From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/13] tracing/probes: Fix various bugs in dynamic probe events
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:26:39 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179444679892.345731.5271591537517106679.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
Hi,
This is the 2nd version of the series fixing several bugs in dynamic
probe events (kprobe, fprobe, uprobe, and eprobe) and BTF/fetch-argument
handling.
Here is the previous version:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/179418408457.227715.1485179201014819821.stgit@devnote2/
This version fixes some comments pointed by Sashiko, and add a new
bugfix[09/13].
- [01/13] Check whether the target event is enabled or busy before
unlinking a sibling probe during multiprobe unregistration, and add
the missing checks to trace_uprobe and trace_eprobe.
- [02/13] Enable newly appended fprobes and uprobes immediately when
the target multiprobe event is already enabled, matching trace_kprobe
behavior.
- [03/13] Fix BTF bitfield parsing for non-kflag bitfields (such as
enum bitfields), select a narrow container fetch type to avoid
out-of-bounds buffer writes, and compute bitfield extraction
parameters from the container width with bounds validation.
- [04/13] Add missing BTF_KIND_PTR, NULL, and BTF_KIND_INT checks in
btf_type_is_char_ptr() and btf_type_is_char_array().
- [05/13] Use explicit fixed-width integer types (s8/u8, s16/u16,
s32/u32) in eprobe get_event_field() so 1-byte signed fields are
properly sign-extended under -funsigned-char.
- [06/13] Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events to prevent
potential recursion issues, matching kprobes and uprobes.
- [07/13] Check FETCH_OP_UDEREF before advancing the fetch instruction
pointer in finalize_fetch_insn() so user-space dereference string
arrays emit FETCH_OP_ST_USTRING instead of FETCH_OP_ST_STRING.
- [08/13] Reject array specifiers on non-dereference string sources
(such as $comm or symstr) in finalize_fetch_insn().
- [09/13] Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create() when
generating a default event name.
Minor updates/cleanups:
- [10/13] Allow the symstr type on function entry arguments ($argN) in
return probes (FETCH_OP_EDATA).
- [11/13] Reject empty fetch expressions before :%pd and :%pD in
traceprobe_expand_dentry_args().
- [12/13] Validate the command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe
creation when the colon separator is omitted so invalid prefixes are
rejected.
- [13/13] Propagate actual error return codes in eprobe and fprobe
creation paths instead of overwriting them with -EINVAL.
Changes in v2:
- [03/13] Check (bitoffs % 8) in get_bitoffset_of_field() so unaligned
byte-sized kflag=0 bitfields also record ctx->last_bitsize.
- [08/13] Add Fixes and Cc: stable tags.
- [09/13] Newly added to fix tail memory leak in
__trace_uprobe_create().
Notes:
- These bugs were identified and the fixes and cover letter were
prepared with the assistance of an LLM coding assistant.
Thank you,
---
base-commit: be94710b1f6ba1bea33e73129c110af80e999b2d
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (13):
tracing/probes: Check enabled and busy state before unlinking sibling probes
tracing/probes: Enable newly appended probe when target event is enabled
tracing/probes: Fix BTF bitfield parsing and out-of-bounds buffer write
tracing/probes: Fix missing BTF kind checks in char pointer/array helpers
tracing/eprobe: Fix 1-byte signed field fetch in get_event_field()
tracing/eprobe: Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events
tracing/probes: Fix user-space dereference string array store type
tracing/probes: Reject array count on non-dereference string sources
tracing/uprobes: Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create()
tracing/probes: Allow symstr type for function entry arguments in return probes
tracing/probes: Reject empty fetch expression for %pd and %pD
tracing/probes: Validate command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe
tracing/probes: Propagate error codes in eprobe and fprobe creation
kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c | 39 ++++++++++++------
kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c | 26 ++++++------
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 11 +++--
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
5 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
next reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 1:26 UTC|newest]
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2026-11-12 1:26 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-11-12 1:26 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] tracing/probes: Check enabled and busy state before unlinking sibling probes Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:26 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] tracing/probes: Enable newly appended probe when target event is enabled Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] tracing/probes: Fix BTF bitfield parsing and out-of-bounds buffer write Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] tracing/probes: Fix missing BTF kind checks in char pointer/array helpers Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] tracing/eprobe: Fix 1-byte signed field fetch in get_event_field() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] tracing/eprobe: Disallow attaching eprobes to fprobe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] tracing/probes: Fix user-space dereference string array store type Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:27 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] tracing/probes: Reject array count on non-dereference string sources Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:28 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] tracing/uprobes: Fix memory leak of tail in __trace_uprobe_create() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:28 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] tracing/probes: Allow symstr type for function entry arguments in return probes Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:28 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] tracing/probes: Reject empty fetch expression for %pd and %pD Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:28 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] tracing/probes: Validate command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-11-12 1:28 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] tracing/probes: Propagate error codes in eprobe and fprobe creation Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
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