[PATCH bpf] ftrace: Add missing ftrace_lock to update_ftrace_direct_add/del

From: Jiri Olsa

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 03:16:41 EST


Ihor and Kumar reported splat from ftrace_get_addr_curr [1], which happened
because of the missing ftrace_lock in update_ftrace_direct_add/del functions
allowing concurrent access to ftrace internals.

The ftrace_update_ops function must be guarded by ftrace_lock, adding that.

Fixes: 05dc5e9c1fe1 ("ftrace: Add update_ftrace_direct_add function")
Fixes: 8d2c1233f371 ("ftrace: Add update_ftrace_direct_del function")
Reported-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1b58ffb2-92ae-433a-ba46-95294d6edea2@xxxxxxxxx/
Tested-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 827fb9a0bf0d..8baf61c9be6d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -6404,6 +6404,7 @@ int update_ftrace_direct_add(struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_hash *hash)
new_filter_hash = old_filter_hash;
}
} else {
+ guard(mutex)(&ftrace_lock);
err = ftrace_update_ops(ops, new_filter_hash, EMPTY_HASH);
/*
* new_filter_hash is dup-ed, so we need to release it anyway,
@@ -6530,6 +6531,7 @@ int update_ftrace_direct_del(struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_hash *hash)
ops->func_hash->filter_hash = NULL;
}
} else {
+ guard(mutex)(&ftrace_lock);
err = ftrace_update_ops(ops, new_filter_hash, EMPTY_HASH);
/*
* new_filter_hash is dup-ed, so we need to release it anyway,
--
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