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In the current riscv implementation, blocking syscalls like read() may not correctly restart after being interrupted by ptrace. This problem arises when the syscall restart process in arch_do_signal_or_restart() is bypassed due to changes to the regs->cause register, such as an ebreak instruction. Steps to reproduce: 1. Interrupt the tracee process with PTRACE_SEIZE & PTRACE_INTERRUPT. 2. Backup original registers and instruction at new_pc. 3. Change pc to new_pc, and inject an instruction (like ebreak) to this address. 4. Resume with PTRACE_CONT and wait for the process to stop again after executing ebreak. 5. Restore original registers and instructions, and detach from the tracee process. 6. Now the read() syscall in tracee will return -1 with errno set to ERESTARTSYS. Specifically, during an interrupt, the regs->cause changes from EXC_SYSCALL to EXC_BREAKPOINT due to the injected ebreak, which is inaccessible via ptrace so we cannot restore it. This alteration breaks the syscall restart condition and ends the read() syscall with an ERESTARTSYS error. According to include/linux/errno.h, it should never be seen by user programs. X86 can avoid this issue as it checks the syscall condition using a register (orig_ax) exposed to user space. Arm64 handles syscall restart before calling get_signal, where it could be paused and inspected by ptrace/debugger. This patch adjusts the riscv implementation to arm64 style, which also checks syscall using a kernel register (syscallno). It ensures the syscall restart process is not bypassed when changes to the cause register occur, providing more consistent behavior across various architectures. For a simplified reproduction program, feel free to visit: https://github.com/ancientmodern/riscv-ptrace-bug-demo. Signed-off-by: Haorong Lu <ancientmodern4@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230803224458.4156006-1-ancientmodern4@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.