[PATCH v2] x86: profiling: remove lock functions hack for !FRAME_POINTER

From: Chen Zhongjin
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 03:39:41 EST


Syzbot has been reporting the problem of stack-out-of-bounds in
profile_pc for a long time:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=84fe685c02cd112a2ac3

profile_pc will get return address for caller if current function
is lock function. For !CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER it uses a hack way to get
the caller by directly reading sp[0] or sp [1].
It not works when KASAN is enabled because KASAN pushes data on stack
which makes sp[0/1] become KASAN red zone. Then profile_pc reads wrong
memory and triggers KASAN warning frequently.

This hack might be ok when first added at 2006 but now it's different:

1. There are some lock functions which have frame longer than two stack
slots. For these functions sp[0/1] is not a legal return address even
KASAN is not enabled.
2. !CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is more used today because UNWINDER_ORC.
3. Lock function caller information can be prfiled by perf better.

Since profile as a low level facility it's better not to depend on
complex generic unwinder to get the next frame. So it's reasonable to
remove lock functions hack for !FRAME_POINTER kernel.

Fixes: 0cb91a229364 ("[PATCH] i386: Account spinlocks to the caller during profiling for !FP kernels")
Suggested-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
Make a more detailed commit log.
---
arch/x86/kernel/time.c | 14 +-------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
index e42faa792c07..e08fac7bb71e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
@@ -29,22 +29,10 @@ unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unsigned long pc = instruction_pointer(regs);

- if (!user_mode(regs) && in_lock_functions(pc)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+ if (!user_mode(regs) && in_lock_functions(pc))
return *(unsigned long *)(regs->bp + sizeof(long));
-#else
- unsigned long *sp = (unsigned long *)regs->sp;
- /*
- * Return address is either directly at stack pointer
- * or above a saved flags. Eflags has bits 22-31 zero,
- * kernel addresses don't.
- */
- if (sp[0] >> 22)
- return sp[0];
- if (sp[1] >> 22)
- return sp[1];
#endif
- }
return pc;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc);
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