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authorPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>2013-05-03 14:11:24 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <[email protected]>2013-05-04 08:37:47 +0200
commit6e15eb3ba6c0249c9e8c783517d131b47db995ca (patch)
treea098e41a18b4e707963494bcd5caee34253c095d
parent741a698f420c34c458294a6accecfbad702a7c52 (diff)
perf/x86/intel/lbr: Fix LBR filter
The LBR 'from' adddress is under full userspace control; ensure we validate it before reading from it. Note: is_module_text_address() can potentially be quite expensive; for those running into that with high overhead in modules optimize it using an RCU backed rb-tree. Reported-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected]
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
index da02e9cc3754..de341d4ec92a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
@@ -442,8 +442,18 @@ static int branch_type(unsigned long from, unsigned long to)
return X86_BR_NONE;
addr = buf;
- } else
- addr = (void *)from;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The LBR logs any address in the IP, even if the IP just
+ * faulted. This means userspace can control the from address.
+ * Ensure we don't blindy read any address by validating it is
+ * a known text address.
+ */
+ if (kernel_text_address(from))
+ addr = (void *)from;
+ else
+ return X86_BR_NONE;
+ }
/*
* decoder needs to know the ABI especially