From: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] tracing: fix two histogram stacktrace keys that corrupt memory
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 00:50:43 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907155045.692664-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)
Both have the same shape: a histogram field ends up flagged as a
stacktrace while the ftrace_event_field behind it does not describe one.
HIST_FIELD_FN_STACK then reads a __data_loc word out of the record and
follows it, and event_hist_trigger() uses the word it lands on as the
length of a memcpy into a 31 entry array. Neither end of that copy is
bounded. One write to tracefs is enough to take the machine down on a
kernel built with no debug options.
They are independent and have different Fixes tags, so they are two
patches rather than one.
Tested on x86_64:
- both reproducers panic before and are clean after, with and without
CONFIG_KASAN
- ftracetest test.d/trigger gives identical results for all 45 items
before and after (32 pass, 3 fail, 2 unresolved, 8 unsupported; the
failures are pre-existing and unrelated)
- the stacktrace modifier recipe from cc5fc8bfc961 still records
stacktraces
Donggeun Yoo (2):
tracing: Fix memory corruption from the stacktrace modifier
tracing: Fix memory corruption from a "STACKTRACE" histogram key
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
base-commit: df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157
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2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 15:50 Donggeun Yoo [this message]
2026-09-07 15:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Fix memory corruption from the stacktrace modifier Donggeun Yoo
2026-09-07 15:50 ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: Fix memory corruption from a "STACKTRACE" histogram key Donggeun Yoo
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