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Name: riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline
URL: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/?series=1119219
Version: 1

Linux RISC-V bot and others added 2 commits June 25, 2026 20:36
Reading a word from the stack in a kretprobe crashes a risc-v kernel.

$ cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
$ echo 'r n_tty_write $stack0' > dynamic_events
$ echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000200000128
...
[<ffffffff80016d16>] regs_get_kernel_stack_nth+0x26/0x38
[<ffffffff80177196>] process_fetch_insn+0x3ee/0x760
[<ffffffff80177836>] kretprobe_trace_func+0x116/0x1f0
[<ffffffff8017795a>] kretprobe_dispatcher+0x4a/0x58
[<ffffffff8013572e>] kretprobe_rethook_handler+0x5e/0x90
[<ffffffff80180838>] rethook_trampoline_handler+0x70/0x108
[<ffffffff8001ba32>] arch_rethook_trampoline_callback+0x12/0x1c
[<ffffffff8001ba84>] arch_rethook_trampoline+0x48/0x94
[<ffffffff8067872a>] tty_write+0x1a/0x30

In regs_get_kernel_stack_nth, regs->sp contains an arbitrary value.

arch_rethook_trampoline saves the registers from the probed function in a
struct pt_regs. sp is not saved. Instead, sp is decremented for
arch_rethook_trampoline's local stack.

Fix this crash and save the original sp along with the other registers.
Use a0 as a temporary register, it is overwritten anyway.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Signed-off-by: Linux RISC-V bot <linux.riscv.bot@gmail.com>
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
build-rv32-defconfig
Desc: Builds riscv32 defconfig
Duration: 152.15 seconds
Result: PASS

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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
build-rv64-clang-allmodconfig
Desc: Builds riscv64 allmodconfig with Clang, and checks for errors and added warnings
Duration: 1422.15 seconds
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
build-rv64-nommu-k210-defconfig
Desc: Builds riscv64 defconfig with NOMMU for K210
Duration: 29.40 seconds
Result: PASS

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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
build-rv64-nommu-k210-virt
Desc: Builds riscv64 defconfig with NOMMU for the virt platform
Duration: 30.29 seconds
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
dtb-warn-rv64
Desc: Checks for Device Tree warnings/errors
Duration: 88.91 seconds
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
header-inline
Desc: Detects static functions without inline keyword in header files
Duration: 0.24 seconds
Result: PASS

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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
kdoc
Desc: Detects for kdoc errors
Duration: 0.81 seconds
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Duration: 0.26 seconds
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
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Patch 1: "riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline"
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Duration: 0.31 seconds
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