Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] ptrace: add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support

From: Oleg Nesterov

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 09:26:12 EST


Well, still looks good to me...

But I forgot (sorry, actually didn't really read) the previous discussions
and IIRC Michal had some concerns about this patch. And you don't CC him.

Michal, can you take a look? Do you see anything wrong?

Oleg.

On 08/31, Renzo Davoli wrote:
>
> Extend PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO to support skipping a system call triggered
> via seccomp.
>
> When a tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with 'op' set to
> PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, it can now choose to skip the system call.
> To do this, the tracer changes 'op' to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT and
> populates the exit union fields (rval and is_error) to define the return
> value and error status for the tracee.
>
> System call suppression via PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY is currently not
> implemented. On some architectures (e.g. MIPS), when a system call is
> skipped by setting the syscall number to -1 at the entry stop, the
> architecture entry path unconditionally overwrites the return value
> register with -ENOSYS, clobbering any custom return value set by the
> tracer at the entry stop.
>
> Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/ptrace.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
> index d041645d9d17..64fd1b455297 100644
> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
>
> static int
> ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
> - struct ptrace_syscall_info *info)
> + struct ptrace_syscall_info *info, bool skip_syscall)
> {
> long rval = info->exit.rval;
>
> @@ -1111,6 +1111,9 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
> if (rval != info->exit.rval)
> return -ERANGE;
>
> + if (skip_syscall)
> + syscall_set_nr(child, regs, -1);
> +
> if (info->exit.is_error)
> syscall_set_return_value(child, regs, rval, 0);
> else
> @@ -1125,6 +1128,8 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
> {
> struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
> struct ptrace_syscall_info info;
> + int op;
> + bool skip_syscall = false;
>
> if (user_size < sizeof(info))
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1141,15 +1146,27 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
> if (info.flags || info.reserved)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - /* Changing the type of the system call stop is not supported yet. */
> - if (ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child) != info.op)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + /*
> + * Changing the type of the system call stop is not allowed, with the
> + * following exception:
> + * PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP can be changed to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT
> + * to skip the system call
> + */
> +
> + op = ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child);
> + if (op != info.op) {
> + if (info.op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT &&
> + op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP)
> + skip_syscall = true;
> + else
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
>
> switch (info.op) {
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY:
> return ptrace_set_syscall_info_entry(child, regs, &info);
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT:
> - return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info);
> + return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info, skip_syscall);
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP:
> return ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(child, regs, &info);
> default:
> --
> 2.55.0
>