[PATCH] fprobe: Clear the unused part of the fgraph_data reservation

From: David Carlier

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 16:18:09 EST


fprobe_fgraph_entry() reserves shadow stack space for every fprobe with
an exit handler, but only fills it for those whose entry handler returns
0. fprobe_return() walks the whole reservation, so the unused tail is
parsed as stale headers from an earlier call, and an exit handler can
run twice or despite its entry handler asking to skip it.

The original memset cleared only (reserved_words - used) bytes, and
commit e0a384434ae1 ("tracing: fprobe: do not zero out unused
fgraph_data") removed it. Clear the whole tail.

Fixes: 4346ba160409 ("fprobe: Rewrite fprobe on function-graph tracer")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index 1e9b00997ff2..bd84a982961a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -635,6 +635,10 @@ static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops
}
}

+ /* Clear unused slots so fprobe_return() does not see stale headers. */
+ if (used < reserved_words)
+ memset(fgraph_data + used, 0, (reserved_words - used) * sizeof(long));
+
/* If any exit_handler is set, data must be used. */
return used != 0;
}
--
2.55.0