From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: ring-buffer: Fix to check event length before using
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:30:15 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <177123421541.142205.9414352170164678966.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Check the event length before adding it for accessing next index in
rb_read_data_buffer(). Since this function is used for validating
possibly broken ring buffers, the length of the event could be broken.
In that case, the new event (e + len) can point a wrong address.
To avoid invalid memory access at boot, check whether the length of
each event is in the possible range before using it.
Fixes: 5f3b6e839f3c ("ring-buffer: Validate boot range memory events")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 630221b00838..1ef17d6fd824 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1848,6 +1848,7 @@ static int rb_read_data_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int tail, int cpu
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
u64 ts, delta;
int events = 0;
+ int len;
int e;
*delta_ptr = 0;
@@ -1855,9 +1856,12 @@ static int rb_read_data_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int tail, int cpu
ts = dpage->time_stamp;
- for (e = 0; e < tail; e += rb_event_length(event)) {
+ for (e = 0; e < tail; e += len) {
event = (struct ring_buffer_event *)(dpage->data + e);
+ len = rb_event_length(event);
+ if (len <= 0 || len > tail - e)
+ return -1;
switch (event->type_len) {
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