linux-stable.git/kernel, branch v6.1.185 Linux kernel stable tree perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach 2026-08-27T12:29:02+00:00 Aditya Chillara aditya.chillara@oss.qualcomm.com 2026-08-21T03:59:40+00:00 f8a07021679aadfb6d63b209207ccc41f26982d1 [ Upstream commit 42c5ca1f0a288a52878bd72a5595b08261057438 ] perf_group_detach() handles leader and sibling detach differently. When the group leader is detached, all siblings are promoted to singleton events and their group_leader pointer is reset to themselves. When a sibling is detached, it is removed from the leader's sibling_list, but its group_leader pointer is left pointing at the old leader. That is harmless when the sibling is being closed and freed immediately, as in the DETACH_DEAD path. It is not safe when the sibling is detached but kept alive, such as during CPU hotplug with DETACH_GROUP. In that case the sibling is removed from the context, while its file descriptor can still keep it alive. A typical failing sequence is: - A group contains leader L and sibling S. - CPU hot-unplug detaches S with DETACH_GROUP, removing it from L->sibling_list but leaving S->group_leader == L. - L is later closed and freed. - A PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP ioctl on S follows S->group_leader and dereferences the freed leader. This was reproduced by running the perf event fuzzer, CPU hotplug, and a stress workload concurrently: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 006b6b6b6b6b6cdb CPU: 2 PID: 12489 Comm: perf_fuzzer 6.18.7 PREEMPT pc : perf_ioctl+0x34c/0xc68 x20: ffffff89a3fa2c70 x8 : 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b Code: 943c4a0e 340047a0 f9404a94 f9411e88 (f940b908) Call trace: perf_ioctl+0x34c/0xc68 (P) __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xf4 invoke_syscall+0x58/0xe4 el0_svc_common+0xa8/0xdc do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x40/0xc0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xdc el0t_64_sync+0x1c4/0x1c8 The fault happened in perf_ioctl(), where perf_event_for_each() follows the stale group_leader pointer and perf_event_for_each_child() then dereferences the freed leader's context. Fix the use-after-free by promoting the detached sibling to a singleton. Also fix __event_disable() cgroup accounting and event state change. Fixes: 8a49542c0554 ("perf_events: Fix races in group composition") Assisted-by: PatchWise:gpt-5.5 Signed-off-by: Aditya Chillara <aditya.chillara@oss.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807-fix-group-leader-uaf-v3-1-b0c2310c9a0d@oss.qualcomm.com [ adjusted `event_sched_out()` calls to the older three-argument form taking `cpuctx` and kept the existing `event->pending_disable = 1;` in the DETACH_DEAD path ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit 42c5ca1f0a288a52878bd72a5595b08261057438 ]

perf_group_detach() handles leader and sibling detach differently. When the
group leader is detached, all siblings are promoted to singleton events and
their group_leader pointer is reset to themselves. When a sibling is
detached, it is removed from the leader's sibling_list, but its
group_leader pointer is left pointing at the old leader.

That is harmless when the sibling is being closed and freed immediately, as
in the DETACH_DEAD path. It is not safe when the sibling is detached but
kept alive, such as during CPU hotplug with DETACH_GROUP. In that case the
sibling is removed from the context, while its file descriptor can still
keep it alive.

A typical failing sequence is:

  - A group contains leader L and sibling S.
  - CPU hot-unplug detaches S with DETACH_GROUP, removing it from
    L->sibling_list but leaving S->group_leader == L.
  - L is later closed and freed.
  - A PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP ioctl on S follows S->group_leader and
    dereferences the freed leader.

This was reproduced by running the perf event fuzzer, CPU hotplug, and a
stress workload concurrently:

  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 006b6b6b6b6b6cdb
  CPU: 2 PID: 12489 Comm: perf_fuzzer 6.18.7 PREEMPT
  pc : perf_ioctl+0x34c/0xc68
  x20: ffffff89a3fa2c70 x8 : 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b
  Code: 943c4a0e 340047a0 f9404a94 f9411e88 (f940b908)
  Call trace:
  perf_ioctl+0x34c/0xc68 (P)
  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa0/0xf4
  invoke_syscall+0x58/0xe4
  el0_svc_common+0xa8/0xdc
  do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
  el0_svc+0x40/0xc0
  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xdc
  el0t_64_sync+0x1c4/0x1c8

The fault happened in perf_ioctl(), where perf_event_for_each() follows
the stale group_leader pointer and perf_event_for_each_child() then
dereferences the freed leader's context.

