linux.git/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c, branch v6.1.168

tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference

2025-10-19T14:23:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9cf9aa7b0acfde7545c1a1d912576e9bab28dc6f ]

There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to
NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash.

[1135630.084782] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000710a04630000
...
[1135630.260314] pstate: 404003c9 (nZcv DAIF +PAN -UAO)
[1135630.269239] pc : kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.277643] lr : kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.286041] sp : ffffaeff4977fa40
[1135630.293441] x29: ffffaeff4977fa40 x28: ffffaf015340e400
[1135630.302837] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[1135630.312257] x25: ffffaf029ed108a8 x24: ffffaf015340e528
[1135630.321705] x23: ffffaeff4977fc50 x22: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.331154] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffffaeff4977fc50
[1135630.340586] x19: ffffaf015340e400 x18: 0000000000000000
[1135630.349985] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[1135630.359285] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[1135630.368445] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[1135630.377473] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000
[1135630.386411] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.395252] x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.403963] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[1135630.412545] x3 : 0000710a04630000 x2 : 0000000000000006
[1135630.421021] x1 : ffffaeff4977fc50 x0 : 0000710a04630000
[1135630.429410] Call trace:
[1135630.434828]  kprobe_perf_func+0x30/0x260
[1135630.441661]  kprobe_dispatcher+0x44/0x60
[1135630.448396]  aggr_pre_handler+0x70/0xc8
[1135630.454959]  kprobe_breakpoint_handler+0x140/0x1e0
[1135630.462435]  brk_handler+0xbc/0xd8
[1135630.468437]  do_debug_exception+0x84/0x138
[1135630.475074]  el1_dbg+0x18/0x8c
[1135630.480582]  security_file_permission+0x0/0xd0
[1135630.487426]  vfs_write+0x70/0x1c0
[1135630.493059]  ksys_write+0x5c/0xc8
[1135630.498638]  __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30
[1135630.504821]  el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130
[1135630.510838]  el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78
[1135630.516834]  el0_svc+0x8/0x1b0

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c: 1308
0xffff3df8995039ec :     ldr     x21, [x24,#120]
include/linux/compiler.h: 294
0xffff3df8995039f0 :     ldr     x1, [x21,x0]

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
1308: head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
1309: if (hlist_empty(head))
1310: 	return 0;

crash> struct trace_event_call -o
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  [120] struct hlist_head *perf_events;  //(call->perf_event)
  ...
}

crash> struct trace_event_call ffffaf015340e528
struct trace_event_call {
  ...
  perf_events = 0xffff0ad5fa89f088, //this value is correct, but x21 = 0
  ...
}

Race Condition Analysis:

The race occurs between kprobe activation and perf_events initialization:

  CPU0                                    CPU1
  ====                                    ====
  perf_kprobe_init
    perf_trace_event_init
      tp_event->perf_events = list;(1)
      tp_event->class->reg (2)← KPROBE ACTIVE
                                          Debug exception triggers
                                          ...
                                          kprobe_dispatcher
                                            kprobe_perf_func (tk->tp.flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE)
                                              head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events)(3)
                                              (perf_events is still NULL)

Problem:
1. CPU0 executes (1) assigning tp_event->perf_events = list
2. CPU0 executes (2) enabling kprobe functionality via class->reg()
3. CPU1 triggers and reaches kprobe_dispatcher
4. CPU1 checks TP_FLAG_PROFILE - condition passes (step 2 completed)
5. CPU1 calls kprobe_perf_func() and crashes at (3) because
   call->perf_events is still NULL

CPU1 sees that kprobe functionality is enabled but does not see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Add pairing read and write memory barriers to guarantee that if CPU1
sees that kprobe functionality is enabled, it must also see that
perf_events has been assigned.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251001022025.44626-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com/

Fixes: 50d780560785 ("tracing/kprobes: Add probe handler dispatcher to support perf and ftrace concurrent use")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
[ Drop fprobe changes + context ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs

2025-05-22T12:09:59+00:00

[ Upstream commit fd837de3c9cb1a162c69bc1fb1f438467fe7f2f5 ]

Since the shared trace_probe_log variable can be accessed and
modified via probe event create operation of kprobe_events,
uprobe_events, and dynamic_events, it should be protected.
In the dynamic_events, all operations are serialized by
`dyn_event_ops_mutex`. But kprobe_events and uprobe_events
interfaces are not serialized.

