[PATCH 11/12] tracing/probes: Validate command prefix in kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 19:31:37 EST
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
In kprobe, uprobe, and eprobe creation, trailing characters after the
command prefix ('p', 'r', or 'e') without a ':' separator (or non-digit
characters before ':') are silently ignored, creating a probe with the
default event name instead of reporting a syntax error as fprobe does.
Reject invalid characters following the command prefix with BAD_MAXACT.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c | 10 ++++++++--
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 3 +++
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 12 +++++++++---
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
index f65393fb1c10..f65da7b3adf4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
@@ -846,12 +846,18 @@ static int __trace_eprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
trlog = trace_probe_log_init("event_probe", argc, argv);
- event = strchr(&argv[0][1], ':');
+ if (argv[0][1] != '\0') {
+ if (argv[0][1] != ':') {
+ trace_probe_log_set_index(0);
+ trace_probe_log_err(1, BAD_MAXACT);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ event = &argv[0][2];
+ }
if (event) {
gbuf = kmalloc(MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!gbuf)
return -ENOMEM;
- event++;
ret = traceprobe_parse_event_name(&event, &group, gbuf,
event - argv[0]);
if (ret)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index a42af0e66009..35568d75723c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -941,6 +941,9 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[],
trace_probe_log_err(1, MAXACT_TOO_BIG);
return -EINVAL;
}
+ } else if (argv[0][1] != '\0' && argv[0][1] != ':') {
+ trace_probe_log_err(1, BAD_MAXACT);
+ return -EINVAL;
}
/* try to parse an address. if that fails, try to read the
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 14ac52aebe34..3745eb07bd14 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -616,9 +616,6 @@ static int __trace_uprobe_create(int argc, const char **argv)
return -E2BIG;
}
- if (argv[0][1] == ':')
- event = &argv[0][2];
-
if (!strchr(argv[1], '/'))
return -ECANCELED;
@@ -631,6 +628,15 @@ static int __trace_uprobe_create(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!arg || !isdigit(arg[1]))
return -ECANCELED;
+ if (argv[0][1] != '\0') {
+ if (argv[0][1] != ':') {
+ trace_probe_log_set_index(0);
+ trace_probe_log_err(1, BAD_MAXACT);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ event = &argv[0][2];
+ }
+
trace_probe_log_set_index(1); /* filename is the 2nd argument */
*arg++ = '\0';