linux.git/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c, branch v6.6.131

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

2025-10-19T14:30:58+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

2025-05-22T12:12:12+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

2025-01-02T09:32:03+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()

2024-12-19T17:11:35+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/probes: Fix MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit handling

2024-11-01T00:58:28+00:00

[ Upstream commit 73f35080477e893aa6f4c8d388352b871b288fbc ]

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) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe)

2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00

[ Upstream commit 25f00e40ce7953db197af3a59233711d154c9d80 ]

Support accessing $argN in the return probe events. This will help users to
record entry data in function return (exit) event for simplfing the function
entry/exit information in one event, and record the result values (e.g.
allocated object/initialized object) at function exit.

For example, if we have a function `int init_foo(struct foo *obj, int param)`
sometimes we want to check how `obj` is initialized. In such case, we can
define a new return event like below;

 # echo 'r init_foo retval=$retval param=$arg2 field1=+0($arg1)' >> kprobe_events

Thus it records the function parameter `param` and its result `obj->field1`
(the dereference will be done in the function exit timing) value at once.

This also support fprobe, BTF args and'$arg*'. So if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
is enabled, we can trace both function parameters and the return value
by following command.

 # echo 'f target_function%return $arg* $retval' >> dynamic_events

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952365552.229804.224112990211602895.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init

2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00

[ Upstream commit 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d ]

Instead of incrementing the trace_probe::nr_args, init it at
trace_probe_init(). Without this change, there is no way to get the number
of trace_probe arguments while parsing it.
This is a cleanup, so the behavior is not changed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952363585.229804.13060759900346411951.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

bpf: Add missed value to kprobe perf link info

2024-11-01T00:58:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit 3acf8ace68230e9558cf916847f1cc9f208abdf1 ]

Add missed value to kprobe attached through perf link info to
hold the stats of missed kprobe handler execution.

The kprobe's missed counter gets incremented when kprobe handler
is not executed due to another kprobe running on the same cpu.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230920213145.1941596-4-jolsa@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 4deecdd29cf2 ("bpf: fix unpopulated name_len field in perf_event link info")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/kprobes: Fix the order of argument descriptions

2023-11-20T10:59:38+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 symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well

2023-10-28T00:50:42+00:00

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)