[PATCH] ARM: traps: print un-hashed user pc on undefined instruction

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Wed Jul 27 09:18:01 PDT 2022


When user undefined instruction debug is enabled pc value is hashed like
kernel pointers for security reason. But the security benefit of this
hash is very limited because the code goes on to call __show_regs() that
prints the plain pointer value. pc is a user pointer anyway, so the
kernel does not leak anything. The only result is confusion about the
difference between the pc value on the first printed line, and the value
that __show_regs() prints.

Always print the plain value of pc.

Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index 9283dc65be31..82fde11d6b8d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_undefinstr(struct pt_regs *regs)
 die_sig:
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_USER
 	if (user_debug & UDBG_UNDEFINED) {
-		pr_info("%s (%d): undefined instruction: pc=%p\n",
+		pr_info("%s (%d): undefined instruction: pc=%px\n",
 			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), pc);
 		__show_regs(regs);
 		dump_instr(KERN_INFO, regs);
-- 
2.35.1




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