linux.git/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c, branch v6.12.80

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

2025-10-19T14:34:01+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) 
[ Adjust context ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs

2025-05-22T12:29:36+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

2025-01-02T09:34:16+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/probes: Fix MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit handling

2024-10-23T08:24:44+00:00

When creating a trace_probe we would set nr_args prior to truncating the
arguments to MAX_TRACE_ARGS. However, we would only initialize arguments
up to the limit.

This caused invalid memory access when attempting to set up probes with
more than 128 fetchargs.

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 0 P4D 0
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1769 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7+ #8
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:__set_print_fmt+0x134/0x330

Resolve the issue by applying the MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit earlier. Return
an error when there are too many arguments instead of silently
truncating.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240930202656.292869-1-mikel@mikelr.com/

Fixes: 035ba76014c0 ("tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init")
Signed-off-by: Mikel Rychliski 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

tracing/kprobes: Fix build error when find_module() is not available

2024-07-10T00:47:00+00:00

The kernel test robot reported that the find_module() is not available
if CONFIG_MODULES=n.
Fix this error by hiding find_modules() in #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES with
related rcu locks as try_module_get_by_name().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/172056819167.201571.250053007194508038.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: kernel test robot 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202407070744.RcLkn8sq-lkp@intel.com/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202407070917.VVUCBlaS-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads

2024-07-06T00:27:47+00:00

Currently, kprobe event checks whether the target symbol name is unique
or not, so that it does not put a probe on an unexpected place. But this
skips the check if the target is on a module because the module may not
be loaded.

To fix this issue, this patch checks the number of probe target symbols
in a target module when the module is loaded. If the probe is not on the
unique name symbols in the module, it will be rejected at that point.

Note that the symbol which has a unique name in the target module,
it will be accepted even if there are same-name symbols in the
kernel or other modules,

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/172016348553.99543.2834679315611882137.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing/kprobe: Remove cleanup code unrelated to selftest

2024-06-11T23:46:00+00:00

This cleanup all kprobe events code is not related to the selftest
itself, and it can fail by the reason unrelated to this test.
If the test is successful, the generated events are cleaned up.
And if not, we cannot guarantee that the kprobe events will work
correctly. So, anyway, there is no need to clean it up.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171811265627.85078.16897867213512435822.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing/kprobe: Integrate test warnings into WARN_ONCE

2024-06-11T23:44:44+00:00

Cleanup the redundant WARN_ON_ONCE(cond) + pr_warn(msg) into
WARN_ONCE(cond, msg). Also add some WARN_ONCE() for hitcount check.
These WARN_ONCE() errors makes it easy to handle errors from ktest.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171811264685.85078.8068819097047430463.stgit@devnote2/

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

Merge tag 'probes-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

2024-05-18T01:29:30+00:00

Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:

 - tracing/probes: Add new pseudo-types %pd and %pD support for dumping
   dentry name from 'struct dentry *' and file name from 'struct file *'

 - uprobes performance optimizations:
    - Speed up the BPF uprobe event by delaying the fetching of the
      uprobe event arguments that are not used in BPF
    - Avoid locking by speculatively checking whether uprobe event is
      valid
    - Reduce lock contention by using read/write_lock instead of
      spinlock for uprobe list operation. This improved BPF uprobe
      benchmark result 43% on average

 - rethook: Remove non-fatal warning messages when tracing stack from
   BPF and skip rcu_is_watching() validation in rethook if possible

 - objpool: Optimize objpool (which is used by kretprobes and fprobe as
   rethook backend storage) by inlining functions and avoid caching
   nr_cpu_ids because it is a const value

 - fprobe: Add entry/exit callbacks types (code cleanup)

 - kprobes: Check ftrace was killed in kprobes if it uses ftrace

* tag 'probes-v6.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  kprobe/ftrace: bail out if ftrace was killed
  selftests/ftrace: Fix required features for VFS type test case
  objpool: cache nr_possible_cpus() and avoid caching nr_cpu_ids
  objpool: enable inlining objpool_push() and objpool_pop() operations
  rethook: honor CONFIG_FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING in rethook_try_get()
  ftrace: make extra rcu_is_watching() validation check optional
  uprobes: reduce contention on uprobes_tree access
  rethook: Remove warning messages printed for finding return address of a frame.
  fprobe: Add entry/exit callbacks types
  selftests/ftrace: add fprobe test cases for VFS type "%pd" and "%pD"
  selftests/ftrace: add kprobe test cases for VFS type "%pd" and "%pD"
  Documentation: tracing: add new type '%pd' and '%pD' for kprobe
  tracing/probes: support '%pD' type for print struct file's name
  tracing/probes: support '%pd' type for print struct dentry's name
  uprobes: add speculative lockless system-wide uprobe filter check
  uprobes: prepare uprobe args buffer lazily
  uprobes: encapsulate preparation of uprobe args buffer

kprobes: remove dependency on CONFIG_MODULES

2024-05-14T07:35:06+00:00

kprobes depended on CONFIG_MODULES because it has to allocate memory for
code.

Since code allocations are now implemented with execmem, kprobes can be
enabled in non-modular kernels.

Add #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE guards for the code dealing with kprobes inside
modules, make CONFIG_KPROBES select CONFIG_EXECMEM and drop the
dependency of CONFIG_KPROBES on CONFIG_MODULES.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) 
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
[mcgrof: rebase in light of NEED_TASKS_RCU ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain