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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, Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 6/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:41:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814124142.300131278@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260814124123.133362396@kernel.org

From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>

ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() is racy with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set,
it can allocate a reader page with an outdated order. This isn't a big
issue, the user can still re-allocate a new reader page and try again.

However, what is more problematic is if the value of subbuf_order
changes in the middle of ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(). In that case,
bpage->order might not match the actual allocated memory.

Use bpage->order for the allocation to prevent this race.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260813131152.3589632-6-vdonnefort@google.com
Fixes: bce761d75745 ("ring-buffer: Read and write to ring buffers with custom sub buffer size")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index e436793ed5c1..796c10319d6a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -7018,7 +7018,7 @@ ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	if (bpage->data) {
 		rb_init_data_page(bpage->data);
 	} else {
-		bpage->data = alloc_cpu_data(cpu, cpu_buffer->buffer->subbuf_order);
+		bpage->data = alloc_cpu_data(cpu, bpage->order);
 		if (!bpage->data) {
 			kfree(bpage);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-14 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-14 12:41 [for-next][PATCH 0/9] ring-buffer: Updates for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 1/9] ring-buffer: drop unneeded semicolon Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 2/9] ring-buffer: Free cpu_buffer::free_page with subbuf_order Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 3/9] ring-buffer: Hold cpu_buffer::lock when resizing a subbuf Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 4/9] ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 5/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 7/9] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 8/9] ring-buffer: Remove trace_buffer::cpus Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:41 ` [for-next][PATCH 9/9] ring-buffer: Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped Steven Rostedt

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