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Name: riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent
URL: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/?series=1148854
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When CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is not set, execmem cannot create
temporary writable mappings for read-only executable pages. In this
case, the execmem ranges must already have writable permissions.

Currently EXECMEM_KPROBES unconditionally uses PAGE_KERNEL_READ_EXEC,
which causes kprobe instruction slot writes to trigger page faults
on systems where CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is not enabled.

Fix this by using PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC when CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
is not available.

Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Yuan <xiaofengmian@163.com>
Tested-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260814082742.148403-2-xiaofengmian@163.com
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
patch_map() always creates a temporary writable mapping via fixmap for
kernel text addresses, even when CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is disabled
and the kernel text is already mapped with _PAGE_WRITE.

This is unnecessary overhead at best, and on minimal configurations
it can cause page faults.

Skip the fixmap path for kernel text when CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
is not enabled, since the text pages are already writable in that case.
The module text path is already gated on CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX and
is kept unchanged.

Reported-by: Klara Modin <klara@kasm.eu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ant_8TaBbov_GS4i@soda.int.kasm.eu/
Reported-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+V-a8tQK8rih9SGGTyqrEBGpNkx4H0eX2YccCRrgkVAPr+EBg@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260814082742.148403-3-xiaofengmian@163.com
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
riscv_cfi_get() and riscv_cfi_set() do not check whether the Zicfilp
or Zicfiss extensions are present. On systems without them,
PTRACE_GETREGSET on REGSET_CFI still succeeds and returns a zeroed
user_cfi_state, misleading debuggers into believing the register set
is available, and PTRACE_SETREGSET silently accepts writes that have
no effect (e.g. clearing SR_ELP).

Reject the access with -EINVAL when neither branch landing pads nor
shadow stack is available to userspace, using the same availability
helpers as the prctl path.

Fixes: 2af7c9c ("riscv/ptrace: expose riscv CFI status and state via ptrace and in core files")
Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Linux RISC-V bot <linux.riscv.bot@gmail.com>
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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Patch 1: "riscv: ptrace: reject CFI regset access when extensions are absent"
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