[for-linus][PATCH 9/9] tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Triggers are now delayed from freeing, but can still be triggered until
after the RCU grace period has ended. The freeing of the enable_event data
is put into the private_data_free() callback, but the put of the module
refcount is done immediately.

It is possible that if a module is removed that has an event that would
enable (or disable) it is still active, it can read the data of the module
after it is removed causing a use-after-free bug.

Move the trace_event_put_ref() that releases the module into the delayed
callback so that the module can not be removed until any reference to its
events are finished.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724132415.1b5005db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260724030523.19081-1-devnexen%40gmail.com
Fixes: 61d445af0a7c ("tracing: Add bulk garbage collection of freeing event_trigger_data")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 46e60b70a4bb..ad83419cb420 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1726,7 +1726,10 @@ int event_enable_trigger_print(struct seq_file *m,
 
 static void enable_trigger_private_data_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
 {
-	kfree(data->private_data);
+	struct enable_trigger_data *enable_data = data->private_data;
+
+	trace_event_put_ref(enable_data->file->event_call);
+	kfree(enable_data);
 }
 
 void event_enable_trigger_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
@@ -1741,7 +1744,6 @@ void event_enable_trigger_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
 		/* Remove the SOFT_MODE flag */
 		trace_event_enable_disable(enable_data->file, 0, 1);
 		data->private_data_free = enable_trigger_private_data_free;
-		trace_event_put_ref(enable_data->file->event_call);
 		trigger_data_free(data);
 	}
 }
-- 
2.53.0