[tip: perf/urgent] x86/uprobes: Keep shadow stack in sync for emulated CALLs

From: tip-bot2 for David Windsor

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 06:02:58 EST


The following commit has been merged into the perf/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID: abf08854d224085e2ebb3ba660e7995909f47d6a
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/abf08854d224085e2ebb3ba660e7995909f47d6a
Author: David Windsor <dwindsor@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:13:33 -04:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:21:49 +02:00

x86/uprobes: Keep shadow stack in sync for emulated CALLs

Uprobe CALL emulation updates the normal user stack, but not the CET user
shadow stack. The subsequent RET then sees a stale shadow stack entry and
raises #CP.

Update the relative CALL emulation and XOL CALL fixup paths to keep the
shadow stack in sync.

Fixes: 488af8ea7131 ("x86/shstk: Wire in shadow stack interface")
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/8b5b1c7407b98f31664ad7b6a6faf20d2d4a6cad.1782777969.git.dwindsor@xxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
index ebb1baf..d74bb54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c
@@ -1246,9 +1246,15 @@ static int default_post_xol_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs
long correction = utask->vaddr - utask->xol_vaddr;
regs->ip += correction;
} else if (auprobe->defparam.fixups & UPROBE_FIX_CALL) {
+ unsigned long retaddr = utask->vaddr + auprobe->defparam.ilen;
+ int err;
+
regs->sp += sizeof_long(regs); /* Pop incorrect return address */
- if (emulate_push_stack(regs, utask->vaddr + auprobe->defparam.ilen))
+ if (emulate_push_stack(regs, retaddr))
return -ERESTART;
+ err = shstk_update_last_frame(retaddr);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
}
/* popf; tell the caller to not touch TF */
if (auprobe->defparam.fixups & UPROBE_FIX_SETF)
@@ -1338,6 +1344,10 @@ static bool branch_emulate_op(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
*/
if (emulate_push_stack(regs, new_ip))
return false;
+ if (shstk_push(new_ip) == -EFAULT) {
+ regs->sp += sizeof_long(regs);
+ return false;
+ }
} else if (!check_jmp_cond(auprobe, regs)) {
offs = 0;
}