FAILED: Patch "tracing: ring-buffer: Fix to check event length before using" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: Patch "tracing: ring-buffer: Fix to check event length before using" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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>.

Thanks,
Sasha

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

From 912b0ee248c529a4f45d1e7f568dc1adddbf2a4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:30:15 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: ring-buffer: Fix to check event length before using

Check the event length before adding it for accessing next index in
rb_read_data_buffer(). Since this function is used for validating
possibly broken ring buffers, the length of the event could be broken.
In that case, the new event (e + len) can point a wrong address.
To avoid invalid memory access at boot, check whether the length of
each event is in the possible range before using it.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Fixes: 5f3b6e839f3c ("ring-buffer: Validate boot range memory events")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177123421541.142205.9414352170164678966.stgit@devnote2
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index bdc8010d8f482..1e7a34a31851c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@ static int rb_read_data_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int tail, int cpu
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	u64 ts, delta;
 	int events = 0;
+	int len;
 	int e;
 
 	*delta_ptr = 0;
@@ -1856,9 +1857,12 @@ static int rb_read_data_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int tail, int cpu
 
 	ts = dpage->time_stamp;
 
-	for (e = 0; e < tail; e += rb_event_length(event)) {
+	for (e = 0; e < tail; e += len) {
 
 		event = (struct ring_buffer_event *)(dpage->data + e);
+		len = rb_event_length(event);
+		if (len <= 0 || len > tail - e)
+			return -1;
 
 		switch (event->type_len) {
 
-- 
2.51.0