From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 01/12] tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:08:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260905200914.872879851@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260905200827.773347757@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
all filters or triggers that are set within the trace array do not take a
reference for the trace array it is showing. Without taking a reference,
the trace_array may be freed via "rmdir" while a task is reading one of
theses files. Those files iterate all the events within an instance
(trace_array) and nothing prevents that instance from being freed while
its data is being read. This causes a use-after-free crash.
Have the open of both those files take the trace_array reference via the
trace_array_get() that prevents the trace_array from being freed while the
files are opened.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260828094153.17b95037@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 729757b96a662 ("tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters")
Fixes: 6a80838814eea ("tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers")
Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+0ovCjerKZJLwXScM9bF2ga2rLi4_XOpUfK41NDbENpeu98jA@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 1d39eaf6a0f7..9dbc2441763b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2736,14 +2736,14 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_filters_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_filters_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_triggers_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_pid_fops = {
@@ -2908,7 +2908,17 @@ ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
/**
@@ -2922,7 +2932,17 @@ ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
static int
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-06 1:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-05 20:08 [for-linus][PATCH 00/12] tracing: Fixes for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/12] ftrace: Take trace_array reference before accessing its ftrace_ops Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/12] ftrace: Synchronize the initialization of ftrace_ops Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/12] tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening options file Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/12] ring-buffer: Allow splice reads on static buffers Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/12] ring-buffer: Add checking nr_subbufs to persistent ring buffer validation Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/12] tracing: Fix to avoid creating trace instances with duplicate names Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 08/12] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/12] ring-buffer: Cap static ring buffer nr_pages Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/12] ring-buffer: Prevent truncation of nr_pages / nr_subbufs Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/12] tracing: Fix comment in tracing_buffers_splice_read() Steven Rostedt
2026-09-05 20:08 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/12] ring-buffer: Use a macro for static buffer bits Steven Rostedt
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-09-06 1:45 [for-linus][PATCH 00/12] tracing: Fixes for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-09-06 1:45 ` [for-linus][PATCH 01/12] tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref Steven Rostedt
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