tracing/histograms: Verify event_call identity when updating synth_event refcount

In event_hist_trigger_parse() and hist_unreg_all(), the histogram
registration and unregistration paths look up find_synth_event() using
trace_event_name(file->event_call) and adjust se->ref if a match is
found.

Because find_synth_event() only compares the event basename, registering
or removing a histogram on a non-synthetic trace event whose basename
matches a synthetic event erroneously modifies the synthetic event's
reference count.  If a histogram is registered on the non-synthetic
event before the synthetic event is created and removed afterwards,
se->ref is decremented without a matching increment, allowing the
synthetic event to be freed while an active histogram action still holds
a pointer to it.

Introduce find_synth_event_call() to verify that &se->call matches
file->event_call before adjusting se->ref.

Fixes: 4b147936fa ("tracing: Add support for 'synthetic' events")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261019120730.2342739-1-lee@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
This commit is contained in:
Lee Jones 2026-10-19 12:07:29 +00:00 committed by Steven Rostedt
parent d5c42664fc
commit 3403d9bb27
3 changed files with 14 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -6812,7 +6812,6 @@ static void hist_unreg_all(struct trace_event_file *file)
struct event_trigger_data *test, *n;
struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
struct synth_event *se;
const char *se_name;
lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
@ -6825,8 +6824,7 @@ static void hist_unreg_all(struct trace_event_file *file)
list_del_rcu(&test->list);
trace_event_trigger_enable_disable(file, 0);
se_name = trace_event_name(file->event_call);
se = find_synth_event(se_name);
se = find_synth_event_call(file->event_call);
if (se)
se->ref--;
@ -6850,7 +6848,6 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
char *param, *filter, *p, *start;
struct synth_event *se;
const char *se_name;
bool remove;
int ret = 0;
@ -6944,8 +6941,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
}
event_trigger_unregister(cmd_ops, file, glob+1, trigger_data);
se_name = trace_event_name(file->event_call);
se = find_synth_event(se_name);
se = find_synth_event_call(file->event_call);
if (se)
se->ref--;
ret = 0;
@ -6980,8 +6976,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
if (ret)
goto out_unreg;
se_name = trace_event_name(file->event_call);
se = find_synth_event(se_name);
se = find_synth_event_call(file->event_call);
if (se)
se->ref++;
out:

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@ -914,6 +914,16 @@ struct synth_event *find_synth_event(const char *name)
return NULL;
}
struct synth_event *find_synth_event_call(struct trace_event_call *call)
{
struct synth_event *se;
const char *name;
name = trace_event_name(call);
se = find_synth_event(name);
return se && &se->call == call ? se : NULL;
}
static struct trace_event_fields synth_event_fields_array[] = {
{ .type = TRACE_FUNCTION_TYPE,
.define_fields = synth_event_define_fields },

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@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ struct synth_event {
};
extern struct synth_event *find_synth_event(const char *name);
extern struct synth_event *find_synth_event_call(struct trace_event_call *call);
#endif /* __TRACE_SYNTH_H */