linux-stable.git/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c, branch v6.1.185 Linux kernel stable tree tracing/eprobe: Fix exact system name matching in eprobe_dyn_event_match() 2026-08-19T15:16:07+00:00 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) mhiramat@kernel.org 2026-07-20T10:12:38+00:00 03be4c96b5f0811a1724618956b9d00acc1a2601 commit f418d68d71fd4a0a9cef92377bc8c4c3334b5b53 upstream. eprobe_dyn_event_match() checks if the target event system in argv[0] matches ep->event_system using strncmp(ep->event_system, argv[0], len). However, if ep->event_system is longer than len (e.g. "eprobes" vs "ep/event"), strncmp() still returns 0 because the first len characters match. Check that ep->event_system[len] is '\0' to ensure exact system name matching. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178454235856.290363.14872590900774231133.stgit@devnote2/ Fixes: 7d5fda1c841f ("tracing: Fix event probe removal from dynamic events") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit f418d68d71fd4a0a9cef92377bc8c4c3334b5b53 upstream.

eprobe_dyn_event_match() checks if the target event system in argv[0]
matches ep->event_system using strncmp(ep->event_system, argv[0], len).
However, if ep->event_system is longer than len (e.g. "eprobes" vs
"ep/event"), strncmp() still returns 0 because the first len characters
match.

Check that ep->event_system[len] is '\0' to ensure exact system name
matching.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178454235856.290363.14872590900774231133.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 7d5fda1c841f ("tracing: Fix event probe removal from dynamic events")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
tracing: eprobe: read the complete FILTER_PTR_STRING pointer 2026-07-24T13:54:54+00:00 Martin Kaiser martin@kaiser.cx 2026-06-24T23:34:46+00:00 005a2815fff17fbf863608092f4b29092c7b3b76 [ Upstream commit 206b25c09080cc20fd4c2bea12d59df4b7ba2121 ] For a char * element in an event, the FILTER_PTR_STRING filter type is used. When the event occurs, a pointer is stored in the ringbuffer. If an eprobe references such a char * element of a "base event", the stored pointer is truncated when it's read from the ringbuffer. $ cd /sys/kernel/tracing $ echo 'e rcu.rcu_utilization $s:x64 $s:string' > dynamic_events $ echo 1 > tracing_on $ echo 1 > events/eprobes/enable $ sleep 1 $ echo 0 > events/eprobes/enable $ cat trace <idle>-0 ...: (rcu.rcu_utilization) arg1=0x4f arg2=(fault) <idle>-0 ...: (rcu.rcu_utilization) arg1=0x2 arg2=(fault) The problem is in get_event_field val = (unsigned long)(*(char *)addr); addr points to the position in the ringbuffer where the pointer was stored. The assignment reads only the lowest byte of the pointer. Fix the cast to read the whole pointer. The output of the test above is now <idle>-0 ... arg1=0xffffffff81c7d3f3 arg2="Start scheduler-tick" <idle>-0 ... arg1=0xffffffff81c57340 arg2="End scheduler-tick" Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260620145339.3234726-1-martin@kaiser.cx/ Fixes: f04dec93466a ("tracing/eprobes: Fix reading of string fields") Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 206b25c09080cc20fd4c2bea12d59df4b7ba2121 ]

For a char * element in an event, the FILTER_PTR_STRING filter type is
used. When the event occurs, a pointer is stored in the ringbuffer.

If an eprobe references such a char * element of a "base event", the
stored pointer is truncated when it's read from the ringbuffer.

$ cd /sys/kernel/tracing
$ echo 'e rcu.rcu_utilization $s:x64 $s:string' > dynamic_events
$ echo 1 > tracing_on
$ echo 1 > events/eprobes/enable
$ sleep 1
$ echo 0 > events/eprobes/enable
$ cat trace
   <idle>-0  ...: (rcu.rcu_utilization) arg1=0x4f arg2=(fault)
   <idle>-0  ...: (rcu.rcu_utilization) arg1=0x2 arg2=(fault)

The problem is in get_event_field

	val = (unsigned long)(*(char *)addr);

addr points to the position in the ringbuffer where the pointer was
stored. The assignment reads only the lowest byte of the pointer.

