[PATCH bpf-next] ftrace: Fix direct_functions leak in update_ftrace_direct_del

From: Jiri Olsa

Date: Mon Feb 02 2026 - 03:06:00 EST


Alexei reported memory leak in update_ftrace_direct_del.
We miss cleanup of the replaced direct_functions in the
success path in update_ftrace_direct_del, adding that.

Fixes: 8d2c1233f371 ("ftrace: Add update_ftrace_direct_del function")
Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/aX_BxG5EJTJdCMT9@krava/T/#m7c13f5a95f862ed7ab78e905fbb678d635306a0c
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 8574932e66b6..b12dbd93ae1c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -6537,6 +6537,7 @@ int update_ftrace_direct_del(struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_hash *hash)
/* free the new_direct_functions */
old_direct_functions = new_direct_functions;
} else {
+ old_direct_functions = direct_functions;
rcu_assign_pointer(direct_functions, new_direct_functions);
}

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2.52.0