diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h index b3e32b010ab194ed613034234c403c4067502776..c2c01f84df75f1f9b35a3c898686a82973026d88 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h @@ -208,4 +208,22 @@ static inline int insn_offset_immediate(struct insn *insn) return insn_offset_displacement(insn) + insn->displacement.nbytes; } +#define POP_SS_OPCODE 0x1f +#define MOV_SREG_OPCODE 0x8e + +/* + * Intel SDM Vol.3A 6.8.3 states; + * "Any single-step trap that would be delivered following the MOV to SS + * instruction or POP to SS instruction (because EFLAGS.TF is 1) is + * suppressed." + * This function returns true if @insn is MOV SS or POP SS. On these + * instructions, single stepping is suppressed. + */ +static inline int insn_masking_exception(struct insn *insn) +{ + return insn->opcode.bytes[0] == POP_SS_OPCODE || + (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == MOV_SREG_OPCODE && + X86_MODRM_REG(insn->modrm.bytes[0]) == 2); +} + #endif /* _ASM_X86_INSN_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c index 0715f827607c4a2742e140f8d9a656ed4514d226..6f4d42377fe520c52a1c67ea0f25b27fc3eae2e1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c @@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ int __copy_instruction(u8 *dest, u8 *src, u8 *real, struct insn *insn) if (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION) return 0; + /* We should not singlestep on the exception masking instructions */ + if (insn_masking_exception(insn)) + return 0; + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 /* Only x86_64 has RIP relative instructions */ if (insn_rip_relative(insn)) {