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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/16] x86/alternative: Support alt_replace_call() with instructions after call
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:21:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218082133.400602-2-jgross@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260218082133.400602-1-jgross@suse.com>

Today alt_replace_call() requires the initial indirect call not to be
followed by any further instructions, including padding NOPs. In case
any replacement is longer than 6 bytes, a subsequent replacement of
the indirect call with a direct one will result in a crash.

Fix that by crashing only if the original instruction is less than
6 bytes long or not a known indirect call.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
V3:
- new patch

 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 693b59b2f7d0..6d37672ba71f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ noinstr void BUG_func(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(BUG_func);
 
+#define CALL_RIP_INSTRLEN	6
 #define CALL_RIP_REL_OPCODE	0xff
 #define CALL_RIP_REL_MODRM	0x15
 
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ static unsigned int alt_replace_call(u8 *instr, u8 *insn_buff, struct alt_instr
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	if (a->instrlen != 6 ||
+	if (a->instrlen < CALL_RIP_INSTRLEN ||
 	    instr[0] != CALL_RIP_REL_OPCODE ||
 	    instr[1] != CALL_RIP_REL_MODRM) {
 		pr_err("ALT_FLAG_DIRECT_CALL set for unrecognized indirect call\n");
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ static unsigned int alt_replace_call(u8 *instr, u8 *insn_buff, struct alt_instr
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	/* ff 15 00 00 00 00   call   *0x0(%rip) */
 	/* target address is stored at "next instruction + disp". */
-	target = *(void **)(instr + a->instrlen + disp);
+	target = *(void **)(instr + CALL_RIP_INSTRLEN + disp);
 #else
 	/* ff 15 00 00 00 00   call   *0x0 */
 	/* target address is stored at disp. */
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-18  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-18  8:21 [PATCH v3 00/16] x86/msr: Inline rdmsr/wrmsr instructions Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` Juergen Gross [this message]
2026-04-02 13:58   ` [PATCH v3 01/16] x86/alternative: Support alt_replace_call() with instructions after call Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] coco/tdx: Rename MSR access helpers Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 14:11   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] x86/sev: Replace call of native_wrmsr() with native_wrmsrq() Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] KVM: x86: Remove the KVM private read_msr() function Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 14:21   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-02-18 14:29     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] x86/msr: Minimize usage of native_*() msr access functions Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] x86/msr: Move MSR trace calls one function level up Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] x86/opcode: Add immediate form MSR instructions Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] x86/extable: Add support for " Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 15:48   ` Andrew Cooper
2026-02-18 16:28     ` Jürgen Groß
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] x86/msr: Use the alternatives mechanism for WRMSR Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 21:00   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-18 21:37     ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-18 23:36       ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-19  6:41         ` Jürgen Groß
2026-02-19  6:44       ` Jürgen Groß
2026-02-20 17:12         ` Xin Li
2026-02-20 17:32           ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-20 17:40           ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-23 17:56             ` Xin Li
2026-02-23 21:34               ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] x86/msr: Use the alternatives mechanism for RDMSR Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 15:12   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-18 15:48     ` Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] x86/alternatives: Add ALTERNATIVE_4() Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] x86/paravirt: Split off MSR related hooks into new header Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] x86/paravirt: Prepare support of MSR instruction interfaces Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] x86/paravirt: Switch MSR access pv_ops functions to " Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] x86/msr: Reduce number of low level MSR access helpers Juergen Gross
2026-02-18  8:21 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] x86/paravirt: Use alternatives for MSR access with paravirt Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 13:49   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-18 15:49     ` Juergen Gross
2026-02-18 20:37 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] x86/msr: Inline rdmsr/wrmsr instructions H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-19  6:28   ` Jürgen Groß

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