To solve this issue, introduces dyn_event_create(), which runs
create() operation under the mutex, for kprobe_events and
uprobe_events. This also uses lockdep to check the mutex is
held when using trace_probe_log* APIs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/174684868120.551552.3068655787654268804.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Paul Cacheux 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250510074456.805a16872b591e2971a4d221@kernel.org/
Fixes: ab105a4fb894 ("tracing: Use tracing error_log with probe events")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/kprobe: Make trace_kprobe's module callback called after jump_label update

2025-01-02T09:30:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit d685d55dfc86b1a4bdcec77c3c1f8a83f181264e ]

Make sure the trace_kprobe's module notifer callback function is called
after jump_label's callback is called. Since the trace_kprobe's callback
eventually checks jump_label address during registering new kprobe on
the loading module, jump_label must be updated before this registration
happens.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173387585556.995044.3157941002975446119.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 614243181050 ("tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/kprobes: Skip symbol counting logic for module symbols in create_local_trace_kprobe()

2024-12-19T17:08:57+00:00

commit b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
avoids checking number_of_same_symbols() for module symbol in
__trace_kprobe_create(), but create_local_trace_kprobe() should avoid this
check too. Doing this check leads to ENOENT for module_name:symbol_name
constructions passed over perf_event_open.

No bug in newer kernels as it was fixed more generally by
commit 9d8616034f16 ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240705161030.b3ddb33a8167013b9b1da202@kernel.org
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kuratov 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well

2024-01-05T14:18:40+00:00

commit 926fe783c8a64b33997fec405cf1af3e61aed441 upstream.

Recent changes to count number of matching symbols when creating
a kprobe event failed to take into account kernel modules. As such, it
breaks kprobes on kernel module symbols, by assuming there is no match.

Fix this my calling module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol() in addition to
kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() to perform a proper counting.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027233126.2073148-1-andrii@kernel.org/

Cc: Francis Laniel 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko 
Acked-by: Song Liu 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Hao Wei Tee 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing/kprobes: Fix the order of argument descriptions

2023-11-20T10:52:18+00:00

[ Upstream commit f032c53bea6d2057c14553832d846be2f151cfb2 ]

The order of descriptions should be consistent with the argument list of
the function, so "kretprobe" should be the second one.

int __kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, bool kretprobe,
                                 const char *name, const char *loc, ...)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231031041305.3363712-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Suggested-by: Mukesh Ojha 
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu 
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/kprobes: Fix the description of variable length arguments

2023-11-02T08:35:30+00:00

commit e0f831836cead677fb07d54bd6bf499df35640c2 upstream.

Fix the following kernel-doc warnings:

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1029: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start'
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1097: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_add_fields'

Refer to the usage of variable length arguments elsewhere in the kernel
code, "@..." is the proper way to express it in the description.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027041315.2613166-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Reported-by: kernel test robot 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202310190437.paI6LYJF-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu 
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha 
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols

2023-10-25T10:03:16+00:00

[ Upstream commit b022f0c7e404887a7c5229788fc99eff9f9a80d5 ]

When a kprobe is attached to a function that's name is not unique (is
static and shares the name with other functions in the kernel), the
kprobe is attached to the first function it finds. This is a bug as the
function that it is attaching to is not necessarily the one that the
user wants to attach to.

Instead of blindly picking a function to attach to what is ambiguous,
error with EADDRNOTAVAIL to let the user know that this function is not
unique, and that the user must use another unique function with an
address offset to get to the function they want to attach to.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231020104250.9537-2-flaniel@linux.microsoft.com/

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 413d37d1eb69 ("tracing: Add kprobe-based event tracer")
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu 
Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230819101105.b0c104ae4494a7d1f2eea742@kernel.org/
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing: Move duplicate code of trace_kprobe/eprobe.c into header

2022-10-12T17:50:00+00:00

The functions:

  fetch_store_strlen_user()
  fetch_store_strlen()
  fetch_store_string_user()
  fetch_store_string()

are identical in both trace_kprobe.c and trace_eprobe.c. Move them into
a new header file trace_probe_kernel.h to share it. This code will later
be used by the synthetic events as well.

Marked for stable as a fix for a crash in synthetic events requires it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221012104534.467668078@goodmis.org

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi 
Fixes: bd82631d7ccdc ("tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Auto generate event name when creating a group of events

2022-07-24T23:11:17+00:00

Currently when creating a specific group of trace events,
take kprobe event as example, the user must use the following format:
p:GRP/EVENT [MOD:]KSYM[+OFFS]|KADDR [FETCHARGS],
which means user must enter EVENT name, one example is:

  echo 'p:usb_gadget/config_usb_cfg_link config_usb_cfg_link $arg1' >> kprobe_events

It is not simple if there are too many entries because the event name is
the same as symbol name.

This change allows user to specify no EVENT name, format changed as:

   p:GRP/ [MOD:]KSYM[+OFFS]|KADDR [FETCHARGS]

It will generate event name automatically and one example is:

  echo 'p:usb_gadget/ config_usb_cfg_link $arg1' >> kprobe_events.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1656296348-16111-4-git-send-email-quic_linyyuan@quicinc.com/

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi 
Signed-off-by: Linyu Yuan 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)