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authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2026-08-28 09:41:53 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2026-09-01 16:36:52 -0400
commitf4a771cc684c7354b6200147f7252c58d17408ff (patch)
tree17b8ea5499bbc9c0ca4543211be07d55592ec7ef /kernel
parentcee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935 (diff)
tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref
The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show all filters or triggers that are set within the trace array do not take a reference for the trace array it is showing. Without taking a reference, the trace_array may be freed via "rmdir" while a task is reading one of theses files. Those files iterate all the events within an instance (trace_array) and nothing prevents that instance from being freed while its data is being read. This causes a use-after-free crash. Have the open of both those files take the trace_array reference via the trace_array_get() that prevents the trace_array from being freed while the files are opened. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260828094153.17b95037@gandalf.local.home Fixes: 729757b96a662 ("tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters") Fixes: 6a80838814eea ("tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers") Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+0ovCjerKZJLwXScM9bF2ga2rLi4_XOpUfK41NDbENpeu98jA@mail.gmail.com/ Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_events.c28
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 1d39eaf6a0f7..9dbc2441763b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2736,14 +2736,14 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_filters_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_filters_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_triggers_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_pid_fops = {
@@ -2908,7 +2908,17 @@ ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
/**
@@ -2922,7 +2932,17 @@ ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
static int