From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] eventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:17:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260418191737.10289-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit 340f0c7067a9 ("eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the
events descriptor") had eventfs_set_attrs() recurse through ei->children
on remount. The walk only holds the rcu_read_lock() taken by
tracefs_apply_options() over tracefs_inodes, which is wrong:
- list_for_each_entry over ei->children races with the list_del_rcu()
in eventfs_remove_rec() -- LIST_POISON1 deref, same shape as
d2603279c7d6.
- eventfs_inodes are freed via call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, ...).
rcu_read_lock() does not extend an SRCU grace period, so ti->private
can be reclaimed under the walk.
- The writes to ei->attr race with eventfs_set_attr(), which holds
eventfs_mutex.
Reproducer:
while :; do mount -o remount,uid=$((RANDOM%1000)) /sys/kernel/tracing; done &
while :; do
echo "p:kp submit_bio" > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events
echo > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events
done
Wrap the events portion of tracefs_apply_options() in
eventfs_remount_lock()/_unlock() that take eventfs_mutex and
srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu). eventfs_set_attrs() doesn't sleep so the
nested rcu_read_lock() is fine; lockdep_assert_held() pins the contract.
Comment in tracefs_drop_inode() said "RCU cycle" -- it is SRCU.
Fixes: 340f0c7067a9 ("eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the events descriptor")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 5 ++++-
fs/tracefs/internal.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 81df94038f2e..79193021c6b0 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ static void eventfs_set_attrs(struct eventfs_inode *ei, bool update_uid, kuid_t
{
struct eventfs_inode *ei_child;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&eventfs_mutex);
+
/* Update events/<system>/<event> */
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(level > 3))
return;
@@ -886,3 +888,15 @@ void eventfs_remove_events_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
d_invalidate(dentry);
d_make_discardable(dentry);
}
+
+int eventfs_remount_lock(void)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
+ return srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
+}
+
+void eventfs_remount_unlock(int srcu_idx)
+{
+ srcu_read_unlock(&eventfs_srcu, srcu_idx);
+ mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+}
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 03f768536fd5..f3d6188a3b7b 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
struct inode *inode = d_inode(sb->s_root);
struct tracefs_inode *ti;
bool update_uid, update_gid;
+ int srcu_idx;
umode_t tmp_mode;
/*
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
update_uid = fsi->opts & BIT(Opt_uid);
update_gid = fsi->opts & BIT(Opt_gid);
+ srcu_idx = eventfs_remount_lock();
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(ti, &tracefs_inodes, list) {
if (update_uid) {
@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
eventfs_remount(ti, update_uid, update_gid);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
+ eventfs_remount_unlock(srcu_idx);
}
return 0;
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ static int tracefs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
* This inode is being freed and cannot be used for
* eventfs. Clear the flag so that it doesn't call into
* eventfs during the remount flag updates. The eventfs_inode
- * gets freed after an RCU cycle, so the content will still
+ * gets freed after an SRCU cycle, so the content will still
* be safe if the iteration is going on now.
*/
ti->flags &= ~TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
index d83c2a25f288..a4a7f8431aff 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -76,4 +76,7 @@ struct inode *tracefs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb);
void eventfs_remount(struct tracefs_inode *ti, bool update_uid, bool update_gid);
void eventfs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry);
+int eventfs_remount_lock(void);
+void eventfs_remount_unlock(int srcu_idx);
+
#endif /* _TRACEFS_INTERNAL_H */
--
2.53.0
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