Fix the use-after-free by promoting the detached sibling to a singleton.
Also fix __event_disable() cgroup accounting and event state change.

Fixes: 8a49542c0554 ("perf_events: Fix races in group composition")
Assisted-by: PatchWise:gpt-5.5
Signed-off-by: Aditya Chillara <aditya.chillara@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807-fix-group-leader-uaf-v3-1-b0c2310c9a0d@oss.qualcomm.com
[ adjusted `event_sched_out()` calls to the older three-argument form taking `cpuctx` and kept the existing `event->pending_disable = 1;` in the DETACH_DEAD path ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx 2026-08-27T12:29:02+00:00 Yeoreum Yun yeoreum.yun@arm.com 2026-08-21T03:59:39+00:00 3b1e5c44653fdbd26da9366193adc935245f2755 [ Upstream commit 3b7a34aebbdf2a4b7295205bf0c654294283ec82 ] Commit a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") moves the event->state update to before list_del_event(). This makes the event->state test in list_del_event() always false; never calling perf_cgroup_event_disable(). As a result, cpuctx->cgrp won't be cleared properly; causing havoc. Fixes: a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: David Wang <00107082@163.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aD2TspKH%2F7yvfYoO@e129823.arm.com/ Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit 3b7a34aebbdf2a4b7295205bf0c654294283ec82 ]

Commit a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting
bug at task exit") moves the event->state update to before
list_del_event(). This makes the event->state test in list_del_event()
always false; never calling perf_cgroup_event_disable().

As a result, cpuctx->cgrp won't be cleared properly; causing havoc.

Fixes: a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit")
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: David Wang <00107082@163.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aD2TspKH%2F7yvfYoO@e129823.arm.com/
Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
perf: Fix cgroup state vs ERROR 2026-08-27T12:29:02+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2026-08-21T03:59:38+00:00 6449c4223b53495bfb2ddde72a519734033a18e6 [ Upstream commit 61988e36dc5457cdff7ae7927e8d9ad1419ee998 ] While chasing down a missing perf_cgroup_event_disable() elsewhere, Leo Yan found that both perf_put_aux_event() and perf_remove_sibling_event() were also missing one. Specifically, the rule is that events that switch to OFF,ERROR need to call perf_cgroup_event_disable(). Unify the disable paths to ensure this. Fixes: ab43762ef010 ("perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data") Fixes: 9f0c4fa111dc ("perf/core: Add a new PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING event capability") Reported-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250605123343.GD35970@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit 61988e36dc5457cdff7ae7927e8d9ad1419ee998 ]

While chasing down a missing perf_cgroup_event_disable() elsewhere,
Leo Yan found that both perf_put_aux_event() and
perf_remove_sibling_event() were also missing one.

Specifically, the rule is that events that switch to OFF,ERROR need to
call perf_cgroup_event_disable().

Unify the disable paths to ensure this.

