The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 9cf9aa7b0acfde7545c1a1d912576e9bab28dc6f # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025101331-mulled-pueblo-7ac2@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9cf9aa7b0acfde7545c1a1d912576e9bab28dc6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuan Chen chenyuan@kylinos.cn Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 03:20:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
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 <kprobe_perf_func+0x2c>: ldr x21, [x24,#120] include/linux/compiler.h: 294 0xffff3df8995039f0 <kprobe_perf_func+0x30>: 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 chenyuan@kylinos.cn Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) mhiramat@kernel.org
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c index b36ade43d4b3..ad9d6347b5fa 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c @@ -522,13 +522,14 @@ static int fentry_dispatcher(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, void *entry_data) { struct trace_fprobe *tf = container_of(fp, struct trace_fprobe, fp); + unsigned int flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tf->tp); int ret = 0;
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tf->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) fentry_trace_func(tf, entry_ip, fregs);
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tf->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) ret = fentry_perf_func(tf, entry_ip, fregs); #endif return ret; @@ -540,11 +541,12 @@ static void fexit_dispatcher(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, void *entry_data) { struct trace_fprobe *tf = container_of(fp, struct trace_fprobe, fp); + unsigned int flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tf->tp);
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tf->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) fexit_trace_func(tf, entry_ip, ret_ip, fregs, entry_data); #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tf->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) fexit_perf_func(tf, entry_ip, ret_ip, fregs, entry_data); #endif } diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c index fa60362a3f31..ee8171b19bee 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c @@ -1815,14 +1815,15 @@ static int kprobe_register(struct trace_event_call *event, static int kprobe_dispatcher(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs) { struct trace_kprobe *tk = container_of(kp, struct trace_kprobe, rp.kp); + unsigned int flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tk->tp); int ret = 0;
raw_cpu_inc(*tk->nhit);
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tk->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) kprobe_trace_func(tk, regs); #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tk->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) ret = kprobe_perf_func(tk, regs); #endif return ret; @@ -1834,6 +1835,7 @@ kretprobe_dispatcher(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs) { struct kretprobe *rp = get_kretprobe(ri); struct trace_kprobe *tk; + unsigned int flags;
/* * There is a small chance that get_kretprobe(ri) returns NULL when @@ -1846,10 +1848,11 @@ kretprobe_dispatcher(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs) tk = container_of(rp, struct trace_kprobe, rp); raw_cpu_inc(*tk->nhit);
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tk->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tk->tp); + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) kretprobe_trace_func(tk, ri, regs); #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tk->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) kretprobe_perf_func(tk, ri, regs); #endif return 0; /* We don't tweak kernel, so just return 0 */ diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h index 842383fbc03b..08b5bda24da2 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h @@ -271,16 +271,21 @@ struct event_file_link { struct list_head list; };
+static inline unsigned int trace_probe_load_flag(struct trace_probe *tp) +{ + return smp_load_acquire(&tp->event->flags); +} + static inline bool trace_probe_test_flag(struct trace_probe *tp, unsigned int flag) { - return !!(tp->event->flags & flag); + return !!(trace_probe_load_flag(tp) & flag); }
static inline void trace_probe_set_flag(struct trace_probe *tp, unsigned int flag) { - tp->event->flags |= flag; + smp_store_release(&tp->event->flags, tp->event->flags | flag); }
static inline void trace_probe_clear_flag(struct trace_probe *tp, diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c index 8b0bcc0d8f41..430d09c49462 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c @@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ static int uprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, struct pt_regs *regs, struct trace_uprobe *tu; struct uprobe_dispatch_data udd; struct uprobe_cpu_buffer *ucb = NULL; + unsigned int flags; int ret = 0;
tu = container_of(con, struct trace_uprobe, consumer); @@ -1561,11 +1562,12 @@ static int uprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, struct pt_regs *regs, if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!uprobe_cpu_buffer)) return 0;
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tu->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tu->tp); + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) ret |= uprobe_trace_func(tu, regs, &ucb);
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tu->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) ret |= uprobe_perf_func(tu, regs, &ucb); #endif uprobe_buffer_put(ucb); @@ -1579,6 +1581,7 @@ static int uretprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, struct trace_uprobe *tu; struct uprobe_dispatch_data udd; struct uprobe_cpu_buffer *ucb = NULL; + unsigned int flags;
tu = container_of(con, struct trace_uprobe, consumer);
@@ -1590,11 +1593,12 @@ static int uretprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!uprobe_cpu_buffer)) return 0;
- if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tu->tp, TP_FLAG_TRACE)) + flags = trace_probe_load_flag(&tu->tp); + if (flags & TP_FLAG_TRACE) uretprobe_trace_func(tu, func, regs, &ucb);
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - if (trace_probe_test_flag(&tu->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE)) + if (flags & TP_FLAG_PROFILE) uretprobe_perf_func(tu, func, regs, &ucb); #endif uprobe_buffer_put(ucb);