/* Linux-specific ptrace manipulation routines.
Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see . */
#include "linux-ptrace.h"
#include "linux-procfs.h"
#include "linux-waitpid.h"
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_H
#include
#endif
/* Stores the ptrace options supported by the running kernel.
A value of -1 means we did not check for features yet. A value
of 0 means there are no supported features. */
static int supported_ptrace_options = -1;
/* Find all possible reasons we could fail to attach PID and return these
as a string. An empty string is returned if we didn't find any reason. */
std::string
linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (pid_t pid)
{
pid_t tracerpid = linux_proc_get_tracerpid_nowarn (pid);
std::string result;
if (tracerpid > 0)
string_appendf (result,
_("process %d is already traced by process %d"),
(int) pid, (int) tracerpid);
if (linux_proc_pid_is_zombie_nowarn (pid))
string_appendf (result,
_("process %d is a zombie - the process has already "
"terminated"),
(int) pid);
return result;
}
/* See linux-ptrace.h. */
std::string
linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason_string (ptid_t ptid, int err)
{
long lwpid = ptid.lwp ();
std::string reason = linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (lwpid);
if (!reason.empty ())
return string_printf ("%s (%d), %s", safe_strerror (err), err,
reason.c_str ());
else
return string_printf ("%s (%d)", safe_strerror (err), err);
}
#if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
/* Address of the 'ret' instruction in asm code block below. */
extern "C" void linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr (void);
#include
#include
#include
#endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
/* Kill CHILD. WHO is used to report warnings. */
static void
kill_child (pid_t child, const char *who)
{
pid_t got_pid;
int kill_status;
if (kill (child, SIGKILL) != 0)
{
warning (_("%s: failed to kill child pid %ld %s"),
who, (long) child, safe_strerror (errno));
return;
}
errno = 0;
got_pid = my_waitpid (child, &kill_status, 0);
if (got_pid != child)
{
warning (_("%s: "
"kill waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
who, (long) got_pid, safe_strerror (errno));
return;
}
if (!WIFSIGNALED (kill_status))
{
warning (_("%s: "
"kill status %d is not WIFSIGNALED!"),
who, kill_status);
return;
}
}
/* Test broken off-trunk Linux kernel patchset for NX support on i386. It was
removed in Fedora kernel 88fa1f0332d188795ed73d7ac2b1564e11a0b4cd.
Test also x86_64 arch for PaX support. */
static void
linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx (void)
{
#if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
pid_t child, got_pid;
gdb_byte *return_address, *pc;
long l;
int status;
elf_gregset_t regs;
return_address
= (gdb_byte *) mmap (NULL, 2, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
if (return_address == MAP_FAILED)
{
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot mmap: %s"),
safe_strerror (errno));
return;
}
/* Put there 'int3'. */
*return_address = 0xcc;
child = fork ();
switch (child)
{
case -1:
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot fork: %s"),
safe_strerror (errno));
return;
case 0:
l = ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) NULL,
(PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) NULL);
if (l != 0)
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_TRACEME: %s"),
safe_strerror (errno));
else
{
#if defined __i386__
asm volatile ("pushl %0;"
".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
"linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
"ret"
: : "r" (return_address) : "memory");
#elif defined __x86_64__
asm volatile ("pushq %0;"
".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
"linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
"ret"
: : "r" ((uint64_t) (uintptr_t) return_address)
: "memory");
#else
# error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
#endif
gdb_assert_not_reached ("asm block did not terminate");
}
_exit (1);
}
errno = 0;
got_pid = waitpid (child, &status, 0);
if (got_pid != child)
{
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
(long) got_pid, safe_strerror (errno));
return;
}
if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
{
if (WTERMSIG (status) != SIGKILL)
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: WTERMSIG %d is not SIGKILL!"),
(int) WTERMSIG (status));
else
warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions, Linux kernel PaX "
"protection forbids return to non-executable pages!"));
return;
}
if (!WIFSTOPPED (status))
{
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: status %d is not WIFSTOPPED!"),
status);
kill_child (child, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
return;
}
/* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the return_address. */
if (WSTOPSIG (status) != SIGTRAP && WSTOPSIG (status) != SIGSEGV)
{
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: "
"WSTOPSIG %d is neither SIGTRAP nor SIGSEGV!"),
(int) WSTOPSIG (status));
kill_child (child, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
return;
}
if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGS, child, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0,
(PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) ®s) < 0)
{
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_GETREGS: %s"),
safe_strerror (errno));
}
#if defined __i386__
pc = (gdb_byte *) (uintptr_t) regs[EIP];
#elif defined __x86_64__
pc = (gdb_byte *) (uintptr_t) regs[RIP];
#else
# error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
#endif
kill_child (child, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
/* + 1 is there as x86* stops after the 'int3' instruction. */
if (WSTOPSIG (status) == SIGTRAP && pc == return_address + 1)
{
/* PASS */
return;
}
/* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the RETURN_ADDRESS page. */
if (WSTOPSIG (status) == SIGSEGV && pc == return_address)
{
/* PASS */
return;
}
if ((void (*) (void)) pc != &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr)
warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: PC %p is neither near return "
"address %p nor is the return instruction %p!"),
pc, return_address, &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr);
else
warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions on this system - "
"Linux kernel with broken i386 NX (non-executable pages) "
"support detected!"));
#endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
}
/* Helper function to fork a process and make the child process call
the function FUNCTION, passing CHILD_STACK as parameter.