Fix the cast to read the whole pointer. The output of the test above
is now

<idle>-0 ... arg1=0xffffffff81c7d3f3 arg2="Start scheduler-tick"
<idle>-0 ... arg1=0xffffffff81c57340 arg2="End scheduler-tick"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260620145339.3234726-1-martin@kaiser.cx/

Fixes: f04dec93466a ("tracing/eprobes: Fix reading of string fields")
Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
tracing/eprobe: Fix to release eprobe when failed to add dyn_event 2024-12-14T18:54:50+00:00 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) mhiramat@kernel.org 2024-11-29T16:47:47+00:00 db774504be998a5f1070539f311a4144ffaa862f [ Upstream commit 494b332064c0ce2f7392fa92632bc50191c1b517 ] Fix eprobe event to unregister event call and release eprobe when it fails to add dynamic event correctly. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173289886698.73724.1959899350183686006.stgit@devnote2/ Fixes: 7491e2c44278 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events") Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 494b332064c0ce2f7392fa92632bc50191c1b517 ]

Fix eprobe event to unregister event call and release eprobe when it fails
to add dynamic event correctly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173289886698.73724.1959899350183686006.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 7491e2c44278 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
kernel/trace: Fix cleanup logic of enable_trace_eprobe 2023-07-23T11:49:24+00:00 Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) tz.stoyanov@gmail.com 2023-07-03T04:28:53+00:00 f92a82dc486a539e2888b403ab18cf3963eb5b4d [ Upstream commit cf0a624dc706c306294c14e6b3e7694702f25191 ] The enable_trace_eprobe() function enables all event probes, attached to given trace probe. If an error occurs in enabling one of the event probes, all others should be roll backed. There is a bug in that roll back logic - instead of all event probes, only the failed one is disabled. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230703042853.1427493-1-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com/ Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> Fixes: 7491e2c44278 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events") Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit cf0a624dc706c306294c14e6b3e7694702f25191 ]

The enable_trace_eprobe() function enables all event probes, attached
to given trace probe. If an error occurs in enabling one of the event
probes, all others should be roll backed. There is a bug in that roll
back logic - instead of all event probes, only the failed one is
disabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230703042853.1427493-1-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com/

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Fixes: 7491e2c44278 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events")
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
tracing: Fix race where eprobes can be called before the event 2023-01-07T10:11:48+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Google) rostedt@goodmis.org 2022-11-18T02:42:49+00:00 43f7cd89b584078459a82955260d03eee60a72fd commit d5f30a7da8ea8e6450250275cec5670cee3c4264 upstream. The flag that tells the event to call its triggers after reading the event is set for eprobes after the eprobe is enabled. This leads to a race where the eprobe may be triggered at the beginning of the event where the record information is NULL. The eprobe then dereferences the NULL record causing a NULL kernel pointer bug. Test for a NULL record to keep this from happening. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221116192552.1066630-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221117214249.2addbe10@gandalf.local.home/ Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 7491e2c442781 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events") Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit d5f30a7da8ea8e6450250275cec5670cee3c4264 upstream.

The flag that tells the event to call its triggers after reading the event
is set for eprobes after the eprobe is enabled. This leads to a race where
the eprobe may be triggered at the beginning of the event where the record
information is NULL. The eprobe then dereferences the NULL record causing
a NULL kernel pointer bug.

