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* [for-next][PATCH 9/9] ftrace: Initialize modname and offset in print_rec()
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@ 2026-10-19 19:23 ` Steven Rostedt
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From: Steven Rostedt @ 2026-10-19 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Mark Rutland, Mathieu Desnoyers, Andrew Morton,
	stable, Gavin Inglis, Aaron Ahmed

From: Aaron Ahmed <aarnahmd@amazon.com>

print_rec() leaves 'modname' and 'offset' uninitialized and
kallsyms_lookup() only sets them on success. When the lookup fails like
when a module is being loaded or unloaded, 'modname' holds a garbage
value, passes the 'if (modname)' check, and is dereferenced by
seq_printf().

  Oops: general protection fault
  RIP: 0010:string+0x48/0xe0
  Call Trace:
   vsnprintf+0x1f5/0x650
   seq_printf+0x8e/0xb0
   print_rec+0x6c/0xc0
   t_show+0x4c/0x440
   seq_read_iter+0x119/0x480

This can be triggered by reading available_filter_functions while a
module is being loaded or unloaded.

Initialize both variables so a failed lookup skips the module name.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b39181f7c690 ("ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid adding weak function")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261016230403.4916-1-aarnahmd@amazon.com
Tested-by: Gavin Inglis <giinglis@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Ahmed <aarnahmd@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index b2597eb9581b..c7d74b33d36d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4431,9 +4431,9 @@ subsys_initcall(ftrace_check_for_weak_functions);
 
 static int print_rec(struct seq_file *m, unsigned long ip)
 {
-	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
-	char *modname;
+	char *modname = NULL;
 	const char *ret;
 
 	ret = kallsyms_lookup(ip, NULL, &offset, &modname, str);
-- 
2.53.0

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