[PATCH v4 1/2] kallsyms: Always initialize modbuildid on ftrace address

From: Maurice Hieronymus

Date: Sat Dec 20 2025 - 13:19:08 EST


modbuildid is never set when kallsyms_lookup_buildid is returning via
successful ftrace_mod_address_lookup.

This leads to an uninitialized pointer dereference on x86 when
CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID=y inside __sprint_symbol.

Prevent this by always initializing modbuildid.

Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220717
Signed-off-by: Maurice Hieronymus <mhi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ftrace.h | 4 ++--
kernel/kallsyms.c | 2 +-
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 8 +++++++-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 770f0dc993cc..ed673fa2536b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ struct ftrace_hash;
defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)
int
ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
- unsigned long *off, char **modname, char *sym);
+ unsigned long *off, char **modname, const unsigned char **modbuildid, char *sym);
#else
static inline int
ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
- unsigned long *off, char **modname, char *sym)
+ unsigned long *off, char **modname, const unsigned char **modbuildid, char *sym)
{
return 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 049e296f586c..5ca69eafda7a 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int kallsyms_lookup_buildid(unsigned long addr,

if (!ret)
ret = ftrace_mod_address_lookup(addr, symbolsize,
- offset, modname, namebuf);
+ offset, modname, modbuildid, namebuf);

return ret;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index ef2d5dca6f70..6eba92a52261 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -7752,7 +7752,7 @@ ftrace_func_address_lookup(struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map,

int
ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
- unsigned long *off, char **modname, char *sym)
+ unsigned long *off, char **modname, const unsigned char **modbuildid, char *sym)
{
struct ftrace_mod_map *mod_map;
int ret = 0;
@@ -7764,6 +7764,12 @@ ftrace_mod_address_lookup(unsigned long addr, unsigned long *size,
if (ret) {
if (modname)
*modname = mod_map->mod->name;
+ if (modbuildid)
+#ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE_BUILD_ID
+ *modbuildid = mod_map->mod->build_id;
+#else
+ *modbuildid = NULL;
+#endif
break;
}
}
--
2.50.1