From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] tracing/probes: Fix BTF kflag check for anonymous struct member access
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 09:47:17 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178822363712.115597.2744784023996949800.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178822361441.115597.11442662641658772793.stgit@devnote2>
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
btf_find_struct_member() traverses into nested anonymous structures and
unions to find a struct member. However, get_bitoffset_of_field() in
trace_probe.c checked btf_type_kflag(type) using the outer parent type
instead of the actual anonymous structure/union that directly contains
the found member.
If the parent structure and anonymous structure have mismatched kflags
(e.g., the parent has kflag=0 while the anonymous structure has kflag=1
because it contains bitfields), the bitfield size encoded in the upper
8 bits of member->offset is erroneously treated as part of the byte/bit
offset, corrupting the resolved offset and failing to set last_bitsize.
Similarly, btf_find_struct_member() pushed anonymous member offsets
onto anon_stack without masking BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET() when kflag is set.
To fix this problem, update btf_find_struct_member() to return actual
containing structure/union type via member_type, use appropriate
__btf_member_bit_offset() to get bit offset, and use member_type for
btf_type_kflag() in get_bitoffset_of_field().
Fixes: c440adfbe302 ("tracing/probes: Support BTF based data structure field access")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260822095110.0772E1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.7-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- remove unneeded NULL initializer for mtype, it should be set if
btf_find_struct_member() succeeds.
- Add reported-by from Sashiko.
This is separated from wprobe patch series v14.
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/178810003326.64882.5820404025124695636.stgit@devnote2/
---
kernel/trace/trace_btf.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
kernel/trace/trace_btf.h | 3 ++-
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 15 ++++++++-------
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
index d3ba356d5503..ee7a04886bf6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
@@ -61,16 +61,17 @@ struct btf_anon_stack {
/*
* Find a member of data structure/union by name and return it.
- * Return NULL if not found, or -EINVAL if parameter is invalid.
- * If the member is an member of anonymous union/structure, the offset
- * of that anonymous union/structure is stored into @anon_offset. Caller
- * can calculate the correct offset from the root data structure by
- * adding anon_offset to the member's offset.
+ * Return NULL if not found, or ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) if parameter is invalid.
+ * If the member is a member of an anonymous union/structure, the bit offset
+ * of that anonymous union/structure is stored into @anon_offset.
+ * If @member_type is non-NULL, the actual containing structure/union type
+ * of the found member is stored into @member_type.
*/
const struct btf_member *btf_find_struct_member(struct btf *btf,
const struct btf_type *type,
const char *member_name,
- u32 *anon_offset)
+ u32 *anon_offset,
+ const struct btf_type **member_type)
{
struct btf_anon_stack *anon_stack;
const struct btf_member *member;
@@ -94,14 +95,16 @@ const struct btf_member *btf_find_struct_member(struct btf *btf,
if (mtype && btf_type_is_struct(mtype) &&
top < BTF_ANON_STACK_MAX) {
anon_stack[top].tid = tid;
- anon_stack[top++].offset =
- cur_offset + member->offset;
+ anon_stack[top++].offset = cur_offset +
+ __btf_member_bit_offset(type, member);
}
} else {
name = btf_name_by_offset(btf, member->name_off);
if (name && !strcmp(member_name, name)) {
if (anon_offset)
*anon_offset = cur_offset;
+ if (member_type)
+ *member_type = type;
goto out;
}
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.h b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.h
index 4bc44bc261e6..4bd26bceae23 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.h
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ const struct btf_param *btf_get_func_param(const struct btf_type *func_proto,
const struct btf_member *btf_find_struct_member(struct btf *btf,
const struct btf_type *type,
const char *member_name,
- u32 *anon_offset);
+ u32 *anon_offset,
+ const struct btf_type **member_type);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index c4163904ba74..908b4b6bc2df 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
{
const struct btf_type *type = *ptype;
const struct btf_member *field;
+ const struct btf_type *mtype;
struct btf *btf = ctx_btf(ctx);
char *fieldname = *pfieldname;
int bitoffs = 0;
@@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
anon_offs = 0;
field = btf_find_struct_member(btf, type, fieldname,
- &anon_offs);
+ &anon_offs, &mtype);
if (IS_ERR(field)) {
trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
return PTR_ERR(field);
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
bitoffs += anon_offs;
/* Accumulate the bit-offsets of the dot-connected fields */
- if (btf_type_kflag(type)) {
+ if (btf_type_kflag(mtype)) {
bitoffs += BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(field->offset);
ctx->last_bitsize = BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(field->offset);
} else {
@@ -661,11 +662,11 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
ctx->last_bitsize = 0;
}
- type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, NULL);
- if (!type) {
- trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, NULL);
+ if (!type) {
+ trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (next)
ctx->offset += next - fieldname;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-01 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 0:46 [PATCH v2 0/2] tracing/probes: Fix BTF structure member finder Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-01 0:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] tracing/probes: Fix anon_stack check for unnamed bitfields in btf_find_struct_member Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-01 0:47 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-09-01 13:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] tracing/probes: Fix BTF kflag check for anonymous struct member access Steven Rostedt
2026-09-01 14:00 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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