Bug 147839

Summary: [libc] [patch] syscall(2) with wrong argument causing panic on WITNESS enabled kernel
Product: Base System Reporter: Vladyslav Movchan <vladislav.movchan>
Component: kernAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Open ---    
Severity: Affects Only Me Keywords: patch
Priority: Normal    
Version: 9.0-CURRENT   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Vladyslav Movchan 2010-06-13 21:10:01 UTC
Calling "syscall" system call with first argument set to zero or to value higher than ~110000000 (on my host) causing panic on WITNESS enabled kernel.

Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
fault virtual address   = 0xbfd9ee70
fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc08d4adb
stack pointer           = 0x28:0xd34a1c64
frame pointer           = 0x28:0xd34a1c64
code segment            = base rx0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                        = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
processor eflags        = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
current process         = 1051 (syscall_0)
panic: from debugger
cpuid = 0
Uptime: 2m14s
Physical memory: 751 MB
Dumping 139 MB: 124 108 92 76 60 44 28 12

Reading symbols from /boot/kernel/if_em.ko...Reading symbols from /boot/kernel/if_em.ko.symbols...done.
done.
Loaded symbols for /boot/kernel/if_em.ko
Reading symbols from /boot/modules/vboxguest.ko...done.
Loaded symbols for /boot/modules/vboxguest.ko
#0  doadump () at pcpu.h:231
231             __asm __volatile("movl %%fs:0,%0" : "=r" (td));
(kgdb) bt
#0  doadump () at pcpu.h:231
#1  0xc089531e in boot (howto=260) at /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c:416
#2  0xc08955f2 in panic (fmt=Variable "fmt" is not available.
) at /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c:590
#3  0xc04d2867 in db_panic (addr=Could not find the frame base for "db_panic".
) at /usr/src/sys/ddb/db_command.c:478
#4  0xc04d2e91 in db_command (last_cmdp=0xc0dd61dc, cmd_table=0x0, dopager=1) at /usr/src/sys/ddb/db_command.c:445
#5  0xc04d2fea in db_command_loop () at /usr/src/sys/ddb/db_command.c:498
#6  0xc04d4f0d in db_trap (type=12, code=0) at /usr/src/sys/ddb/db_main.c:229
#7  0xc08c7a76 in kdb_trap (type=12, code=0, tf=0xd34a1c24) at /usr/src/sys/kern/subr_kdb.c:535
#8  0xc0bd4a3f in trap_fatal (frame=0xd34a1c24, eva=3218730608) at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/trap.c:929
#9  0xc0bd4c50 in trap_pfault (frame=0xd34a1c24, usermode=0, eva=3218730608) at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/trap.c:851
#10 0xc0bd51c3 in trap (frame=0xd34a1c24) at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/trap.c:531
#11 0xc0bb6b5b in calltrap () at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/exception.s:165
#12 0xc08d4adb in syscallname (p=0xc4bb1d48, code=3217026068) at /usr/src/sys/kern/subr_trap.c:270
#13 0xc08d4e70 in syscallret (td=0xc4bc6750, error=78, sa=0xd34a1cf4) at /usr/src/sys/kern/subr_trap.c:374
#14 0xc0bd4d19 in syscall (frame=0xd34a1d38) at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/trap.c:1067
#15 0xc0bb6bc0 in Xint0x80_syscall () at /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/exception.s:261
#16 0x00000033 in ?? ()
Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)

Fix: Attached patch fixed this problem for me

Patch attached with submission follows:
How-To-Repeat: Execute following two commands on WITNESS enabled kernel (can be done by unprivileged user):
$ cc -xc - -o syscall_0 << EOF
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main() {
    return syscall(0);
}
EOF
$ ./syscall_0
Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-12-31 08:01:04 UTC
For bugs matching the following criteria:

Status: In Progress Changed: (is less than) 2014-06-01

Reset to default assignee and clear in-progress tags.

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Comment 2 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-10-17 12:35:48 UTC
Keyword: 

    patch
or  patch-ready

– in lieu of summary line prefix: 

    [patch]

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