Fixes: ab43762ef010 ("perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data")
Fixes: 9f0c4fa111dc ("perf/core: Add a new PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING event capability")
Reported-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250605123343.GD35970@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit 2026-08-27T12:29:02+00:00 Yeoreum Yun yeoreum.yun@arm.com 2026-08-21T03:59:37+00:00 4fe9b3b9e4b84a8cbec69949baf812e30feb3941 [ Upstream commit a3c3c66670cee11eb13aa43905904bf29cb92d32 ] The perf events code fails to account for total_time_enabled of inactive events. Here is a failure case for accounting total_time_enabled for CPU PMU events: sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s ... armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 1138698008 2289429840 2174835740 armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 1826791390 1950025700 847648440 ` ` ` ` ` > total_time_running with child ` > total_time_enabled with child > count with child Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s': 1,138,698,008 armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ (94.99%) 1,826,791,390 armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ (43.47%) The two events above are opened on two different CPU PMUs, for example, each event is opened for a cluster in an Arm big.LITTLE system, they will never run on the same CPU. In theory, the total enabled time should be same for both events, as two events are opened and closed together. As the result show, the two events' total enabled time including child event is different (2289429840 vs 1950025700). This is because child events are not accounted properly if a event is INACTIVE state when the task exits: perf_event_exit_event() `> perf_remove_from_context() `> __perf_remove_from_context() `> perf_child_detach() -> Accumulate child_total_time_enabled `> list_del_event() -> Update child event's time The problem is the time accumulation happens prior to child event's time updating. Thus, it misses to account the last period's time when the event exits. The perf core layer follows the rule that timekeeping is tied to state change. To address the issue, make __perf_remove_from_context() handle the task exit case by passing 'DETACH_EXIT' to it and invoke perf_event_state() for state alongside with accounting the time. Then, perf_child_detach() populates the time into the parent's time metrics. After this patch, the bug is fixed: sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s ... armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 15396770398 32157963940 21898169000 armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 22428964974 32157963940 10259794940 Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s': 15,396,770,398 armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ (68.10%) 22,428,964,974 armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ (31.90%) [ mingo: Clarified the changelog. ] Fixes: ef54c1a476aef ("perf: Rework perf_event_exit_event()") Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250326082003.1630986-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit a3c3c66670cee11eb13aa43905904bf29cb92d32 ]

The perf events code fails to account for total_time_enabled of
inactive events.

Here is a failure case for accounting total_time_enabled for
CPU PMU events:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s
  ...

  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 1138698008 2289429840 2174835740
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 1826791390 1950025700 847648440
                             `          `          `
                             `          `          > total_time_running with child
                             `          > total_time_enabled with child
                             > count with child

  Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s':

       1,138,698,008      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (94.99%)
       1,826,791,390      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (43.47%)

The two events above are opened on two different CPU PMUs, for example,
each event is opened for a cluster in an Arm big.LITTLE system, they
will never run on the same CPU.  In theory, the total enabled time should
be same for both events, as two events are opened and closed together.

As the result show, the two events' total enabled time including
child event is different (2289429840 vs 1950025700).

This is because child events are not accounted properly
if a event is INACTIVE state when the task exits:

  perf_event_exit_event()
   `> perf_remove_from_context()
     `> __perf_remove_from_context()
       `> perf_child_detach()   -> Accumulate child_total_time_enabled
         `> list_del_event()    -> Update child event's time

The problem is the time accumulation happens prior to child event's
time updating. Thus, it misses to account the last period's time when
the event exits.

The perf core layer follows the rule that timekeeping is tied to state
change. To address the issue, make __perf_remove_from_context()
handle the task exit case by passing 'DETACH_EXIT' to it and
invoke perf_event_state() for state alongside with accounting the time.

Then, perf_child_detach() populates the time into the parent's time metrics.

After this patch, the bug is fixed:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s
  ...
  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 15396770398 32157963940 21898169000
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 22428964974 32157963940 10259794940

   Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s':

      15,396,770,398      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (68.10%)
      22,428,964,974      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (31.90%)

[ mingo: Clarified the changelog. ]

