[PATCH 03/12] tracing/probes: Fix BTF bitfield parsing and out-of-bounds buffer write

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 19:29:15 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

BTF bitfield parsing in trace_probe.c assumes a 64-bit (8-byte) container
when computing FETCH_OP_MOD_BF shift amounts and basesize, whereas the
preceding store instruction only allocates and writes the field's fetch
type size (which may be 1, 2, or 4 bytes when kflag=1). At runtime,
fetch_apply_bitfield() performs an 8-byte read-modify-write on the
smaller ring buffer slot, corrupting adjacent ring buffer data or writing
past the end of the event record.

In addition, signed bitfields with bit widths other than 8/16/32/64 fail
to resolve a fetch type, bitfields whose width is a multiple of 8 inside
a larger integer or spanning a byte boundary fail to emit FETCH_OP_MOD_BF
or select a container wide enough for bitoffs + bitsize, and kflag=0
bitfield offsets >= 8 bits are not folded into the byte offset.

Compute the bitfield byte and bit offsets consistently during field
lookup, select the smallest unsigned fetch type that covers the bit
offset and bit width, and calculate the FETCH_OP_MOD_BF parameters from
the selected fetch type size.

Fixes: c440adfbe302 ("tracing/probes: Support BTF based data structure field access")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index a880a90642d7..26e02929f1ff 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -486,6 +486,18 @@ static const char *fetch_type_from_btf_type(struct btf *btf,
{
u32 intdata;

+ if (ctx->last_bitsize) {
+ u32 bits = ctx->last_bitsize + ctx->last_bitoffs;
+
+ if (bits <= 8)
+ return "u8";
+ if (bits <= 16)
+ return "u16";
+ if (bits <= 32)
+ return "u32";
+ return "u64";
+ }
+
/* TODO: const char * could be converted as a string */
switch (BTF_INFO_KIND(type->info)) {
case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
@@ -520,10 +532,6 @@ static const char *fetch_type_from_btf_type(struct btf *btf,
case 64:
return "u64";
}
- /* bitfield, size is encoded in the type */
- ctx->last_bitsize = BTF_INT_BITS(intdata);
- ctx->last_bitoffs += BTF_INT_OFFSET(intdata);
- return "u64";
}
}
/* TODO: support other types */
@@ -653,6 +661,12 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
/* Add anonymous structure/union offset */
bitoffs += anon_offs;

+ type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, NULL);
+ if (!type) {
+ trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
/* Accumulate the bit-offsets of the dot-connected fields */
if (btf_type_kflag(container_type)) {
bitoffs += BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(field->offset);
@@ -660,12 +674,15 @@ static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **pty
} else {
bitoffs += field->offset;
ctx->last_bitsize = 0;
- }
+ if (BTF_INFO_KIND(type->info) == BTF_KIND_INT) {
+ u32 intdata = btf_type_int(type);

- type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, NULL);
- if (!type) {
- trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (BTF_INT_OFFSET(intdata) ||
+ BTF_INT_BITS(intdata) != BYTES_TO_BITS(type->size)) {
+ bitoffs += BTF_INT_OFFSET(intdata);
+ ctx->last_bitsize = BTF_INT_BITS(intdata);
+ }
+ }
}

if (next)
@@ -858,13 +875,22 @@ static const struct fetch_type *find_fetch_type_from_btf_type(
}

static int parse_btf_bitfield(struct fetch_insn **pcode,
+ const struct fetch_type *t,
struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
{
struct fetch_insn *code = *pcode;

- if ((ctx->last_bitsize % 8 == 0) && ctx->last_bitoffs == 0)
+ if ((ctx->last_bitsize == 0 ||
+ ctx->last_bitsize == BYTES_TO_BITS(t->size)) &&
+ ctx->last_bitoffs == 0)
return 0;

+ if (ctx->last_bitsize == 0 ||
+ BYTES_TO_BITS(t->size) < (ctx->last_bitsize + ctx->last_bitoffs)) {
+ trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BITFIELD);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
code++;
if (code->op != FETCH_OP_NOP) {
trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, TOO_MANY_OPS);
@@ -873,9 +899,9 @@ static int parse_btf_bitfield(struct fetch_insn **pcode,
*pcode = code;

code->op = FETCH_OP_MOD_BF;
- code->lshift = 64 - (ctx->last_bitsize + ctx->last_bitoffs);
- code->rshift = 64 - ctx->last_bitsize;
- code->basesize = 64 / 8;
+ code->lshift = BYTES_TO_BITS(t->size) - (ctx->last_bitsize + ctx->last_bitoffs);
+ code->rshift = BYTES_TO_BITS(t->size) - ctx->last_bitsize;
+ code->basesize = t->size;
return 0;
}

@@ -1085,6 +1111,7 @@ static int parse_btf_arg(char *varname,
}

static int parse_btf_bitfield(struct fetch_insn **pcode,
+ const struct fetch_type *t,
struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
{
trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, NOSUP_BTFARG);
@@ -1995,7 +2022,7 @@ static int finalize_fetch_insn(struct fetch_insn *code,
} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS) &&
ctx->last_type) {
/* If user not specified the type, try parsing BTF bitfield. */
- ret = parse_btf_bitfield(&code, ctx);
+ ret = parse_btf_bitfield(&code, parg->type, ctx);
if (ret)
return ret;
}