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<title>tracing: Fix trace_marker copy link list updates</title>
<updated>2026-03-21T20:43:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2026-03-18T22:55:12+00:00</published>
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When the "copy_trace_marker" option is enabled for an instance, anything
written into /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_marker is also copied into that
instances buffer. When the option is set, that instance's trace_array
descriptor is added to the marker_copies link list. This list is protected
by RCU, as all iterations uses an RCU protected list traversal.

When the instance is deleted, all the flags that were enabled are cleared.
This also clears the copy_trace_marker flag and removes the trace_array
descriptor from the list.

The issue is after the flags are called, a direct call to
update_marker_trace() is performed to clear the flag. This function
returns true if the state of the flag changed and false otherwise. If it
returns true here, synchronize_rcu() is called to make sure all readers
see that its removed from the list.

But since the flag was already cleared, the state does not change and the
synchronization is never called, leaving a possible UAF bug.

Move the clearing of all flags below the updating of the copy_trace_marker
option which then makes sure the synchronization is performed.

Also use the flag for checking the state in update_marker_trace() instead
of looking at if the list is empty.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318185512.1b6c7db4@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 7b382efd5e8a ("tracing: Allow the top level trace_marker to write into another instances")
Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225133122.237275-1-sashal@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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When the "copy_trace_marker" option is enabled for an instance, anything
written into /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_marker is also copied into that
instances buffer. When the option is set, that instance's trace_array
descriptor is added to the marker_copies link list. This list is protected
by RCU, as all iterations uses an RCU protected list traversal.

When the instance is deleted, all the flags that were enabled are cleared.
This also clears the copy_trace_marker flag and removes the trace_array
descriptor from the list.

The issue is after the flags are called, a direct call to
update_marker_trace() is performed to clear the flag. This function
returns true if the state of the flag changed and false otherwise. If it
returns true here, synchronize_rcu() is called to make sure all readers
see that its removed from the list.

But since the flag was already cleared, the state does not change and the
synchronization is never called, leaving a possible UAF bug.

Move the clearing of all flags below the updating of the copy_trace_marker
option which then makes sure the synchronization is performed.

Also use the flag for checking the state in update_marker_trace() instead
of looking at if the list is empty.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318185512.1b6c7db4@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 7b382efd5e8a ("tracing: Allow the top level trace_marker to write into another instances")
Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225133122.237275-1-sashal@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix failure to read user space from system call trace events</title>
<updated>2026-03-21T20:42:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-16T17:07:34+00:00</published>
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The system call trace events call trace_user_fault_read() to read the user
space part of some system calls. This is done by grabbing a per-cpu
buffer, disabling migration, enabling preemption, calling
copy_from_user(), disabling preemption, enabling migration and checking if
the task was preempted while preemption was enabled. If it was, the buffer
is considered corrupted and it tries again.

There's a safety mechanism that will fail out of this loop if it fails 100
times (with a warning). That warning message was triggered in some
pi_futex stress tests. Enabling the sched_switch trace event and
traceoff_on_warning, showed the problem:

 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981648: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981651: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981656: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981659: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981664: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981667: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981671: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981675: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981679: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981682: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981687: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981690: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981695: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981698: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981703: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981706: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981711: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981714: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981719: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981722: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981727: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981730: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981735: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981738: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95

What happened was the task 1375 was flagged to be migrated. When
preemption was enabled, the migration thread woke up to migrate that task,
but failed because migration for that task was disabled. This caused the
loop to fail to exit because the task scheduled out while trying to read
user space.

Every time the task enabled preemption the migration thread would schedule
in, try to migrate the task, fail and let the task continue. But because
the loop would only enable preemption with migration disabled, it would
always fail because each time it enabled preemption to read user space,
the migration thread would try to migrate it.

To solve this, when the loop fails to read user space without being
scheduled out, enabled and disable preemption with migration enabled. This
will allow the migration task to successfully migrate the task and the
next loop should succeed to read user space without being scheduled out.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316130734.1858a998@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 64cf7d058a005 ("tracing: Have trace_marker use per-cpu data to read user space")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The system call trace events call trace_user_fault_read() to read the user
space part of some system calls. This is done by grabbing a per-cpu
buffer, disabling migration, enabling preemption, calling
copy_from_user(), disabling preemption, enabling migration and checking if
the task was preempted while preemption was enabled. If it was, the buffer
is considered corrupted and it tries again.

