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When kprobe_add_area_blacklist() iterates through a section like .kprobes.text, the start address may not correspond to a named symbol. On ARM64 with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS=y (introduced by commitbaaf553d3b("arm64: Implement HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS")), the compiler flag -fpatchable-function-entry=4,2 inserts 2 NOPs before each function entry point for ftrace call_ops. These pre-function NOPs sit at the section base address, before the first named function symbol. The compiler emits a $x mapping symbol at offset 0x00 to mark the start of code, but find_kallsyms_symbol() ignores mapping symbols. Without CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS (e.g. defconfig), no pre-function NOPs are inserted, the first function starts at offset 0x00, and the bug does not trigger. This only affects modules that have a .kprobes.text section (i.e. those using the __kprobes annotation). Modules using NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() instead (like kretprobe_example.ko) blacklist exact function addresses via the _kprobe_blacklist section and are not affected. For kprobe_example.ko on ARM64 with -fpatchable-function-entry=4,2, the .kprobes.text section layout is: offset 0x00: $x + 2 NOPs (mapping symbol + ftrace preamble) offset 0x08: handler_post (64 bytes) offset 0x50: handler_pre (68 bytes) kprobe_add_area_blacklist() starts iterating from the section base address (offset 0x00), which only has the $x mapping symbol. kprobe_add_ksym_blacklist() then calls kallsyms_lookup_size_offset() for this address, which goes through: kallsyms_lookup_size_offset() -> module_address_lookup() -> find_kallsyms_symbol() find_kallsyms_symbol() scans all module symbols to find the closest preceding symbol. Since no named text symbol exists at offset 0x00, find_kallsyms_symbol() picks __UNIQUE_ID_vermagic (a .modinfo symbol whose address is in the temporary image) as the "best" match. The computed "size" = next_text_symbol - modinfo_symbol spans across these two unrelated memory regions, creating a blacklist entry with a bogus range of tens of terabytes. Whether this causes a visible failure depends on address randomization, here is what happens on Raspberry Pi 4/5: - On RPi5, the bogus size was ~35 TB. start + size stayed within 64-bit range, so the blacklist entry covered the entire kernel text. register_kprobe() in the module's own init function failed with -EINVAL. - On RPi4, the bogus size was ~75 TB. start + size overflowed 64 bits and wrapped to a small address near zero. The range check (addr >= start && addr < end) then failed because end wrapped around, so the bogus entry was accidentally harmless and kprobes worked by luck. The same bug exists on both machines, but randomization determines whether the integer overflow masks it or not. Fix this by adding notrace to the __kprobes macro. Functions in .kprobes.text are kprobe infrastructure handlers that should never be traced by ftrace. With notrace, the compiler stops inserting them and the non-symbol gap at the section start disappears entirely. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260506012706.2785785-1-jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com/ Fixes:baaf553d3b("arm64: Implement HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS") Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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