[for-linus][PATCH 0/2] tracing: Fixes for v7.2

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>]

tracing fixes for v7.2:

- Fix NULL pointer dereference when matching unloaded module wildcard event

  The set_event can take events for modules that have not been loaded
  yet. This is done by writing '<event>:mod:<module>'.

  If '<event>' is not added, then it means to add all events in <module>.
  This wildcard is represented by a NULL pointer. If one were to try to
  remove the same module item with a named event it would cause a NULL
  pointer dereference when comparing the NULL with the name in strcmp().

  echo ':mod:kvm' > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
  echo '!kvm_ack_irq:mod:kvm' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event

  The above will do a strcmp("kvm_ack_irq", NULL) and crash the kernel.

  Test for NULL (wildcard) before doing the strcmp().

- Fix event data field race in loading two modules at the same time

  When a module loads, its trace events get registered. The fields
  of the events are also dynamically created and added to the events
  fields list. It also will call a function that will look at all the
  events for updates that need to be done. If two modules load at the
  same time, the one that scans all events and their fields may read
  the one being added as the scan doesn't take the event_mutex.
  This may cause a data race.

  Have the scan take the event_mutex to prevent the race.

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
trace/fixes

Head SHA1: c3730b8373bb5059d735509b9e6a00d7eb337d7c


Hui Su (1):
      tracing: Fix NULL pointer dereference in module event cache removal

Michael Wu (1):
      tracing: Fix race between update_event_fields and, event_define_fields

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 kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)