package internal
import (
"debug/elf"
"encoding/binary"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"math"
"os"
"github.com/cilium/ebpf/internal/unix"
)
var (
errAuxvNoVDSO = errors.New("no vdso address found in auxv")
)
// vdsoVersion returns the LINUX_VERSION_CODE embedded in the vDSO library
// linked into the current process image.
func vdsoVersion() (uint32, error) {
// Read data from the auxiliary vector, which is normally passed directly
// to the process. Go does not expose that data, so we must read it from procfs.
// https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getauxval.3.html
av, err := os.Open("/proc/self/auxv")
if errors.Is(err, unix.EACCES) {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("opening auxv: %w (process may not be dumpable due to file capabilities)", err)
}
if err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("opening auxv: %w", err)
}
defer av.Close()
vdsoAddr, err := vdsoMemoryAddress(av)
if err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("finding vDSO memory address: %w", err)
}
// Use /proc/self/mem rather than unsafe.Pointer tricks.
mem, err := os.Open("/proc/self/mem")
if err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("opening mem: %w", err)
}
defer mem.Close()
// Open ELF at provided memory address, as offset into /proc/self/mem.
c, err := vdsoLinuxVersionCode(io.NewSectionReader(mem, int64(vdsoAddr), math.MaxInt64))
if err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading linux version code: %w", err)
}
return c, nil
}
// vdsoMemoryAddress returns the memory address of the vDSO library
// linked into the current process image. r is an io.Reader into an auxv blob.
func vdsoMemoryAddress(r io.Reader) (uint64, error) {
const (
_AT_NULL = 0 // End of vector
_AT_SYSINFO_EHDR = 33 // Offset to vDSO blob in process image
)
// Loop through all tag/value pairs in auxv until we find `AT_SYSINFO_EHDR`,
// the address of a page containing the virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO).
aux := struct{ Tag, Val uint64 }{}
for {
if err := binary.Read(r, NativeEndian, &aux); err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading auxv entry: %w", err)
}
switch aux.Tag {
case _AT_SYSINFO_EHDR:
if aux.Val != 0 {
return aux.Val, nil
}
return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid vDSO address in auxv")
// _AT_NULL is always the last tag/val pair in the aux vector
// and can be treated like EOF.
case _AT_NULL:
return 0, errAuxvNoVDSO
}
}
}
// format described at https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/elf.5.html in section 'Notes (Nhdr)'
type elfNoteHeader struct {
NameSize int32
DescSize int32
Type int32
}
// vdsoLinuxVersionCode returns the LINUX_VERSION_CODE embedded in
// the ELF notes section of the binary provided by the reader.
func vdsoLinuxVersionCode(r io.ReaderAt) (uint32, error) {
hdr, err := NewSafeELFFile(r)
if err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading vDSO ELF: %w", err)
}
sections := hdr.SectionsByType(elf.SHT_NOTE)
if len(sections) == 0 {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("no note section found in vDSO ELF")
}
for _, sec := range sections {
sr := sec.Open()
var n elfNoteHeader
// Read notes until we find one named 'Linux'.
for {
if err := binary.Read(sr, hdr.ByteOrder, &n); err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
// We looked at all the notes in this section
break
}
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading note header: %w", err)
}
// If a note name is defined, it follows the note header.
var name string
if n.NameSize > 0 {
// Read the note name, aligned to 4 bytes.
buf := make([]byte, Align(n.NameSize, 4))
if err := binary.Read(sr, hdr.ByteOrder, &buf); err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading note name: %w", err)
}
// Read nul-terminated string.
name = unix.ByteSliceToString(buf[:n.NameSize])
}
// If a note descriptor is defined, it follows the name.
// It is possible for a note to have a descriptor but not a name.
if n.DescSize > 0 {
// LINUX_VERSION_CODE is a uint32 value.
if name == "Linux" && n.DescSize == 4 && n.Type == 0 {
var version uint32
if err := binary.Read(sr, hdr.ByteOrder, &version); err != nil {
return 0, fmt.Errorf("reading note descriptor: %w", err)
}
return version, nil
}
// Discard the note descriptor if it exists but we're not interested in it.
if _, err := io.CopyN(io.Discard, sr, int64(Align(n.DescSize, 4))); err != nil {
return 0, err
}
}
}
}
return 0, fmt.Errorf("no Linux note in ELF")
}