Userspace memory is mapped as below: F2A7F000--F2A7FFFF Normal Memory F2A80000--F2A80FFF Device nGnRnE
And that userspace application makes a system call as below: -009 |do_strncpy_from_user(inline) -009 |strncpy_from_user() -010 |getname_flags() -011 |user_path_at_empty() -012 |user_path_at() -013 |SYSC_faccessat(inline) -013 |sys_faccessat() -014 |__sys_trace(asm) --> |exception The string spans from 0xF2A7FFC1 to 0xF2A7FFFB. When do_strncpy_from_user() reads the last (unsigned long) value, the alignement fault is triggered. The 8 byte from 0xF2A7FFC1 spans to the next page that is mapped as Device nGnRnE, which does not allow an unaligned access, causes the abort. The instruction which caused the alignment fault is registered in the fixup table but the exception handler does not reach there. This patch registers a alignment fault handler and fixes up the pc if appropriate. Signed-off-by: Eun Taik Lee <eun.taik....@samsung.com> --- changes in v2 : call do_bad_area() instead of calling fix_up_exception directly. arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c index 19211c4..a5ebb99 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c @@ -371,6 +371,14 @@ static int __kprobes do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr, return 0; } +static int __kprobes do_alignment_fault(unsigned long addr, + unsigned int esr, + struct pt_regs *regs) +{ + do_bad_area(addr, esr, regs); + return 0; +} + /* * This abort handler always returns "fault". */ @@ -418,7 +426,7 @@ static struct fault_info { { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous parity error (translation table walk" }, { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "synchronous parity error (translation table walk" }, { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 32" }, - { do_bad, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN, "alignment fault" }, + { do_alignment_fault, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN, "alignment fault" }, { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "debug event" }, { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 35" }, { do_bad, SIGBUS, 0, "unknown 36" }, -- 1.9.1