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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, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 08/12] ftrace: Fix off-by-one fentry site disable in ftrace_free_mem()
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:31:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260809023222.497514011@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260809023144.852271250@kernel.org

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>

When a module's init text is freed, do_init_module() calls
ftrace_free_mem() with a half-open [start, end) range.  However the
ftrace_cmp_recs() comparator treats the upper bound as inclusive, as all
its other users do, passing 'ip + size - 1'.  So ftrace_free_mem() can
delete a record sitting exactly at 'end', which is outside the freed
range.

For a kernel without CFI or IBT, the first record of a function is at
the function start, which for the first function in a module is also the
base of its text allocation.  As the module allocator packs its regions,
that address is often the 'end' passed by a neighboring module's
do_init_module(), causing the first function's ftrace location to get
disabled, preventing an attempt to livepatch it:

  livepatch: failed to find location for function 'pcspkr_probe'

Convert the exclusive end to the inclusive 'end - 1' the comparator
expects, and return early for an empty range to avoid the subtraction
from underflowing when the init text size is zero.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 42c269c88dc1 ("ftrace: Allow for function tracing to record init functions on boot up")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1b5ccfa8095bdb1277f84af1c2c2e2205aca03ae.1785992188.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 414e425c2d80..7c50f8ae5a0c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -8305,7 +8305,8 @@ static void add_to_clear_hash_list(struct list_head *clear_list,
 void ftrace_free_mem(struct module *mod, void *start_ptr, void *end_ptr)
 {
 	unsigned long start = (unsigned long)(start_ptr);
-	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(end_ptr);
+	/* end is inclusive and end_ptr is exclusive */
+	unsigned long end = (unsigned long)(end_ptr) - 1;
 	struct ftrace_page **last_pg = &ftrace_pages_start;
 	struct ftrace_page *tmp_page = NULL;
 	struct ftrace_page *pg;
@@ -8315,6 +8316,9 @@ void ftrace_free_mem(struct module *mod, void *start_ptr, void *end_ptr)
 	struct ftrace_init_func *func, *func_next;
 	LIST_HEAD(clear_hash);
 
+	if (start_ptr >= end_ptr)
+		return;
+
 	key.ip = start;
 	key.flags = end;	/* overload flags, as it is unsigned long */
 
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-09  2:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-09  2:31 [for-linus][PATCH 00/12] tracing: Fixes for 7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 01/12] eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/12] eventfs: Use children field for rcu head and add memory barriers Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in ftrace_find_rec_direct Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in update_ftrace_direct_del Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/12] ftrace: Protect direct_functions in update_ftrace_direct_mod Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/12] ftrace: Drop extra comma in trace_buffered_event_enable Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/12] ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/12] ring-buffer: Prevent resizing of persistent ring buffer Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/12] ring-buffer: Prevent subbuf order change when resizing is disabled Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/12] ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer() Steven Rostedt
2026-08-09  2:31 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/12] ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() Steven Rostedt

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