Test for a NULL record to keep this from happening.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221116192552.1066630-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221117214249.2addbe10@gandalf.local.home/

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 7491e2c442781 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events")
Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Merge tag 'trace-probes-v6.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace 2022-11-20T23:31:20+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2022-11-20T23:31:20+00:00 c6c67bf9bc2714d9c2c2e7ecfbf29d912b8c4f17 Pull tracing/probes fixes from Steven Rostedt: - Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() - Fix NULL pointer dereference for trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() - Fix memory leak of filter string for eprobes - Fix a possible memory leak in rethook_alloc() - Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case which can cause a possible use-after-free - Fix warning in eprobe filter creation - Fix eprobe filter creation as it picked the wrong event for the fields * tag 'trace-probes-v6.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: tracing/eprobe: Fix eprobe filter to make a filter correctly tracing/eprobe: Fix warning in filter creation kprobes: Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc() tracing/eprobe: Fix memory leak of filter string tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() 
Pull tracing/probes fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on trace_event_file in
   kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()

 - Fix NULL pointer dereference for trace_array in
   kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()

 - Fix memory leak of filter string for eprobes

 - Fix a possible memory leak in rethook_alloc()

 - Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case which
   can cause a possible use-after-free

 - Fix warning in eprobe filter creation

 - Fix eprobe filter creation as it picked the wrong event for the
   fields

* tag 'trace-probes-v6.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing/eprobe: Fix eprobe filter to make a filter correctly
  tracing/eprobe: Fix warning in filter creation
  kprobes: Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case
  rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc()
  tracing/eprobe: Fix memory leak of filter string
  tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
  tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
tracing: Fix race where eprobes can be called before the event 2022-11-20T19:05:50+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Google) rostedt@goodmis.org 2022-11-18T02:42:49+00:00 94eedf3dded5fb472ce97bfaf3ac1c6c29c35d26 The flag that tells the event to call its triggers after reading the event is set for eprobes after the eprobe is enabled. This leads to a race where the eprobe may be triggered at the beginning of the event where the record information is NULL. The eprobe then dereferences the NULL record causing a NULL kernel pointer bug. Test for a NULL record to keep this from happening. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221116192552.1066630-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221117214249.2addbe10@gandalf.local.home Cc: Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 7491e2c442781 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events") Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> 
The flag that tells the event to call its triggers after reading the event
is set for eprobes after the eprobe is enabled. This leads to a race where
the eprobe may be triggered at the beginning of the event where the record
information is NULL. The eprobe then dereferences the NULL record causing
a NULL kernel pointer bug.

Test for a NULL record to keep this from happening.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221116192552.1066630-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221117214249.2addbe10@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 7491e2c442781 ("tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
tracing/eprobe: Fix eprobe filter to make a filter correctly 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) mhiramat@kernel.org 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 40adaf51cb318131073d1ba8233d473cc105ecbf Since the eprobe filter was defined based on the eprobe's trace event itself, it doesn't work correctly. Use the original trace event of the eprobe when making the filter so that the filter works correctly. Without this fix: # echo 'e syscalls/sys_enter_openat \ flags_rename=$flags:u32 if flags < 1000' >> dynamic_events # echo 1 > events/eprobes/sys_enter_openat/enable [ 114.551550] event trace: Could not enable event sys_enter_openat -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument With this fix: # echo 'e syscalls/sys_enter_openat \ flags_rename=$flags:u32 if flags < 1000' >> dynamic_events # echo 1 > events/eprobes/sys_enter_openat/enable # tail trace cat-241 [000] ...1. 266.498449: sys_enter_openat: (syscalls.sys_enter_openat) flags_rename=0 cat-242 [000] ...1. 266.977640: sys_enter_openat: (syscalls.sys_enter_openat) flags_rename=0 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166823166395.1385292.8931770640212414483.stgit@devnote3/ Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support") Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Tested-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> 
Since the eprobe filter was defined based on the eprobe's trace event
itself, it doesn't work correctly. Use the original trace event of
the eprobe when making the filter so that the filter works correctly.