Fixes: ef54c1a476aef ("perf: Rework perf_event_exit_event()")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250326082003.1630986-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
Stable-dep-of: 42c5ca1f0a28 ("perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT 2026-08-27T12:29:01+00:00 Tetsuo Handa penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp 2026-07-15T23:01:29+00:00 5dc59fc959b2b5742985d7ef24bccd1868217dc2 commit 2eed77fdcb0cc48e8eccb2bcd4b7f2c6d650e84c upstream. syzbot is reporting KCOV state corruption on PREEMPT_RT kernels, for the temporary storage used for saving/restoring remote KCOV state is currently allocated as the per-CPU area. On PREEMPT_RT kernels, softirq handlers run as preemptible task threads (e.g., ksoftirqd). If a softirq context preempts a task running a remote KCOV session, it safely saves the task's state into the per-CPU area. However, if that softirq thread is subsequently preempted by a higher- priority softirq thread on the same CPU, the second softirq will overwrite the same per-CPU area, permanently destroying the original task's KCOV state. Fix this data corruption by moving the temporary storage from the per-CPU area to the per-thread area. Since each softirq thread now owns its own task context, nested softirq preemption no longer causes data overwrites. Note that while the temporary storage is now on a per-thread basis, the per-CPU kcov_percpu_data.lock must be retained, for we need to ensure that kcov_remote_start() and kcov_remote_stop() operate atomically without racing against asynchronous interrupts that manipulate the current task's KCOV state. It is likely that GFP_KERNEL allocation by vmalloc_node() in kcov_init() has already called panic() before returning NULL, for there will be no OOM-killable userspace processes when __init function of built-in module runs. But this patch also fixes crashing the kernel when vmalloc_node() in kcov_init() returned NULL, for kcov_init() left per-CPU irq_area == NULL but kcov_remote_start() depends on per-CPU irq_area != NULL, resulting in (1) doing vmalloc() in kcov_remote_start() despite !in_task() context (2) out-of-array-bounds access if (1) succeeded but kcov->remote_size < CONFIG_KCOV_IRQ_AREA_SIZE (3) always leak memory allocated by (1), eventually killing all OOM-killable userspace processes problems. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/43552d09-2ce2-4b19-b0d3-a2d1ab952145@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Reported-by: syzbot+3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc Reported-by: syzbot+47cf95ca1f9dcca872c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=47cf95ca1f9dcca872c8 Reported-by: syzbot+8a173e13208949931dc7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8a173e13208949931dc7 Reported-by: syzbot+90984d3713722683112e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=90984d3713722683112e Analyzed-by: AI Mode in Google Search (no mail address) Fixes: 5ff3b30ab57d ("kcov: collect coverage from interrupts") Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 2eed77fdcb0cc48e8eccb2bcd4b7f2c6d650e84c upstream.

syzbot is reporting KCOV state corruption on PREEMPT_RT kernels, for the
temporary storage used for saving/restoring remote KCOV state is currently
allocated as the per-CPU area.

On PREEMPT_RT kernels, softirq handlers run as preemptible task threads
(e.g., ksoftirqd). If a softirq context preempts a task running a remote
KCOV session, it safely saves the task's state into the per-CPU area.
However, if that softirq thread is subsequently preempted by a higher-
priority softirq thread on the same CPU, the second softirq will overwrite
the same per-CPU area, permanently destroying the original task's KCOV
state.

Fix this data corruption by moving the temporary storage from the per-CPU
area to the per-thread area. Since each softirq thread now owns its own
task context, nested softirq preemption no longer causes data overwrites.

Note that while the temporary storage is now on a per-thread basis, the
per-CPU kcov_percpu_data.lock must be retained, for we need to ensure that
kcov_remote_start() and kcov_remote_stop() operate atomically without
racing against asynchronous interrupts that manipulate the current task's
KCOV state.

It is likely that GFP_KERNEL allocation by vmalloc_node() in kcov_init()
has already called panic() before returning NULL, for there will be no
OOM-killable userspace processes when __init function of built-in module
runs. But this patch also fixes crashing the kernel when vmalloc_node()
in kcov_init() returned NULL, for kcov_init() left per-CPU irq_area == NULL
but kcov_remote_start() depends on per-CPU irq_area != NULL, resulting in

  (1) doing vmalloc() in kcov_remote_start() despite !in_task() context

  (2) out-of-array-bounds access if (1) succeeded but
      kcov->remote_size < CONFIG_KCOV_IRQ_AREA_SIZE

