> > +
> > + mm = vma->vm_mm;
> > + if (!valid_vma(vma)) {
> > + mmput(mm);
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > +
> > + vaddr = vma->vm_start + offset;
> > + vaddr -= vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> What happens here when someone passes an offset that is out of bounds
> for the vma? Looks like we could oops when the kernel tries to set a
> breakpoint. Perhaps check wrt ->vm_end?
>
If the offset is wrong, install_uprobe will fail, since
grab_cache_page() should not be able to find that page for us.
And hence we return gracefully.
I will surely test this case and I am happy to add a check for
vm_end.
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Thanks and Regards
Srikar
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