* Correct the "Bad RIP value" error message to be more precise, by Mark
Mossberg.
x86/dumpstack: Fix misleading instruction pointer error message
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
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