From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+2dd9d02f60775ce5c1fb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Yash Suthar <yashsuthar983@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 05/13] ring_buffer: Check page order under reader_lock
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:46:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707134623.914907495@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260707134604.275787924@kernel.org
From: Yash Suthar <yashsuthar983@gmail.com>
When the ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() is called the same time as the
ring_buffer_read_page(), the wrong buffer->subbuf_size can be used as
there is nothing keeping that in sync. This can cause an incorrect
allocation and initialization that can cause a crash.
Move the saving of the subbuf_size into a variable within the
cpu_buffer->reader_lock, and use that throughout the function.
The size only needs to be consistent throughout the allocation and
initialization. If the buffer->subbuf_size changes when used, the reader
data page will be found to be invalid and the read function will return an
error (this is as expected).
syzbot did not provide a reproducer for this crash, the race
condition is logically sound and found via code inspection of the
trace.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611151736.255767-1-yashsuthar983@gmail.com
Fixes: bce761d75745 ("ring-buffer: Read and write to ring buffers with custom sub buffer size")
Reported-by: syzbot+2dd9d02f60775ce5c1fb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2dd9d02f60775ce5c1fb
Signed-off-by: Yash Suthar <yashsuthar983@gmail.com>
[ Rebased to 7.2-rc2 ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index d9af2bbaf9c0..3ec173e22eeb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -7070,6 +7070,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
struct buffer_data_page *dpage;
struct buffer_page *reader;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size;
long missed_events;
unsigned int commit;
unsigned int size;
@@ -7092,15 +7093,22 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
if (!data_page || !data_page->data)
return -1;
- if (data_page->order != buffer->subbuf_order)
- return -1;
-
dpage = data_page->data;
if (!dpage)
return -1;
guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
+ /*
+ * Check data_page order under lock to prevent a race with a
+ * concurrent ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() swap, which can
+ * cause an outofbounds memset() if the subbuf_size changes.
+ */
+ if (data_page->order != buffer->subbuf_order)
+ return -1;
+
+ subbuf_size = (PAGE_SIZE << data_page->order) - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE;
+
reader = rb_get_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
if (!reader)
return -1;
@@ -7226,7 +7234,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
* missed events, then record it there.
*/
if (missed_events > 0 &&
- buffer->subbuf_size - size >= sizeof(missed_events)) {
+ subbuf_size - size >= sizeof(missed_events)) {
memcpy(&dpage->data[size], &missed_events,
sizeof(missed_events));
local_add(RB_MISSED_STORED, &dpage->commit);
@@ -7246,8 +7254,8 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
/*
* This page may be off to user land. Zero it out here.
*/
- if (size < buffer->subbuf_size)
- memset(&dpage->data[size], 0, buffer->subbuf_size - size);
+ if (size < subbuf_size)
+ memset(&dpage->data[size], 0, subbuf_size - size);
return read;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-07 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-07 13:46 [for-linus][PATCH 00/13] tracing: Fixes for 7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 01/13] tracing/synthetic: Free pending field on error path Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/13] ring-buffer: Fix event length with forced 8-byte alignment Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/13] tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/13] tracing: Remove unused ret assignment in tracing_set_tracer() Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-07-07 14:37 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/13] ring_buffer: Check page order under reader_lock Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/13] ring-buffer: Fix ring_buffer_read_page() copying only one event per page Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/13] tracing: make tracepoint_printk static as not exported Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 08/13] tracing/user_events: Fix use-after-free of enabler in user_event_mm_dup() Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/13] samples: ftrace: Fix typos in benchmark comment Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/13] tracing: Fix NULL pointer dereference in func_set_flag() Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/13] ufs: core: tracing: Do not dereference pointers in TP_printk() Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/13] tracing: Prevent out-of-bounds read in glob matching Steven Rostedt
2026-07-07 13:46 ` [for-linus][PATCH 13/13] tracing: Add a no-rcu-check version of trace_##event##_enabled() Steven Rostedt
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