[for-next][PATCH 08/16] tracing: Bound histogram expression strings with seq_buf

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

expr_str() allocates a fixed MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL buffer and then builds
expression names with a series of raw strcat() appends. Nested operands,
constants, field flags, and generated field names can push the rendered
string past that fixed limit before the name is attached to the hist
field.

Build expression strings with seq_buf and return -E2BIG when the
rendered name would exceed MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL. This keeps the existing
tracing-side limit while replacing the raw append logic with bounded
construction.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611055945.22348-4-pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index dee2710da66e..893bd8b0e48a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ typedef u64 (*hist_field_fn_t) (struct hist_field *field,
 #define HIST_FIELD_OPERANDS_MAX	2
 #define HIST_FIELDS_MAX		(TRACING_MAP_FIELDS_MAX + TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX)
 #define HIST_ACTIONS_MAX	8
-#define HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX	21
 #define HIST_DIV_SHIFT		20  /* For optimizing division by constants */
 
 enum field_op_id {
@@ -1733,33 +1732,36 @@ static const char *get_hist_field_flags(struct hist_field *hist_field)
 	return flags_str;
 }
 
-static void expr_field_str(struct hist_field *field, char *expr)
+static bool expr_field_str(struct hist_field *field, struct seq_buf *s)
 {
+	const char *field_name;
+
 	if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR_REF) {
 		if (!field->system)
-			strcat(expr, "$");
-	} else if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST) {
-		char str[HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX];
+			seq_buf_putc(s, '$');
+	} else if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST)
+		seq_buf_printf(s, "%llu", field->constant);
 
-		snprintf(str, HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX, "%llu", field->constant);
-		strcat(expr, str);
-	}
+	field_name = hist_field_name(field, 0);
+	if (!field_name)
+		return false;
 
-	strcat(expr, hist_field_name(field, 0));
+	seq_buf_puts(s, field_name);
 
 	if (field->flags && !(field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR_REF)) {
 		const char *flags_str = get_hist_field_flags(field);
 
-		if (flags_str) {
-			strcat(expr, ".");
-			strcat(expr, flags_str);
-		}
+		if (flags_str)
+			seq_buf_printf(s, ".%s", flags_str);
 	}
+
+	return !seq_buf_has_overflowed(s);
 }
 
 static char *expr_str(struct hist_field *field, unsigned int level)
 {
 	char *expr __free(kfree) = NULL;
+	struct seq_buf s;
 
 	if (level > 1)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -1768,47 +1770,54 @@ static char *expr_str(struct hist_field *field, unsigned int level)
 	if (!expr)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	seq_buf_init(&s, expr, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);
+
 	if (!field->operands[0]) {
-		expr_field_str(field, expr);
+		if (!expr_field_str(field, &s))
+			return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+
 		return_ptr(expr);
 	}
 
 	if (field->operator == FIELD_OP_UNARY_MINUS) {
 		char *subexpr;
 
-		strcat(expr, "-(");
 		subexpr = expr_str(field->operands[0], ++level);
 		if (IS_ERR(subexpr))
 			return subexpr;
 
-		strcat(expr, subexpr);
-		strcat(expr, ")");
-
+		seq_buf_printf(&s, "-(%s)", subexpr);
 		kfree(subexpr);
 
+		if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s))
+			return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+
 		return_ptr(expr);
 	}
 
-	expr_field_str(field->operands[0], expr);
+	if (!expr_field_str(field->operands[0], &s))
+		return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
 
 	switch (field->operator) {
 	case FIELD_OP_MINUS:
-		strcat(expr, "-");
+		seq_buf_putc(&s, '-');
 		break;
 	case FIELD_OP_PLUS:
-		strcat(expr, "+");
+		seq_buf_putc(&s, '+');
 		break;
 	case FIELD_OP_DIV:
-		strcat(expr, "/");
+		seq_buf_putc(&s, '/');
 		break;
 	case FIELD_OP_MULT:
-		strcat(expr, "*");
+		seq_buf_putc(&s, '*');
 		break;
 	default:
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	expr_field_str(field->operands[1], expr);
+	if (seq_buf_has_overflowed(&s) ||
+	    !expr_field_str(field->operands[1], &s))
+		return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
 
 	return_ptr(expr);
 }
-- 
2.53.0