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tracing: Fix potential null-pointer-access of entry in list 'tr->err_…
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…log'

Entries in list 'tr->err_log' will be reused after entry number
exceed TRACING_LOG_ERRS_MAX.

The cmd string of the to be reused entry will be freed first then
allocated a new one. If the allocation failed, then the entry will
still be in list 'tr->err_log' but its 'cmd' field is set to be NULL,
later access of 'cmd' is risky.

Currently above problem can cause the loss of 'cmd' information of first
entry in 'tr->err_log'. When execute `cat /sys/kernel/tracing/error_log`,
reproduce logs like:
  [   37.495100] trace_kprobe: error: Maxactive is not for kprobe(null) ^
  [   38.412517] trace_kprobe: error: Maxactive is not for kprobe
    Command: p4:myprobe2 do_sys_openat2
            ^

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221114104632.3547266-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com

Fixes: 1581a88 ("tracing: Remove size restriction on tracing_log_err cmd strings")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Zheng Yejian authored and Steven Rostedt (Google) committed Nov 18, 2022
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions kernel/trace/trace.c
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Expand Up @@ -7803,6 +7803,7 @@ static struct tracing_log_err *get_tracing_log_err(struct trace_array *tr,
int len)
{
struct tracing_log_err *err;
char *cmd;

if (tr->n_err_log_entries < TRACING_LOG_ERRS_MAX) {
err = alloc_tracing_log_err(len);
Expand All @@ -7811,12 +7812,12 @@ static struct tracing_log_err *get_tracing_log_err(struct trace_array *tr,

return err;
}

cmd = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cmd)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
err = list_first_entry(&tr->err_log, struct tracing_log_err, list);
kfree(err->cmd);
err->cmd = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!err->cmd)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
err->cmd = cmd;
list_del(&err->list);

return err;
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