There's a safety mechanism that will fail out of this loop if it fails 100
times (with a warning). That warning message was triggered in some
pi_futex stress tests. Enabling the sched_switch trace event and
traceoff_on_warning, showed the problem:

 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981648: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981651: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981656: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981659: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981664: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981667: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981671: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981675: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981679: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981682: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981687: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981690: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981695: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981698: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981703: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981706: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981711: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981714: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981719: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981722: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981727: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981730: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95
 pi_mutex_hammer-1375    [006] d..21   138.981735: sched_switch: prev_comm=pi_mutex_hammer prev_pid=1375 prev_prio=95 prev_state=R+ ==&gt; next_comm=migration/6 next_pid=47 next_prio=0
     migration/6-47      [006] d..2.   138.981738: sched_switch: prev_comm=migration/6 prev_pid=47 prev_prio=0 prev_state=S ==&gt; next_comm=pi_mutex_hammer next_pid=1375 next_prio=95

What happened was the task 1375 was flagged to be migrated. When
preemption was enabled, the migration thread woke up to migrate that task,
but failed because migration for that task was disabled. This caused the
loop to fail to exit because the task scheduled out while trying to read
user space.

Every time the task enabled preemption the migration thread would schedule
in, try to migrate the task, fail and let the task continue. But because
the loop would only enable preemption with migration disabled, it would
always fail because each time it enabled preemption to read user space,
the migration thread would try to migrate it.

To solve this, when the loop fails to read user space without being
scheduled out, enabled and disable preemption with migration enabled. This
will allow the migration task to successfully migrate the task and the
next loop should succeed to read user space without being scheduled out.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316130734.1858a998@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 64cf7d058a005 ("tracing: Have trace_marker use per-cpu data to read user space")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix trace_buf_size= cmdline parameter with sizes &gt;= 2G</title>
<updated>2026-03-07T03:25:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Calvin Owens</name>
<email>calvin@wbinvd.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-07T03:19:25+00:00</published>
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Some of the sizing logic through tracer_alloc_buffers() uses int
internally, causing unexpected behavior if the user passes a value that
does not fit in an int (on my x86 machine, the result is uselessly tiny
buffers).

Fix by plumbing the parameter's real type (unsigned long) through to the
ring buffer allocation functions, which already use unsigned long.

It has always been possible to create larger ring buffers via the sysfs
interface: this only affects the cmdline parameter.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bff42a4288aada08bdf74da3f5b67a2c28b761f8.1772852067.git.calvin@wbinvd.org
Fixes: 73c5162aa362 ("tracing: keep ring buffer to minimum size till used")
Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens &lt;calvin@wbinvd.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Some of the sizing logic through tracer_alloc_buffers() uses int
internally, causing unexpected behavior if the user passes a value that
does not fit in an int (on my x86 machine, the result is uselessly tiny
buffers).

Fix by plumbing the parameter's real type (unsigned long) through to the
ring buffer allocation functions, which already use unsigned long.

It has always been possible to create larger ring buffers via the sysfs
interface: this only affects the cmdline parameter.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bff42a4288aada08bdf74da3f5b67a2c28b761f8.1772852067.git.calvin@wbinvd.org
Fixes: 73c5162aa362 ("tracing: keep ring buffer to minimum size till used")
Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens &lt;calvin@wbinvd.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close</title>
<updated>2026-03-04T03:25:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Qing Wang</name>
<email>wangqing7171@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T02:58:42+00:00</published>
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When a process forks, the child process copies the parent's VMAs but the
user_mapped reference count is not incremented. As a result, when both the
parent and child processes exit, tracing_buffers_mmap_close() is called
twice. On the second call, user_mapped is already 0, causing the function to
return -ENODEV and triggering a WARN_ON.

Normally, this isn't an issue as the memory is mapped with VM_DONTCOPY set.
But this is only a hint, and the application can call
madvise(MADVISE_DOFORK) which resets the VM_DONTCOPY flag. When the
application does that, it can trigger this issue on fork.

