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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: wen.yang@linux.dev
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] rv/reactors: add KUnit tests for reactor registration and dispatch
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:28:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914192802.248CC1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7d213b110815da45595ad8cd7bcce5641fac3404.1789412799.git.wen.yang@linux.dev>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Missing module reference counting for RV reactors leads to a Use-After-Free if a reactor module is unloaded while still assigned to a monitor.
--

commit ad2a08e6decf463e8a9bfc030b93a95b3cf6f3b1
Author: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>

rv/reactors: add KUnit tests for reactor registration and dispatch
    
Add KUnit tests covering the reactor register/unregister lifecycle
(including duplicate and name-length rejection) and rv_react() dispatch
(a no-op without a callback, exactly one invocation with one).

> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..3850c6dda288f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c
[ ... ]
> +static void reactor_teardown(void *arg)
> +{
> +	rv_unregister_reactor(&test_reactor);

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but could rv_unregister_reactor() leave
dangling pointers if a dynamically loaded reactor module is unloaded while
still assigned to a monitor?

Looking at rv_unregister_reactor() in kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c, it
removes the reactor from the global list but does not appear to iterate over
active monitors to detach it.

Furthermore, in monitor_swap_reactors_single(), the reactor is assigned to
the monitor without taking a module reference count via try_module_get():

kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c:monitor_swap_reactors_single() {
    ...
    mon->reactor = reactor;
    mon->react = reactor->react;
    ...
}

If a user with tracefs access assigns a dynamically loaded reactor (e.g.,
reactor_printk.ko) to an RV monitor and then unloads the reactor module,
when the monitor's tracepoint fires, rv_react() would invoke the dangling
monitor->react function pointer.

Could this jump into the unmapped memory of the unloaded module and cause
a use-after-free?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1789412799.git.wen.yang@linux.dev?part=4

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-14 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-14 19:13 [PATCH v6 0/4] rv/reactors: fix lockdep warning and add tests wen.yang
2026-09-14 19:13 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] rv/reactors: use LD_WAIT_SPIN as the reactor lockdep wait type wen.yang
2026-09-14 19:13 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] rv/reactors: propagate rv_register_reactor() error from reactor init wen.yang
2026-09-14 19:13 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] rv/reactors: export rv_register_reactor() and rv_unregister_reactor() wen.yang
2026-09-14 19:25   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-14 19:13 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] rv/reactors: add KUnit tests for reactor registration and dispatch wen.yang
2026-09-14 19:28   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-17 11:42 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] rv/reactors: fix lockdep warning and add tests Gabriele Monaco

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