From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 3/3] tracing: Set the trace clock before registering the histogram trigger
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:48:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916134813.2723709-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916134813.2723709-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit 6ede78d0563a2a3ae3e46f9c07cedb5d79645429 ]
hist_register_trigger() puts the trigger on the global named_triggers
list in cmd_ops->init(), and only then sets the trace clock:
if (data->cmd_ops->init) {
ret = data->cmd_ops->init(data);
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
}
if (hist_data->enable_timestamps) {
ret = tracing_set_clock(file->tr, hist_data->attrs->clock);
if (ret) {
hist_err(tr, HIST_ERR_SET_CLOCK_FAIL, errpos(clock));
goto out;
}
The clock string is not checked anywhere before that call, so a named
trigger using common_timestamp with an unknown clock fails after it has
already become findable. event_hist_trigger_parse() then frees it
without taking it off the list, and the next lookup by name reads the
freed object:
~# cd /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch
~# echo 'hist:name=foo:keys=common_pid:ts=common_timestamp:clock=bogus' > trigger
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
~# echo 'hist:name=foo:keys=common_pid' > trigger
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in find_named_trigger+0xac/0xc0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800915d760 by task init/1
find_named_trigger+0xac/0xc0
hist_register_trigger+0xc1/0x900
event_hist_trigger_parse+0x3146/0x6af0
event_trigger_write+0xce/0x160
Freed by task 63:
kfree+0x154/0x420
trigger_kthread_fn+0xfd/0x160
Set the clock before the trigger is registered, so that nothing which
can fail runs after it is published, the way commit 6f86bdeab633
("tracing: Fix bad hist from corrupting named_triggers list") moved the
registration below the rest of the setup.
tracing_set_filter_buffering() is reference counted, so the init failure
path has to drop the reference that the clock block now takes first.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a4072fe85ba3 ("tracing: Add a clock attribute for hist triggers")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260907091415.554535-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index aa7736dcbb545..4318ba3ff29dc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -6597,12 +6597,6 @@ static int hist_register_trigger(char *glob,
data->cmd_ops = cmd_ops;
}
- if (data->cmd_ops->init) {
- ret = data->cmd_ops->init(data);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto out;
- }
-
if (hist_data->enable_timestamps) {
char *clock = hist_data->attrs->clock;
@@ -6615,6 +6609,15 @@ static int hist_register_trigger(char *glob,
tracing_set_filter_buffering(file->tr, true);
}
+ if (data->cmd_ops->init) {
+ ret = data->cmd_ops->init(data);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ if (hist_data->enable_timestamps)
+ tracing_set_filter_buffering(file->tr, false);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+
if (named_data) {
remove_hist_vars(hist_data);
destroy_hist_data(hist_data);
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 8:13 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: Set the trace clock before registering the histogram" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-16 13:48 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/3] tracing: Remove get_trigger_ops() and add count_func() from trigger ops Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 13:48 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/3] tracing: Merge struct event_trigger_ops into struct event_command Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 13:48 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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