[PATCH] tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 09:41:17 EST
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
all filters or triggers that are set within the trace array do not take a
reference for the trace array it is showing. Without taking a reference,
the trace_array may be freed via "rmdir" while a task is reading one of
theses files. Those files iterate all the events within an instance
(trace_array) and nothing prevents that instance from being freed while
its data is being read. This causes a use-after-free crash.
Have the open of both those files take the trace_array reference via the
trace_array_get() that prevents the trace_array from being freed while the
files are opened.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 729757b96a662 ("tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters")
Fixes: 6a80838814eea ("tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers")
Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+0ovCjerKZJLwXScM9bF2ga2rLi4_XOpUfK41NDbENpeu98jA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 1d39eaf6a0f7..9dbc2441763b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2736,14 +2736,14 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_filters_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_filters_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_triggers_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
- .release = seq_release,
+ .release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_pid_fops = {
@@ -2908,7 +2908,17 @@ ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
/**
@@ -2922,7 +2932,17 @@ ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ return ret;
}
static int
--
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