In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
riscv: ftrace: Fixup panic by disabling preemption
In RISCV, we must use an AUIPC + JALR pair to encode an immediate,
forming a jump that jumps to an address over 4K. This may cause errors
if we want to enable kernel preemption and remove dependency from
patching code with stop_machine(). For example, if a task was switched
out on auipc. And, if we changed the ftrace function before it was
switched back, then it would jump to an address that has updated 11:0
bits mixing with previous XLEN:12 part.
p: patched area performed by dynamic ftrace
ftrace_prologue:
p| REG_S ra, -SZREG(sp)
p| auipc ra, 0x? ------------> preempted
...
change ftrace function
...
p| jalr -?(ra) <------------- switched back
p| REG_L ra, -SZREG(sp)
func:
xxx
ret
riscv: ftrace: Fixup panic by disabling preemption
In RISCV, we must use an AUIPC + JALR pair to encode an immediate,
forming a jump that jumps to an address over 4K. This may cause errors
if we want to enable kernel preemption and remove dependency from
patching code with stop_machine(). For example, if a task was switched
out on auipc. And, if we changed the ftrace function before it was
switched back, then it would jump to an address that has updated 11:0
bits mixing with previous XLEN:12 part.
p: patched area performed by dynamic ftrace
ftrace_prologue:
p| REG_S ra, -SZREG(sp)
p| auipc ra, 0x? ------------> preempted
...
change ftrace function
...
p| jalr -?(ra) <------------- switched back
p| REG_L ra, -SZREG(sp)
func:
xxx
ret
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: ftrace: Fixup panic by disabling preemption In RISCV, we must use an AUIPC + JALR pair to encode an immediate, forming a jump that jumps to an address over 4K. This may cause errors if we want to enable kernel preemption and remove dependency from patching code with stop_machine(). For example, if a task was switched out on auipc. And, if we changed the ftrace function before it was switched back, then it would jump to an address that has updated 11:0 bits mixing with previous XLEN:12 part. p: patched area performed by dynamic ftrace ftrace_prologue: p| REG_S ra, -SZREG(sp) p| auipc ra, 0x? ------------> preempted ... change ftrace function ... p| jalr -?(ra) <------------- switched back p| REG_L ra, -SZREG(sp) func: xxx ret | |
| Title | riscv: ftrace: Fixup panic by disabling preemption | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:35.869Z
Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:21:37.344Z
Link: CVE-2023-53694
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:43.887
Modified: 2025-10-22T14:15:43.887
Link: CVE-2023-53694
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