The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 2700fefdb2d9751c416ad56897e27d41e409324a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:39:17 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation To allow an int3 handler to emulate a call instruction, it must be able to push a return address onto the stack. Add a gap to the stack to allow the int3 handler to push the return address and change the return from int3 to jump straight to the emulated called function target. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181130183917.hxmti5josgq4clti@treble Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190502162133.GX2623@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ Note, this is needed to allow Live Kernel Patching to not miss calling a patched function when tracing is enabled. -- Steven Rostedt ] Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: b700e7f03df5 ("livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching") Tested-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S index 1f0efdb7b629..27fcc6fbdd52 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S @@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ apicinterrupt IRQ_WORK_VECTOR irq_work_interrupt smp_irq_work_interrupt * @paranoid == 2 is special: the stub will never switch stacks. This is for * #DF: if the thread stack is somehow unusable, we'll still get a useful OOPS. */ -.macro idtentry sym do_sym has_error_code:req paranoid=0 shift_ist=-1 +.macro idtentry sym do_sym has_error_code:req paranoid=0 shift_ist=-1 create_gap=0 ENTRY(\sym) UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS offset=\has_error_code*8 @@ -899,6 +899,20 @@ ENTRY(\sym) jnz .Lfrom_usermode_switch_stack_\@ .endif + .if \create_gap == 1 + /* + * If coming from kernel space, create a 6-word gap to allow the + * int3 handler to emulate a call instruction. + */ + testb $3, CS-ORIG_RAX(%rsp) + jnz .Lfrom_usermode_no_gap_\@ + .rept 6 + pushq 5*8(%rsp) + .endr + UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS offset=8 +.Lfrom_usermode_no_gap_\@: + .endif + .if \paranoid call paranoid_entry .else @@ -1130,7 +1144,7 @@ apicinterrupt3 HYPERV_STIMER0_VECTOR \ #endif /* CONFIG_HYPERV */ idtentry debug do_debug has_error_code=0 paranoid=1 shift_ist=DEBUG_STACK -idtentry int3 do_int3 has_error_code=0 +idtentry int3 do_int3 has_error_code=0 create_gap=1 idtentry stack_segment do_stack_segment has_error_code=1 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PV
