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SubjectRe: arch_check_bp_in_kernelspace: fix the range check
Hello Amnon,

I am a bit confused,

On 11/23, Amnon Shiloh wrote:
>
> What I discovered now, is that PTRACE_SYSCALL (also PTRACE_SINGLESTEP)
> does not work within the vsyscall page, so I cannot trap the kernel-calls
> there (this is very simple to verify using "gdb" or "strace").

Sure, but we alredy discussed this?

Once again, PTRACE_SYSCALL should work in the NATIVE mode. Obviously it
won't work in EMULATE mode but we can change emulate_vsyscall() to report
TRAP_VSYSCALL or even introduce PTRACE_EVENT_VSYSCALL.

> The necessary patch was already discussed and is very simple.

Do you mean TRAP_VSYSCALL/PTRACE_EVENT_VSYSCALL above or additional
in_gate_area_no_mm() check to allow the hw bp?

> Or, there is an alternative: if only I (the ptracer or the traced process)
> was allowed to munmap the vsyscall page,

It is not possible to unmap it. The kernel (swapper_pg_dir) has this
mapping, not the process. Unlike vdso. IOW, you can only "unmap" it
globally and obviously you can't do this from the userspace.

Oleg.



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