[for-linus][PATCH 01/20] tracing/user_events: Dont destroy fields when event removal fails

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>]

From: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>

destroy_user_event() destroys the event's fields before attempting to
remove the trace event call. If user_event_set_call_visible() fails,
e.g. because the event is still enabled and trace_remove_event_call()
returns -EBUSY, the event is left registered with an irreversibly
destroyed field list. Any subsequent interaction with the event then
operates on an empty field list while it is still fully visible in
tracefs.

Move the field destruction after the call removal, and splice the
field list back onto the event when the removal fails so the event
remains in a consistent state.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260904115223.2976446-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com
Fixes: 7f5a08c79df35 ("user_events: Add minimal support for trace_event into ftrace")
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 93cda2f6f269..f658c3a77aa7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,9 @@ static void user_event_destroy_validators(struct user_event *user)
 	}
 }
 
-static void user_event_destroy_fields(struct user_event *user)
+static void user_event_destroy_fields(struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field, *next;
-	struct list_head *head = &user->fields;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(field, next, head, link) {
 		list_del(&field->link);
@@ -1502,17 +1501,32 @@ static int user_event_set_call_visible(struct user_event *user, bool visible)
 
 static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(fields);
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
 
-	/* Must destroy fields before call removal */
-	user_event_destroy_fields(user);
+	/*
+	 * Detach the fields before removing the call. Removing the event
+	 * frees the field list memory (trace_destroy_fields() is run on
+	 * successful removal and kmem_cache_free()s the fields), but the
+	 * fields here are allocated and owned by user_events. Destroy
+	 * them separately once removal has succeeded.
+	 */
+	list_splice_init(&user->fields, &fields);
 
 	ret = user_event_set_call_visible(user, false);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		/*
+		 * Removal failed and the event stays registered, recover
+		 * the fields so it is left in a consistent state.
+		 */
+		list_splice(&fields, &user->fields);
 		return ret;
+	}
+
+	user_event_destroy_fields(&fields);
 
 	dyn_event_remove(&user->devent);
 	hash_del(&user->node);
@@ -2212,7 +2226,7 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 put_user_lock:
 	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 put_user:
-	user_event_destroy_fields(user);
+	user_event_destroy_fields(&user->fields);
 	user_event_destroy_validators(user);
 	kfree(user->call.print_fmt);
 
-- 
2.53.0