[PATCH] uprobes: Restore original return address in uretprobe context

From: daichengrong

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:29:36 EST


uretprobe replaces the original return address of a probed function with
a trampoline address to capture function return events.

After the trampoline is entered and the uretprobe handler completes, the
original return address needs to be restored in the user register context
to keep the register state consistent with the state before probing.

Add an architecture-specific hook for restoring the original return
address during uretprobe handling.

The initial implementation adds support for RISC-V. Other architectures
keep the default empty implementation until their corresponding restore
logic is implemented.

Signed-off-by: daichengrong <daichengrong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/probes/uprobes.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/uprobes.h | 1 +
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/uprobes.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/uprobes.c
index eb177d0ce8ab..0b1b94d9683e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/uprobes.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/uprobes.c
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ arch_uretprobe_hijack_return_addr(unsigned long trampoline_vaddr,
return ra;
}

+void
+arch_uretprobe_hijack_set_addr(unsigned long orig_ret_vaddr,
+ struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ regs->ra = orig_ret_vaddr;
+}
+
int arch_uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index f548fea2adec..2d0dc919845d 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ extern bool arch_uprobe_xol_was_trapped(struct task_struct *tsk);
extern int arch_uprobe_exception_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, void *data);
extern void arch_uprobe_abort_xol(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
extern unsigned long arch_uretprobe_hijack_return_addr(unsigned long trampoline_vaddr, struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern void arch_uretprobe_hijack_set_addr(unsigned long orig_ret_vaddr, struct pt_regs *regs);
extern bool arch_uretprobe_is_alive(struct return_instance *ret, enum rp_check ctx, struct pt_regs *regs);
extern bool arch_uprobe_ignore(struct arch_uprobe *aup, struct pt_regs *regs);
extern void arch_uprobe_copy_ixol(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr,
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 4084e926e284..deecaae01ab7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,10 @@ void * __weak arch_uretprobe_trampoline(unsigned long *psize)
return &insn;
}

+void __weak arch_uretprobe_hijack_set_addr(unsigned long orig_ret_vaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+}
+
static struct xol_area *__create_xol_area(unsigned long vaddr)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
@@ -2659,6 +2663,7 @@ void uprobe_handle_trampoline(struct pt_regs *regs)
valid = !next_chain || arch_uretprobe_is_alive(next_chain, RP_CHECK_RET, regs);

instruction_pointer_set(regs, ri->orig_ret_vaddr);
+ arch_uretprobe_hijack_set_addr(ri->orig_ret_vaddr, regs);
do {
/* pop current instance from the stack of pending return instances,
* as it's not pending anymore: we just fixed up original
--
2.25.1