Without this fix:

 # echo 'e syscalls/sys_enter_openat \
	flags_rename=$flags:u32 if flags < 1000' >> dynamic_events
 # echo 1 > events/eprobes/sys_enter_openat/enable
[  114.551550] event trace: Could not enable event sys_enter_openat
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

With this fix:
 # echo 'e syscalls/sys_enter_openat \
	flags_rename=$flags:u32 if flags < 1000' >> dynamic_events
 # echo 1 > events/eprobes/sys_enter_openat/enable
 # tail trace
cat-241     [000] ...1.   266.498449: sys_enter_openat: (syscalls.sys_enter_openat) flags_rename=0
cat-242     [000] ...1.   266.977640: sys_enter_openat: (syscalls.sys_enter_openat) flags_rename=0

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166823166395.1385292.8931770640212414483.stgit@devnote3/

Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support")
Reported-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
tracing/eprobe: Fix warning in filter creation 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 Rafael Mendonca rafaelmendsr@gmail.com 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 342a4a2f99431ee3c72ef5cfff6449ccf2abd346 The filter pointer (filterp) passed to create_filter() function must be a pointer that references a NULL pointer, otherwise, we get a warning when adding a filter option to the event probe: root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core sched/sched_stat_runtime \ runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events [ 5034.340439] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 5034.341258] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 223 at kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c:1939 create_filter+0x1db/0x250 [...] stripped [ 5034.345518] RIP: 0010:create_filter+0x1db/0x250 [...] stripped [ 5034.351604] Call Trace: [ 5034.351803] <TASK> [ 5034.351959] ? process_preds+0x1b40/0x1b40 [ 5034.352241] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xd0/0xd0 [ 5034.352604] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40 [ 5034.352904] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30 [ 5034.353264] create_event_filter+0x38/0x50 [ 5034.353573] __trace_eprobe_create+0x16f4/0x1d20 [ 5034.353964] ? eprobe_dyn_event_release+0x360/0x360 [ 5034.354363] ? mark_held_locks+0xa6/0xf0 [ 5034.354684] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x35/0x60 [ 5034.355105] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x41/0x120 [ 5034.355417] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x35/0x60 [ 5034.355751] ? __create_object+0x5b7/0xcf0 [ 5034.356027] ? lock_is_held_type+0xaf/0x120 [ 5034.356362] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xd0 [ 5034.356716] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xd0/0xd0 [ 5034.357084] ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40 [ 5034.357411] ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30 [ 5034.357715] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xb8/0xc0 [ 5034.357985] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.358302] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60 [ 5034.358691] ? argv_split+0x381/0x460 [ 5034.358949] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.359240] ? eprobe_dyn_event_release+0x360/0x360 [ 5034.359620] trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110 [ 5034.359940] ? trace_probe_match_command_args+0x240/0x240 [ 5034.360376] eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30 [ 5034.360709] create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0 [ 5034.360983] trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0 [ 5034.361297] ? dyn_event_release+0x500/0x500 [ 5034.361591] dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50 [ 5034.361851] vfs_write+0x311/0xe50 [ 5034.362091] ? dyn_event_seq_next+0x40/0x40 [ 5034.362376] ? kernel_write+0x5b0/0x5b0 [ 5034.362637] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.362937] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60 [ 5034.363258] ? ftrace_syscall_enter+0x544/0x840 [ 5034.363563] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.363837] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60 [ 5034.364156] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.364468] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90 [ 5034.364770] ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0 [ 5034.365022] ? __ia32_sys_read+0xc0/0xc0 [ 5034.365344] __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0 [ 5034.365669] ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x53/0x70 [ 5034.366084] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 [ 5034.366356] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 5034.366767] RIP: 0033:0x7ff0b43938f3 [...] stripped [ 5034.371892] </TASK> [ 5034.374720] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221108202148.1020111-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/ Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support") Signed-off-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> 
The filter pointer (filterp) passed to create_filter() function must be a
pointer that references a NULL pointer, otherwise, we get a warning when
adding a filter option to the event probe:

root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core sched/sched_stat_runtime \
        runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events
[ 5034.340439] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 5034.341258] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 223 at kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c:1939 create_filter+0x1db/0x250
[...] stripped
[ 5034.345518] RIP: 0010:create_filter+0x1db/0x250
[...] stripped
[ 5034.351604] Call Trace:
[ 5034.351803]  <TASK>
[ 5034.351959]  ? process_preds+0x1b40/0x1b40
[ 5034.352241]  ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xd0/0xd0
[ 5034.352604]  ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40
[ 5034.352904]  ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30
[ 5034.353264]  create_event_filter+0x38/0x50
[ 5034.353573]  __trace_eprobe_create+0x16f4/0x1d20
[ 5034.353964]  ? eprobe_dyn_event_release+0x360/0x360
[ 5034.354363]  ? mark_held_locks+0xa6/0xf0
[ 5034.354684]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x35/0x60
[ 5034.355105]  ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x41/0x120
[ 5034.355417]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x35/0x60
[ 5034.355751]  ? __create_object+0x5b7/0xcf0
[ 5034.356027]  ? lock_is_held_type+0xaf/0x120
[ 5034.356362]  ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xd0
[ 5034.356716]  ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xd0/0xd0
[ 5034.357084]  ? kasan_set_track+0x29/0x40
[ 5034.357411]  ? kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1f/0x30
[ 5034.357715]  ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xb8/0xc0
[ 5034.357985]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.358302]  ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60
[ 5034.358691]  ? argv_split+0x381/0x460
[ 5034.358949]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.359240]  ? eprobe_dyn_event_release+0x360/0x360
[ 5034.359620]  trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110
[ 5034.359940]  ? trace_probe_match_command_args+0x240/0x240
[ 5034.360376]  eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30
[ 5034.360709]  create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0
[ 5034.360983]  trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0
[ 5034.361297]  ? dyn_event_release+0x500/0x500
[ 5034.361591]  dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50
[ 5034.361851]  vfs_write+0x311/0xe50
[ 5034.362091]  ? dyn_event_seq_next+0x40/0x40
[ 5034.362376]  ? kernel_write+0x5b0/0x5b0
[ 5034.362637]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.362937]  ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60
[ 5034.363258]  ? ftrace_syscall_enter+0x544/0x840
[ 5034.363563]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.363837]  ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x25/0x60
[ 5034.364156]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.364468]  ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 5034.364770]  ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0
[ 5034.365022]  ? __ia32_sys_read+0xc0/0xc0
[ 5034.365344]  __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0
[ 5034.365669]  ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x53/0x70
[ 5034.366084]  do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
[ 5034.366356]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[ 5034.366767] RIP: 0033:0x7ff0b43938f3
[...] stripped
[ 5034.371892]  </TASK>
[ 5034.374720] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221108202148.1020111-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/

Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support")
Signed-off-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
tracing/eprobe: Fix memory leak of filter string 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 Rafael Mendonca rafaelmendsr@gmail.com 2022-11-18T01:15:34+00:00 d1776c0202aac8251e6b4cbe096ad2950ed6c506 The filter string doesn't get freed when a dynamic event is deleted. If a filter is set, then memory is leaked: root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \ sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo "-:egroup/stat_runtime_4core" >> dynamic_events root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak [ 224.416373] kmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xffff88810156f1b8 (size 8): comm "bash", pid 224, jiffies 4294935612 (age 55.800s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 63 70 75 20 3c 20 34 00 cpu < 4. backtrace: [<000000009f880725>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x18e/0x720 [<0000000042492946>] __kmalloc+0x57/0x240 [<0000000034ea7995>] __trace_eprobe_create+0x1214/0x1d30 [<00000000d70ef730>] trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110 [<00000000915c7b16>] eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30 [<000000000d894386>] create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0 [<00000000e9af57d5>] trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0 [<0000000080777f18>] dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50 [<0000000089f0ec73>] vfs_write+0x311/0xe50 [<000000003da1bdda>] ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0 [<00000000bb1e616e>] __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0 [<00000000e8aef1f7>] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 [<00000000fe7fe8ba>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Additionally, in __trace_eprobe_create() function, if an error occurs after the call to trace_eprobe_parse_filter(), which allocates the filter string, then memory is also leaked. That can be reproduced by creating the same event probe twice: root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \ sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \ sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events -bash: echo: write error: File exists root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak [ 207.871584] kmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xffff8881020d17a8 (size 8): comm "bash", pid 223, jiffies 4294938308 (age 31.000s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 63 70 75 20 3c 20 34 00 cpu < 4. backtrace: [<000000000e4f5f31>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x18e/0x720 [<0000000024f0534b>] __kmalloc+0x57/0x240 [<000000002930a28e>] __trace_eprobe_create+0x1214/0x1d30 [<0000000028387903>] trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110 [<00000000a80d6a9f>] eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30 [<000000007168698c>] create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0 [<00000000f036bf6a>] trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0 [<00000000014bde8b>] dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50 [<0000000078a097f7>] vfs_write+0x311/0xe50 [<00000000996cb208>] ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0 [<00000000a3c2acb0>] __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0 [<0000000006b5d698>] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 [<00000000780e8ecf>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Fix both issues by releasing the filter string in trace_event_probe_cleanup(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221108235738.1021467-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/ Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support") Signed-off-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> 
The filter string doesn't get freed when a dynamic event is deleted. If a
filter is set, then memory is leaked:

