Re: [PATCH] arm64: syscall: Ensure saved x0 is kept in-sync with tracer updates

[Jinjie Ruan]

On 7/16/2026 7:53 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 10:57:34AM +0800, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
>> On 7/14/2026 10:35 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
>>> index 4d08598e2891..57e8c6714d44 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
>>> @@ -2408,6 +2408,21 @@ static void report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>>  	}
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +static void update_syscall_orig_x0_after_ptrace(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>> +{
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Keep orig_x0 authoritative so that seccomp (via
>>> +	 * syscall_get_arguments()), audit and the restart path all see the same
>>> +	 * first argument the syscall is dispatched with, even if it has been
>>> +	 * updated by a tracer. Skip this for NO_SYSCALL (set either by the user
>>> +	 * or the tracer), as regs[0] holds the return value (see the comment in
>>> +	 * el0_svc_common()) and can be unwound using syscall_rollback().
>>> +	 * For compat tasks, orig_r0 is provided directly through GPR index 17.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (!is_compat_task() && regs->syscallno != NO_SYSCALL)
>>> +		regs->orig_x0 = regs->regs[0];
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>>  {
>>>  	unsigned long flags = read_thread_flags();
>>> @@ -2417,12 +2432,21 @@ int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
>>>  		ret = report_syscall_entry(regs);
>>>  		if (ret || (flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU))
>>>  			return NO_SYSCALL;
>>> +
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * Ensure ptrace changes to x0 are visible to seccomp
>>> +		 * ptrace exits (SECCOMP_RET_TRACE).
>>> +		 */
>>> +		update_syscall_orig_x0_after_ptrace(regs);
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>>  	/* Do the secure computing after ptrace; failures should be fast. */
>>>  	if (secure_computing() == -1)
>>>  		return NO_SYSCALL;
>>>  
>>> +	/* Ensure seccomp updates to x0 are visible to audit. */
>>> +	update_syscall_orig_x0_after_ptrace(regs);
>>
>> I think unconditionally updating orig_x0 here is unnecessary, we could
>> Expand seccomp check in place as below the same as generic entry.
> 
> Let's leave any micro-optimisations for later, please. We're going to

That sounds good. We can make these changes that are not closely related
to this fix when we switch to the generic entry.

> need to backport this fix _way_ back, so I've been trying to keep it as
> simple as possible. You're also going to end up replacing all of this
> with the generic entry code, anyway.
> 
> I'll send a v2 with the comment changes shortly, then hopefully I can
> send it as a fix for stable.

Thanks for the update. If v2 comes out, I am happy to help test it again.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Will