From: "Elly I. Esparza" <ellyesparza8@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luto@kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com
Cc: "Elly I . Esparza" <ellyesparza8@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Prevent syscall hooking
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:47:35 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218144735.24307-1-ellyesparza8@gmail.com> (raw)
Kprobes can be used by rootkits to find the address of x64_sys_call(),
x32_sys_call() and ia32_sys_call(). This in turn allows for the rootkits
to find an specific syscall handler and hook it.
Add x64_sys_call(), x32_sys_call() and ia32_sys_call() to the kprobes
blacklist.
Signed-off-by: Elly I. Esparza <ellyesparza8@gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c
index 2b15ea17bb7c..75d34d2c8067 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/* 32-bit system call dispatch */
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/sys.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ long ia32_sys_call(const struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int nr)
default: return __ia32_sys_ni_syscall(regs);
}
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(ia32_sys_call)
static __always_inline int syscall_32_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
index b6e68ea98b83..1e8045a499d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/* 64-bit system call dispatch */
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/sys.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ long x64_sys_call(const struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int nr)
default: return __x64_sys_ni_syscall(regs);
}
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(x64_sys_call)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
long x32_sys_call(const struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int nr)
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ long x32_sys_call(const struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int nr)
default: return __x64_sys_ni_syscall(regs);
}
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(x32_sys_call)
#endif
static __always_inline bool do_syscall_x64(struct pt_regs *regs, int nr)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 14:47 Elly I. Esparza [this message]
2026-02-18 15:18 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-18 15:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-19 21:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-18 15:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-02-18 16:58 ` ellyndra
2026-02-19 18:45 ` Kees Cook
2026-02-20 2:45 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-02-20 17:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-02-20 17:12 ` Steven Rostedt
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