  (3) always leak memory allocated by (1), eventually killing all
      OOM-killable userspace processes

problems.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/43552d09-2ce2-4b19-b0d3-a2d1ab952145@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
Reported-by: syzbot+3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc
Reported-by: syzbot+47cf95ca1f9dcca872c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=47cf95ca1f9dcca872c8
Reported-by: syzbot+8a173e13208949931dc7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8a173e13208949931dc7
Reported-by: syzbot+90984d3713722683112e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=90984d3713722683112e
Analyzed-by: AI Mode in Google Search (no mail address)
Fixes: 5ff3b30ab57d ("kcov: collect coverage from interrupts")
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap 2026-08-23T12:18:37+00:00 Tengda Wu wutengda@huaweicloud.com 2026-08-03T00:56:39+00:00 597f279b7b4a06412e3d965e98cc36e181cdbede [ Upstream commit f27bdc43077e4fcb5557dfc315ee8d91e741f483 ] The ring_buffer_swap_cpu() function currently checks the per-CPU committing counter to determine if a buffer is actively being written to before performing the swap. However, there exists a race window where this check can be bypassed: ring_buffer_lock_reserve cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu]; // cpu_buffer_a rb_reserve_next_event rb_start_commit // inc committing if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->buffer) != buffer)) {...} __rb_reserve_next rb_move_tail rb_end_commit(cpu_buffer); // dec committing => 0 /* interrupt hits here, successfully swaps! */ local_inc(&cpu_buffer->committing); ring_buffer_unlock_commit cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu]; // cpu_buffer_b rb_commit rb_end_commit RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, !local_read(&cpu_buffer->committing)) // triggers warning The committing counter can temporarily drop to 0 during a single write operation (within rb_move_tail), creating a window where swap can succeed even though the write is still in progress. This leads to inconsistent buffer state and triggers the RB_WARN_ON in rb_commit(). Replace the committing counter check with current_context checks, which are set at the entry of ring_buffer_lock_reserve() and remain valid throughout the entire write operation, providing a reliable indicator of buffer busy state during swap. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 4239c38fe0b3 ("ring-buffer: Process commits whenever moving to a new page.") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260803005640.2445666-2-wutengda@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit f27bdc43077e4fcb5557dfc315ee8d91e741f483 ]

The ring_buffer_swap_cpu() function currently checks the per-CPU
committing counter to determine if a buffer is actively being written to
before performing the swap. However, there exists a race window where
this check can be bypassed:

    ring_buffer_lock_reserve
        cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];       // cpu_buffer_a
        rb_reserve_next_event
            rb_start_commit // inc committing
            if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->buffer) != buffer)) {...}
            __rb_reserve_next
                rb_move_tail
                    rb_end_commit(cpu_buffer);   // dec committing => 0
                    /* interrupt hits here, successfully swaps! */
                    local_inc(&cpu_buffer->committing);

    ring_buffer_unlock_commit
        cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];      // cpu_buffer_b
        rb_commit
            rb_end_commit
            RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, !local_read(&cpu_buffer->committing))
                                                // triggers warning

The committing counter can temporarily drop to 0 during a single write
operation (within rb_move_tail), creating a window where swap can
succeed even though the write is still in progress. This leads to
inconsistent buffer state and triggers the RB_WARN_ON in rb_commit().

Replace the committing counter check with current_context checks, which
are set at the entry of ring_buffer_lock_reserve() and remain valid
throughout the entire write operation, providing a reliable indicator of
buffer busy state during swap.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 4239c38fe0b3 ("ring-buffer: Process commits whenever moving to a new page.")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260803005640.2445666-2-wutengda@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
ring-buffer: Remove jump to out label in ring_buffer_swap_cpu() 2026-08-23T12:18:37+00:00 Steven Rostedt rostedt@goodmis.org 2025-05-27T18:57:53+00:00 78e5d2fb16bf85ede5f8b7c229ca6ef0641c59f6 [ Upstream commit f115d2b70bff2665f67fa8e8dc5ed9452b696c44 ] The function ring_buffer_swap_cpu() has a bunch of jumps to the label out that simply returns "ret". There's no reason to jump to a label that simply returns a value. Just return directly from there. This goes back to almost the beginning when commit 8aabee573dff ("ring-buffer: remove unneeded get_online_cpus") was introduced. That commit removed a put_online_cpus() from that label, but never updated all the jumps to it that now no longer needed to do anything but return a value. Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250527145753.6b45d840@gandalf.local.home Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Stable-dep-of: f27bdc43077e ("ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit f115d2b70bff2665f67fa8e8dc5ed9452b696c44 ]

The function ring_buffer_swap_cpu() has a bunch of jumps to the label out
that simply returns "ret". There's no reason to jump to a label that
simply returns a value. Just return directly from there.

