[PATCH] tracing: Don't dereference trace_event_file in deferred trigger free

From: Ali Ahmet Memiş

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 12:13:18 EST


The enable_event trigger defers trace_event_put_ref() to the
trigger free kthread, but the trace_event_file can already be freed
when the instance is removed.

Keep the trace_event_call directly in enable_trigger_data so the
deferred free does not access the freed trace_event_file.

Fixes: e091351b3881 ("tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger")
Reported-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260828134340.2501683A24-agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ali Ahmet Memiş <aliamemis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.h | 1 +
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 74a7a50d1e78..0de92b4575e5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1952,6 +1952,7 @@ struct event_trigger_data {

struct enable_trigger_data {
struct trace_event_file *file;
+ struct trace_event_call *call;
bool enable;
bool hist;
};
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 149300cc5e8a..4d2fde996c0f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,8 @@ static void enable_trigger_private_data_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
{
struct enable_trigger_data *enable_data = data->private_data;

- trace_event_put_ref(enable_data->file->event_call);
+ /* The file may already be freed here, only the call is kept alive */
+ trace_event_put_ref(enable_data->call);
kfree(enable_data);
}

@@ -1801,6 +1802,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
enable_data->hist = hist;
enable_data->enable = enable;
enable_data->file = event_enable_file;
+ enable_data->call = event_enable_file->event_call;

trigger_data = trigger_data_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, enable_data);
if (!trigger_data)
--
2.55.0