root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \
        sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo "-:egroup/stat_runtime_4core"  >> dynamic_events
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
[  224.416373] kmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810156f1b8 (size 8):
  comm "bash", pid 224, jiffies 4294935612 (age 55.800s)
  hex dump (first 8 bytes):
    63 70 75 20 3c 20 34 00                          cpu < 4.
  backtrace:
    [<000000009f880725>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x18e/0x720
    [<0000000042492946>] __kmalloc+0x57/0x240
    [<0000000034ea7995>] __trace_eprobe_create+0x1214/0x1d30
    [<00000000d70ef730>] trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110
    [<00000000915c7b16>] eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30
    [<000000000d894386>] create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0
    [<00000000e9af57d5>] trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0
    [<0000000080777f18>] dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50
    [<0000000089f0ec73>] vfs_write+0x311/0xe50
    [<000000003da1bdda>] ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0
    [<00000000bb1e616e>] __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0
    [<00000000e8aef1f7>] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
    [<00000000fe7fe8ba>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Additionally, in __trace_eprobe_create() function, if an error occurs after
the call to trace_eprobe_parse_filter(), which allocates the filter string,
then memory is also leaked. That can be reproduced by creating the same
event probe twice:

root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \
        sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core \
        sched/sched_stat_runtime runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> dynamic_events
-bash: echo: write error: File exists
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
[  207.871584] kmemleak: 1 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
root@localhost:/sys/kernel/tracing# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881020d17a8 (size 8):
  comm "bash", pid 223, jiffies 4294938308 (age 31.000s)
  hex dump (first 8 bytes):
    63 70 75 20 3c 20 34 00                          cpu < 4.
  backtrace:
    [<000000000e4f5f31>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x18e/0x720
    [<0000000024f0534b>] __kmalloc+0x57/0x240
    [<000000002930a28e>] __trace_eprobe_create+0x1214/0x1d30
    [<0000000028387903>] trace_probe_create+0xf6/0x110
    [<00000000a80d6a9f>] eprobe_dyn_event_create+0x21/0x30
    [<000000007168698c>] create_dyn_event+0xf3/0x1a0
    [<00000000f036bf6a>] trace_parse_run_command+0x1a9/0x2e0
    [<00000000014bde8b>] dyn_event_write+0x39/0x50
    [<0000000078a097f7>] vfs_write+0x311/0xe50
    [<00000000996cb208>] ksys_write+0x158/0x2a0
    [<00000000a3c2acb0>] __x64_sys_write+0x7c/0xc0
    [<0000000006b5d698>] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90
    [<00000000780e8ecf>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Fix both issues by releasing the filter string in
trace_event_probe_cleanup().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221108235738.1021467-1-rafaelmendsr@gmail.com/

Fixes: 752be5c5c910 ("tracing/eprobe: Add eprobe filter support")
Signed-off-by: Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>