[PATCH 2/8] kprobes: Fix double free and NULL deref in unregister_kretprobes()
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 19:02:43 EST
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
In unregister_kretprobes(), if __unregister_kprobe_top() returns an error
(e.g., if the kretprobe was not registered or was already unregistered),
rethook_free(rps[i]->rh) or rcu_assign_pointer(rps[i]->rph->rp, NULL) is
still executed. For rethook-based kretprobes, calling rethook_free() on an
already-freed rethook causes a double-free / list corruption in RCU. For
legacy kretprobes, rps[i]->rph is NULL after previous cleanup, resulting
in a NULL pointer dereference.
Skip rethook_free() and rph cleanup if __unregister_kprobe_top() fails,
and clear rps[i]->rh after synchronize_rcu() has waited for in-flight
pre_handler_kretprobe() invocations to complete.
Fixes: 73f9b911faa7 ("kprobes: Use rethook for kretprobe if possible")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kprobes.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 10946658bb35..7a3da809bac7 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2605,8 +2605,10 @@ void unregister_kretprobes(struct kretprobe **rps, int num)
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
guard(mutex)(&kprobe_mutex);
- if (__unregister_kprobe_top(&rps[i]->kp) < 0)
+ if (__unregister_kprobe_top(&rps[i]->kp) < 0) {
rps[i]->kp.addr = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
rethook_free(rps[i]->rh);
#else
@@ -2618,7 +2620,9 @@ void unregister_kretprobes(struct kretprobe **rps, int num)
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (rps[i]->kp.addr) {
__unregister_kprobe_bottom(&rps[i]->kp);
-#ifndef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
+#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBE_ON_RETHOOK
+ rps[i]->rh = NULL;
+#else
free_rp_inst(rps[i]);
#endif
}