For MMU-less targets, clone is used instead of fork, and
CHILD_STACK is used as stack space for the cloned child. If NULL,
stack space is allocated via malloc (and subsequently passed to
FUNCTION). For MMU targets, CHILD_STACK is ignored. */
static int
linux_fork_to_function (gdb_byte *child_stack, int (*function) (void *))
{
int child_pid;
/* Sanity check the function pointer. */
gdb_assert (function != NULL);
#if defined(__UCLIBC__) && defined(HAS_NOMMU)
#define STACK_SIZE 4096
if (child_stack == NULL)
child_stack = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (STACK_SIZE * 4);
/* Use CLONE_VM instead of fork, to support uClinux (no MMU). */
#ifdef __ia64__
child_pid = __clone2 (function, child_stack, STACK_SIZE,
CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, child_stack + STACK_SIZE * 2);
#else /* !__ia64__ */
child_pid = clone (function, child_stack + STACK_SIZE,
CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, child_stack + STACK_SIZE * 2);
#endif /* !__ia64__ */
#else /* !defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
child_pid = fork ();
if (child_pid == 0)
function (NULL);
#endif /* defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
if (child_pid == -1)
perror_with_name (("fork"));
return child_pid;
}
/* A helper function for linux_check_ptrace_features, called after
the parent process forks a child. The child allows itself to
be traced by its parent. */
static int
linux_child_function (void *child_stack)
{
ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) 0);
kill (getpid (), SIGSTOP);
/* This code is only reachable by the child (grandchild's parent)
process. */
_exit (0);
}
static void linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid);
/* Determine ptrace features available on this target. */
void
linux_check_ptrace_features (void)
{
int child_pid, ret, status;
/* Initialize the options. We consider that these options are always
supported. */
supported_ptrace_options
= (PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
| PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
| PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK
| PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORK
| PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORKDONE
| PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC);
/* Fork a child so we can do some testing. The child will call
linux_child_function and will get traced. The child will
eventually fork a grandchild so we can test fork event
reporting. */
child_pid = linux_fork_to_function (NULL, linux_child_function);
ret = my_waitpid (child_pid, &status, 0);
if (ret == -1)
perror_with_name (("waitpid"));
else if (ret != child_pid)
error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected result %d."),
ret);
if (! WIFSTOPPED (status))
error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected status %d."),
status);
linux_test_for_exitkill (child_pid);
/* Kill child_pid. */
kill_child (child_pid, "linux_check_ptrace_features");
}
/* Determine if PTRACE_O_EXITKILL can be used. */
static void
linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid)
{
int ret;
ret = ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, child_pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0,
(PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) PTRACE_O_EXITKILL);
if (ret == 0)
supported_ptrace_options |= PTRACE_O_EXITKILL;
}
/* Enable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events.
OPTIONS is a bit mask of extended features we want enabled,
if supported by the kernel. PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE is always
enabled, if supported. */
void
linux_enable_event_reporting (pid_t pid, int options)
{
/* Check if we have initialized the ptrace features for this
target. If not, do it now. */
if (supported_ptrace_options == -1)
linux_check_ptrace_features ();
/* We always want clone events. */
options |= PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE;
/* Filter out unsupported options. */
options &= supported_ptrace_options;
/* Set the options. */
ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0,
(PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) (uintptr_t) options);
}
/* Disable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events. */
void
linux_disable_event_reporting (pid_t pid)
{
/* Set the options. */
ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, pid, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0, 0);
}
/* Display possible problems on this system. Display them only once per GDB
execution. */
void
linux_ptrace_init_warnings (void)
{
static int warned = 0;
if (warned)
return;
warned = 1;
linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx ();
}
/* Extract extended ptrace event from wait status. */
int
linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (int wstat)
{
return (wstat >> 16);
}
/* Determine whether wait status denotes an extended event. */
int
linux_is_extended_waitstatus (int wstat)
{
return (linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (wstat) != 0);
}
/* Return true if the event in LP may be caused by breakpoint. */
int
linux_wstatus_maybe_breakpoint (int wstat)
{
return (WIFSTOPPED (wstat)
&& (WSTOPSIG (wstat) == SIGTRAP
/* SIGILL and SIGSEGV are also treated as traps in case a
breakpoint is inserted at the current PC. */
|| WSTOPSIG (wstat) == SIGILL
|| WSTOPSIG (wstat) == SIGSEGV));
}