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authorSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2025-07-19 05:31:58 +0300
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2025-07-19 20:54:59 +0300
commitb5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df (patch)
tree4a5abf90412f5544ab5ce4fa93c14ff51d688f14
parent85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806 (diff)
downloadlinux-b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df.tar.xz
tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event
When a module is loaded, it adds trace events defined by the module. It may also need to modify the modules trace printk formats to replace enum names with their values. If two modules are loaded at the same time, the adding of the event to the ftrace_events list can corrupt the walking of the list in the code that is modifying the printk format strings and crash the kernel. The addition of the event should take the trace_event_sem for write while it adds the new event. Also add a lockdep_assert_held() on that semaphore in __trace_add_event_dirs() as it iterates the list. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250718223158.799bfc0c@batman.local.home Reported-by: Fusheng Huang(黄富生) <Fusheng.Huang@luxshare-ict.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250717105007.46ccd18f@batman.local.home/ Fixes: 110bf2b764eb6 ("tracing: add protection around module events unload") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_events.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 120531268abf..d01e5c910ce1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -3136,7 +3136,10 @@ __register_event(struct trace_event_call *call, struct module *mod)
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ down_write(&trace_event_sem);
list_add(&call->list, &ftrace_events);
+ up_write(&trace_event_sem);
+
if (call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_DYNAMIC)
atomic_set(&call->refcnt, 0);
else
@@ -3750,6 +3753,8 @@ __trace_add_event_dirs(struct trace_array *tr)
struct trace_event_call *call;
int ret;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&trace_event_sem);
+
list_for_each_entry(call, &ftrace_events, list) {
ret = __trace_add_new_event(call, tr);
if (ret < 0)