[PATCH v2 1/3] tracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path
From: Vincent Donnefort
Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 12:09:31 EST
If page allocation fails in trace_remote_alloc_buffer(), desc->nr_cpus
is not yet incremented for the current CPU. As a consequence, on error,
half-allocated rb_desc will not be freed in trace_remote_free_buffer().
Increment desc->nr_cpus as soon as the first allocation for the current
CPU has succeeded.
Fixes: 96e43537af54 ("tracing: Introduce trace remotes")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 2a6cc000ec98..d48042239d58 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,8 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
if (!rb_desc->meta_va)
goto err;
+ desc->nr_cpus++;
+
for (id = 0; id < nr_pages; id++) {
rb_desc->page_va[id] = (unsigned long)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rb_desc->page_va[id])
@@ -1013,7 +1015,6 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
rb_desc->nr_page_va++;
}
- desc->nr_cpus++;
desc->struct_len += offsetof(struct ring_buffer_desc, page_va);
desc->struct_len += struct_size(rb_desc, page_va, rb_desc->nr_page_va);
rb_desc = __next_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc);
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog