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Printing "Bad RIP value" if copy_code() fails can be misleading for userspace pointers, since copy_code() can fail if the instruction pointer is valid but the code is paged out. This is because copy_code() calls copy_from_user_nmi() for userspace pointers, which disables page fault handling. This is reproducible in OOM situations, where it's plausible that the code may be reclaimed in the time between entry into the kernel and when this message is printed. This leaves a misleading log in dmesg that suggests instruction pointer corruption has occurred, which may alarm users. Change the message to state the error condition more precisely. [ bp: Massage a bit. ] Signed-off-by: Mark Mossberg <mark.mossberg@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201002042915.403558-1-mark.mossberg@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.