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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 7114ba220fd4..78f3e90c5659 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/irqflags.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -243,6 +244,20 @@ static int arch_build_bp_info(struct perf_event *bp)
info->type = X86_BREAKPOINT_RW;
break;
case HW_BREAKPOINT_X:
+ /*
+ * We don't allow kernel breakpoints in places that are not
+ * acceptable for kprobes. On non-kprobes kernels, we don't
+ * allow kernel breakpoints at all.
+ */
+ if (bp->attr.bp_addr >= TASK_SIZE_MAX) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+ if (within_kprobe_blacklist(bp->attr.bp_addr))
+ return -EINVAL;
+#else
+ return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+ }
+
info->type = X86_BREAKPOINT_EXECUTE;
/*
* x86 inst breakpoints need to have a specific undefined len.
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