. Please let me know if I
> should add cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) or not.

The check you are adding is very specific to prefixed instructions, so 
it makes sense to add a cpu feature check for v3.1.

On older processors, those are invalid instructions like any other. The 
instruction emulation infrastructure will refuse to emulate it and the 
instruction will be single stepped.

- Naveen