FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 456c32e3c4316654f95f9d49c12cbecfb77d5660
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025092944-overact-prowler-60f7@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 456c32e3c4316654f95f9d49c12cbecfb77d5660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:15:56 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent

Since dynamic_events interface on tracefs is compatible with
kprobe_events and uprobe_events, it should also check the lockdown
status and reject if it is set.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175824455687.45175.3734166065458520748.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 17911ff38aa5 ("tracing: Add locked_down checks to the open calls of files created for tracefs")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
index 5d64a18cacac..d06854bd32b3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ static int dyn_event_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_TRACEFS);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;