Fix it by incrementing the user_mapped reference count without re-mapping
the pages in the VMA's open callback.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Vincent Donnefort &lt;vdonnefort@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227025842.1085206-1-wangqing7171@gmail.com
Fixes: cf9f0f7c4c5bb ("tracing: Allow user-space mapping of the ring-buffer")
Reported-by: syzbot+3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d
Tested-by: syzbot+3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Qing Wang &lt;wangqing7171@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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When a process forks, the child process copies the parent's VMAs but the
user_mapped reference count is not incremented. As a result, when both the
parent and child processes exit, tracing_buffers_mmap_close() is called
twice. On the second call, user_mapped is already 0, causing the function to
return -ENODEV and triggering a WARN_ON.

Normally, this isn't an issue as the memory is mapped with VM_DONTCOPY set.
But this is only a hint, and the application can call
madvise(MADVISE_DOFORK) which resets the VM_DONTCOPY flag. When the
application does that, it can trigger this issue on fork.

Fix it by incrementing the user_mapped reference count without re-mapping
the pages in the VMA's open callback.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Vincent Donnefort &lt;vdonnefort@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227025842.1085206-1-wangqing7171@gmail.com
Fixes: cf9f0f7c4c5bb ("tracing: Allow user-space mapping of the ring-buffer")
Reported-by: syzbot+3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d
Tested-by: syzbot+3b5dd2030fe08afdf65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Qing Wang &lt;wangqing7171@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=32a92f8c89326985e05dce8b22d3f0aa07a3e1bd'/>
<id>32a92f8c89326985e05dce8b22d3f0aa07a3e1bd</id>
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43'/>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f'/>
<id>69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f</id>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix indentation of return statement in print_trace_fmt()</title>
<updated>2026-02-12T02:58:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Haoyang LIU</name>
<email>tttturtleruss@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-10T15:39:02+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=fa4820b893843f7ad5e1b5c446a92426c5c946ce'/>
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The return statement inside the nested if block in print_trace_fmt()
is not properly indented, making the code structure unclear. This was
flagged by smatch as a warning.

Add proper indentation to the return statement to match the kernel
coding style and improve readability.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210153903.8041-1-tttturtleruss@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Haoyang LIU &lt;tttturtleruss@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The return statement inside the nested if block in print_trace_fmt()
is not properly indented, making the code structure unclear. This was
flagged by smatch as a warning.

Add proper indentation to the return statement to match the kernel
coding style and improve readability.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210153903.8041-1-tttturtleruss@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Haoyang LIU &lt;tttturtleruss@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Reset last_boot_info if ring buffer is reset</title>
<updated>2026-02-11T15:49:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-10T08:43:43+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=804c4a2209bcf6ed4c45386f033e4d0f7c5bfda5'/>
<id>804c4a2209bcf6ed4c45386f033e4d0f7c5bfda5</id>
<content type='text'>
Commit 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading
out all cpu buffers") resets the last_boot_info when user read out
all data via trace_pipe* files. But it is not reset when user
resets the buffer from other files. (e.g. write `trace` file)

Reset it when the corresponding ring buffer is reset too.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177071302364.2293046.17895165659153977720.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com
Fixes: 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading out all cpu buffers")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Commit 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading
out all cpu buffers") resets the last_boot_info when user read out
all data via trace_pipe* files. But it is not reset when user
resets the buffer from other files. (e.g. write `trace` file)

Reset it when the corresponding ring buffer is reset too.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177071302364.2293046.17895165659153977720.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com
Fixes: 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading out all cpu buffers")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix to set write permission to per-cpu buffer_size_kb</title>
<updated>2026-02-11T15:48:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-10T08:43:36+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=f844282deed7481cf2f813933229261e27306551'/>
<id>f844282deed7481cf2f813933229261e27306551</id>
<content type='text'>
Since the per-cpu buffer_size_kb file is writable for changing
per-cpu ring buffer size, the file should have the write access
permission.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177071301597.2293046.11683339475076917920.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com
Fixes: 21ccc9cd7211 ("tracing: Disable "other" permission bits in the tracefs files")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Since the per-cpu buffer_size_kb file is writable for changing
per-cpu ring buffer size, the file should have the write access
permission.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/177071301597.2293046.11683339475076917920.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com
Fixes: 21ccc9cd7211 ("tracing: Disable "other" permission bits in the tracefs files")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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