@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
#include <asm/kgdb.h>
#endif
@@ -323,6 +324,23 @@ extern int kgdb_nmicallin(int cpu, int trapnr, void *regs, int err_code,
atomic_t *snd_rdy);
extern void gdbstub_exit(int status);
+/*
+ * kgdb and kprobes both use the same (kprobe) blocklist (which makes sense
+ * given they are both typically hooked up to the same trap meaning on most
+ * architectures one cannot be used to debug the other)
+ *
+ * However on architectures where kprobes is not (yet) implemented we permit
+ * breakpoints everywhere rather than blocking everything by default.
+ */
+static inline bool kgdb_within_blocklist(unsigned long addr)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_HONOUR_BLOCKLIST
+ return within_kprobe_blacklist(addr);
+#else
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
extern int kgdb_single_step;
extern atomic_t kgdb_active;
#define in_dbg_master() \
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ int __weak kgdb_validate_break_address(unsigned long addr)
{
struct kgdb_bkpt tmp;
int err;
+
+ if (kgdb_within_blocklist(addr))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* Validate setting the breakpoint and then removing it. If the
* remove fails, the kernel needs to emit a bad message because we
* are deep trouble not being able to put things back the way we
@@ -306,6 +306,15 @@ static int kdb_bp(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!template.bp_addr)
return KDB_BADINT;
+ /*
+ * This check is redundant (since the breakpoint machinery should
+ * be doing the same check during kdb_bp_install) but gives the
+ * user immediate feedback.
+ */
+ diag = kgdb_validate_break_address(template.bp_addr);
+ if (diag)
+ return diag;
+
/*
* Find an empty bp structure to allocate
*/
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ menuconfig KGDB
if KGDB
+config KGDB_HONOUR_BLOCKLIST
+ bool "KGDB: use kprobe blocklist to prohibit unsafe breakpoints"
+ depends on HAVE_KPROBES
+ select KPROBES
+ default y
+ help
+ If set to Y the debug core will use the kprobe blocklist to
+ identify symbols where it is unsafe to set breakpoints.
+ In particular this disallows instrumentation of functions
+ called during debug trap handling and thus makes it very
+ difficult to inadvertently provoke recursive trap handling.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
config KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE
tristate "KGDB: use kgdb over the serial console"
select CONSOLE_POLL
Currently kgdb has absolutely no safety rails in place to discourage or prevent a user from placing a breakpoint in dangerous places such as the debugger's own trap entry/exit and other places where it is not safe to take synchronous traps. Introduce a new config symbol KGDB_HONOUR_BLOCKLIST and modify the default implementation of kgdb_validate_break_address() so that we use the kprobe blocklist to prohibit instrumentation of critical functions if the config symbol is set. The config symbol dependencies are set to ensure that the blocklist will be enabled by default if we enable KGDB and are compiling for an architecture where we HAVE_KPROBES. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> --- include/linux/kgdb.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 4 ++++ kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c | 9 +++++++++ lib/Kconfig.kgdb | 14 ++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+) -- 2.25.4