Re: tracing: user events UAF crash report

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:10:21 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> index 3a2b46847c8b..e9ed2826ff46 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> @@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static void user_event_put(struct user_event *user, bool locked)
>  	 */
>  	refcount_set(&user->refcnt, 1);
>  
> +	user->call.data = NULL;

Hmm, it may be possible to just have:

	user->call.get_fields = NULL;

and then it will just use the call->class->fields instead and that should
be initialized to empty.

-- Steve


> +
>  	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!schedule_work(&user->put_work))) {
>  		/*
>  		 * If we fail we must wait for an admin to attempt delete or
> @@ -973,6 +975,11 @@ size_t copy_nofault(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
>  static struct list_head *user_event_get_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
>  {
>  	struct user_event *user = (struct user_event *)call->data;
> +	static LIST_HEAD(head);
> +
> +	/* If the user event is about to be deleted, return no fields */
> +	if (!user)
> +		return &head;
>  
>  	return &user->fields;
>  }