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* [PATCH v2 00/13] tracing/probes: Fix various bugs in dynamic probe events
@ 2026-11-12  1:26 Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
  2026-11-12  1:26 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] tracing/probes: Check enabled and busy state before unlinking sibling probes Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
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From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) @ 2026-11-12  1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu
  Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers, linux-kernel, linux-trace-kernel

Hi,

This is the 2nd version of the series fixing several bugs in dynamic
probe events (kprobe, fprobe, uprobe, and eprobe) and BTF/fetch-argument
handling.

Here is the previous version:
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/179418408457.227715.1485179201014819821.stgit@devnote2/

This version fixes some comments pointed by Sashiko, and add a new
bugfix[09/13].

- [01/13] Check whether the target event is enabled or busy before
  unlinking a sibling probe during multiprobe unregistration, and add
  the missing checks to trace_uprobe and trace_eprobe.
- [02/13] Enable newly appended fprobes and uprobes immediately when
  the target multiprobe event is already enabled, matching trace_kprobe
  behavior.
- [03/13] Fix BTF bitfield parsing for non-kflag bitfields (such as
  enum bitfields), select a narrow container fetch type to avoid
  out-of-bounds buffer writes, and compute bitfield extraction
  parameters from the container width with bounds validation.
- [04/13] Add missing BTF_KIND_PTR, NULL, and BTF_KIND_INT checks in
  btf_type_is_char_ptr() and btf_type_is_char_array().
- [05/13] Use explicit fixed-width integer types (s8/u8, s16/u16,
  s32/u32) in eprobe get_event_field() so 1-byte signed fields are
  properly sign-extended under -funsigned-char.
- [06/13] Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events to prevent
  potential recursion issues, matching kprobes and uprobes.
- [07/13] Check FETCH_OP_UDEREF before advancing the fetch instruction
  pointer in finalize_fetch_insn() so user-space dereference string
  arrays emit FETCH_OP_ST_USTRING instead of FETCH_OP_ST_STRING.
- [08/13] Reject array specifiers on non-dereference string sources
  (such as $comm or symstr) in finalize_fetch_insn().
- [09/13] Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create() when
  generating a default event name.

Minor updates/cleanups:
- [10/13] Allow the symstr type on function entry arguments ($argN) in
  return probes (FETCH_OP_EDATA).
- [11/13] Reject empty fetch expressions before :%pd and :%pD in
  traceprobe_expand_dentry_args().
- [12/13] Validate the command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe
  creation when the colon separator is omitted so invalid prefixes are
  rejected.
- [13/13] Propagate actual error return codes in eprobe and fprobe
  creation paths instead of overwriting them with -EINVAL.

Changes in v2:
- [03/13] Check (bitoffs % 8) in get_bitoffset_of_field() so unaligned
  byte-sized kflag=0 bitfields also record ctx->last_bitsize.
- [08/13] Add Fixes and Cc: stable tags.
- [09/13] Newly added to fix tail memory leak in
  __trace_uprobe_create().

Notes:
- These bugs were identified and the fixes and cover letter were
  prepared with the assistance of an LLM coding assistant.

Thank you,

---
base-commit: be94710b1f6ba1bea33e73129c110af80e999b2d

Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (13):
      tracing/probes: Check enabled and busy state before unlinking sibling probes
      tracing/probes: Enable newly appended probe when target event is enabled
      tracing/probes: Fix BTF bitfield parsing and out-of-bounds buffer write
      tracing/probes: Fix missing BTF kind checks in char pointer/array helpers
      tracing/eprobe: Fix 1-byte signed field fetch in get_event_field()
      tracing/eprobe: Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events
      tracing/probes: Fix user-space dereference string array store type
      tracing/probes: Reject array count on non-dereference string sources
      tracing/uprobes: Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create()
      tracing/probes: Allow symstr type for function entry arguments in return probes
      tracing/probes: Reject empty fetch expression for %pd and %pD
      tracing/probes: Validate command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe
      tracing/probes: Propagate error codes in eprobe and fprobe creation


 kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c |   39 ++++++++++++------
 kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c |   26 ++++++------
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c |   11 +++--
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c  |   91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c |   79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 5 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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2026-11-12  1:27 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] tracing/probes: Fix missing BTF kind checks in char pointer/array helpers Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:27 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] tracing/eprobe: Fix 1-byte signed field fetch in get_event_field() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:27 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] tracing/eprobe: Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:27 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] tracing/probes: Fix user-space dereference string array store type Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:27 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] tracing/probes: Reject array count on non-dereference string sources Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:28 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] tracing/uprobes: Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:28 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] tracing/probes: Allow symstr type for function entry arguments in return probes Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:28 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] tracing/probes: Reject empty fetch expression for %pd and %pD Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:28 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] tracing/probes: Validate command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12  1:28 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] tracing/probes: Propagate error codes in eprobe and fprobe creation Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

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