From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 16/20] tracing: Fix memory corruption from a "STACKTRACE" histogram key
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:16:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911181731.424682594@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911181636.485043797@kernel.org>
From: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
"cpu", "CPU", "stacktrace" and "STACKTRACE" are generic fields, defined
with an offset and a size of zero so that the filter code can match them
by name. parse_field() maps them onto their common_* equivalents for
backward compatibility, but unlike the common_* names it hands the
placeholder back to the caller instead of NULL.
create_hist_field() takes a non-NULL field as a promise that the record
carries a stacktrace and picks HIST_FIELD_FN_STACK, so the __data_loc
word is read from offset 0, that is from common_type, and its low 16
bits are followed as an offset into the record. What is found there
becomes the length of an unbounded memcpy. Pick an event whose id is
small enough that the offset stays inside its own record and the length
is a kernel text address:
# cd /sys/kernel/tracing
# echo 'hist:keys=STACKTRACE' > events/ftrace/print/trigger
# echo hello > trace_marker
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
RIP: 0010:rb_next+0x23/0x60
</IRQ>
RIP: 0010:memcpy+0xc/0x30
event_hist_trigger+0x2e7/0x12c0
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
Leave the field NULL, which is what the comment above the branch says
the code does and what common_stacktrace already does. FILTER_CPU and
FILTER_COMM are left alone, their create_hist_field() branches never
look at the field.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 4b512860bdbd ("tracing: Rename stacktrace field to common_stacktrace")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260907155045.692664-3-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 9bc829c1e876..8af97fd4ee2d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -2404,6 +2404,7 @@ parse_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, struct trace_event_file *file,
*flags |= HIST_FIELD_FL_CPU;
} else if (field && field->filter_type == FILTER_STACKTRACE) {
*flags |= HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE;
+ field = NULL;
} else if (field && field->filter_type == FILTER_COMM) {
*flags |= HIST_FIELD_FL_COMM | HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING;
} else {
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 18:16 [for-linus][PATCH 00/20] tracing: Fixes for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 01/20] tracing/user_events: Dont destroy fields when event removal fails Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 02/20] ftrace: fork: Initialize function graph state before copy_exec_state() Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 03/20] fgraph: Remove unused FGRAPH_MAX_INDEX Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 04/20] function_graph: Use the saved entrys size when reprinting it Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 05/20] tracing: Free histogram var refs regardless of how often they are referenced Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 06/20] tracing: Free histogram the var ref when its initialization fails Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 07/20] tracing: Free histogram the field rejected for a bad modifier Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 08/20] tracing: Keep the entry count when the histogram stats allocation fails Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 09/20] tracing: Let histogram values keep the percent and graph modifiers Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 10/20] tracing: Fix typo "availabe" in comment Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 11/20] tracing: Fix typo "preceeded" " Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 12/20] tracing: Set the trace clock before registering the histogram trigger Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 13/20] tracing: Take the reference before publishing the named " Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 14/20] tracing: Undo the registration when enabling the histogram trigger fails Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 15/20] tracing: Fix memory corruption from the histogram stacktrace modifier Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 17/20] tracing: Restore :mod: trailer after parsing in ftrace_set_clr_event() Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 18/20] tracing: Fix ring_buffer_read_page_size() kernel-doc Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 19/20] tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file Steven Rostedt
2026-09-11 18:16 ` [for-linus][PATCH 20/20] ring-buffer: Acquire the lock with irqsave in rb_wake_up_waiters() Steven Rostedt
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260911181731.424682594@kernel.org \
--to=rostedt@kernel.org \
--cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
--cc=donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mark.rutland@arm.com \
--cc=mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com \
--cc=mhiramat@kernel.org \
--cc=stable@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®