This goes back to almost the beginning when commit 8aabee573dff
("ring-buffer: remove unneeded get_online_cpus") was introduced. That
commit removed a put_online_cpus() from that label, but never updated all
the jumps to it that now no longer needed to do anything but return a
value.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250527145753.6b45d840@gandalf.local.home
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Stable-dep-of: f27bdc43077e ("ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
fs: don't block write during exec on pre-content watched files 2026-08-23T12:18:34+00:00 Amir Goldstein amir73il@gmail.com 2026-08-12T09:11:57+00:00 c152be5adc0975c75cc4f50891c9072d52d60b47 [ Upstream commit 0357ef03c94ef835bd44a0658b8edb672a9dbf51 ] Commit 2a010c412853 ("fs: don't block i_writecount during exec") removed the legacy behavior of getting ETXTBSY on attempt to open and executable file for write while it is being executed. This commit was reverted because an application that depends on this legacy behavior was broken by the change. We need to allow HSM writing into executable files while executed to fill their content on-the-fly. To that end, disable the ETXTBSY legacy behavior for files that are watched by pre-content events. This change is not expected to cause regressions with existing systems which do not have any pre-content event listeners. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241128142532.465176-1-amir73il@gmail.com Stable-dep-of: db1856ea9196 ("binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit 0357ef03c94ef835bd44a0658b8edb672a9dbf51 ]

Commit 2a010c412853 ("fs: don't block i_writecount during exec") removed
the legacy behavior of getting ETXTBSY on attempt to open and executable
file for write while it is being executed.

This commit was reverted because an application that depends on this
legacy behavior was broken by the change.

We need to allow HSM writing into executable files while executed to
fill their content on-the-fly.

To that end, disable the ETXTBSY legacy behavior for files that are
watched by pre-content events.

This change is not expected to cause regressions with existing systems
which do not have any pre-content event listeners.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241128142532.465176-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Stable-dep-of: db1856ea9196 ("binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering 2026-08-23T12:18:28+00:00 Crystal Wood crwood@redhat.com 2026-07-29T03:20:18+00:00 428cedade9b2cc8e48f00742df0cfd770e77a803 [ Upstream commit fe58f457ad8d0a2bef4e053cfecca4b5cd266b1a ] This ensures that any RCU readers traversing the instance list have finished, before releasing the reference on the tracer that the instance points to. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: a6ed2aee54644 ("tracing: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609045430.1589786-1-crwood@redhat.com Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit fe58f457ad8d0a2bef4e053cfecca4b5cd266b1a ]

This ensures that any RCU readers traversing the instance list
have finished, before releasing the reference on the tracer that
the instance points to.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a6ed2aee54644 ("tracing: Switch to kvfree_rcu() API")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609045430.1589786-1-crwood@redhat.com
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
tracing: Rename kvfree_rcu() to kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() 2026-08-23T12:18:28+00:00 Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) urezki@gmail.com 2026-07-29T03:20:17+00:00 c4d35429be506020b8ff8793e71d034ebba33f72 [ Upstream commit cae16f2c2e11c60c888715f4d98c12740683d6a2 ] The kvfree_rcu() macro's single-argument form is deprecated. Therefore switch to the new kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() variant. The goal is to avoid accidental use of the single-argument forms, which can introduce functionality bugs in atomic contexts and latency bugs in non-atomic contexts. Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Stable-dep-of: fe58f457ad8d ("tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
[ Upstream commit cae16f2c2e11c60c888715f4d98c12740683d6a2 ]

The kvfree_rcu() macro's single-argument form is deprecated.  Therefore
switch to the new kvfree_rcu_mightsleep() variant. The goal is to
avoid accidental use of the single-argument forms, which can introduce
functionality bugs in atomic contexts and latency bugs in non-atomic
contexts.

Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Stable-dep-of: fe58f457ad8d ("tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>