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authorPu Hu <hupu@transsion.com>2026-07-10 06:32:55 +0000
committerWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2026-07-17 19:03:08 +0100
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arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping
A kprobe can be hit while another kprobe is in KPROBE_HIT_SS state. This can happen when tracing or perf code runs from the debug exception path while the first kprobe is preparing or executing its out-of-line single-step instruction. Currently arm64 treats a kprobe hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS as unrecoverable, the same as a hit in KPROBE_REENTER. This is too strict. A hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS is still a one-level reentry and can be handled by saving the current kprobe state and setting up single-step for the new probe, just like reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE. The truly unrecoverable case is hitting another kprobe while already in KPROBE_REENTER, because the reentry save area has already been consumed. Move KPROBE_HIT_SS to the recoverable reentry cases and leave KPROBE_REENTER as the unrecoverable nested reentry case. This change also requires saving saved_irqflag in struct prev_kprobe. When a nested kprobe calls kprobes_save_local_irqflag(), it overwrites kcb->saved_irqflag with the currently masked DAIF value, losing the outer kprobe's original DAIF state. Without this fix, when the outer kprobe's single-step finishes, kprobes_restore_local_irqflag() applies the wrong DAIF mask and leaves interrupts permanently disabled. Extend struct prev_kprobe with a saved_irqflag field and save/restore it alongside kp and status. This ensures the outer kprobe's original interrupt state is preserved across reentry. This mirrors the x86 fix in commit 6a5022a56ac3 ("kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on single-stepping"). Signed-off-by: Pu Hu <hupu@transsion.com> Signed-off-by: Hongyan Xia <hongyan.xia@transsion.com> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h6
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c23
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
index f2782560647b..35ce2c94040e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
struct prev_kprobe {
struct kprobe *kp;
unsigned int status;
+
+ /*
+ * The original DAIF state of the outer kprobe, saved here before
+ * a nested kprobe overwrites kcb->saved_irqflag during reentry.
+ */
+ unsigned long saved_irqflag;
};
/* per-cpu kprobe control block */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
index 798e4b091d1a..4e0efad5caf2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
@@ -174,12 +174,27 @@ static void __kprobes save_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
{
kcb->prev_kprobe.kp = kprobe_running();
kcb->prev_kprobe.status = kcb->kprobe_status;
+
+ /*
+ * Save the outer kprobe's original DAIF flags before the nested
+ * kprobe calls kprobes_save_local_irqflag() and overwrites
+ * kcb->saved_irqflag. Without this, the outer kprobe will restore
+ * the wrong DAIF state and leave interrupts permanently masked.
+ */
+ kcb->prev_kprobe.saved_irqflag = kcb->saved_irqflag;
}
static void __kprobes restore_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
{
__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, kcb->prev_kprobe.kp);
kcb->kprobe_status = kcb->prev_kprobe.status;
+
+ /*
+ * Restore the outer kprobe's saved_irqflag so that when its
+ * single-step completes, kprobes_restore_local_irqflag() uses
+ * the correct original DAIF value.
+ */
+ kcb->saved_irqflag = kcb->prev_kprobe.saved_irqflag;
}
static void __kprobes set_current_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
@@ -240,10 +255,16 @@ static int __kprobes reenter_kprobe(struct kprobe *p,
switch (kcb->kprobe_status) {
case KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE:
case KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE:
+ case KPROBE_HIT_SS:
+ /*
+ * A probe can be hit while another kprobe is preparing or
+ * executing its XOL single-step instruction. This is still a
+ * recoverable one-level reentry, so handle it in the same way as
+ * reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE.
+ */
kprobes_inc_nmissed_count(p);
setup_singlestep(p, regs, kcb, 1);
break;
- case KPROBE_HIT_SS:
case KPROBE_REENTER:
pr_warn("Failed to recover from reentered kprobes.\n");
dump_kprobe(p);