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>,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 4/5] tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:18:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260913171850.115977878@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260913171759.469375546@kernel.org>
From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
The number of pages per remote ring buffer is capped by
ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va (32 bits). A buffer_size large enough to
overflow that field would silently allocate a descriptor smaller than
what was asked for.
Return SIZE_MAX from trace_buffer_desc_size() on nr_page_va overflow.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911193937.602202-3-vdonnefort@google.com
Fixes: 2e67fabd8b77 ("ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 4 ++++
kernel/trace/trace_remote.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 11bffb6a142d..eac3e9080c3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ static inline size_t trace_buffer_desc_size(size_t buffer_size, unsigned int nr_
unsigned long nr_pages = __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(buffer_size);
struct ring_buffer_desc *rbdesc;
+ /* Capped by ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va */
+ if (nr_pages > UINT_MAX)
+ return SIZE_MAX;
+
return size_add(offsetof(struct trace_buffer_desc, __data),
size_mul(nr_cpus, struct_size(rbdesc, page_va, nr_pages)));
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index c17902e42ef1..2d5bc423efca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -980,9 +980,12 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
const struct cpumask *cpumask)
{
size_t min_desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(buffer_size, cpumask_weight(cpumask));
- unsigned int nr_pages = __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(buffer_size);
struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
int cpu, ret = -ENOMEM;
+ unsigned int nr_pages;
+
+ if (min_desc_size == SIZE_MAX)
+ return -E2BIG;
if (desc_size < min_desc_size)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -991,6 +994,7 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
desc->struct_len = min_desc_size;
rb_desc = __first_ring_buffer_desc(desc);
+ nr_pages = __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(buffer_size);
for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
unsigned int id;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-13 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-13 17:17 [for-linus][PATCH 0/5] tracing: More fixes for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/5] ftrace: Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/5] tracing: Dont dereference trace_event_file in deferred trigger free Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 3/5] tracing/remotes: Account for ring buffer page header in size calculation Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 5/5] ring-buffer: Check resize_disabled before publishing the new subbuf order Steven Rostedt
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