From d5c42664fc094899af9aae5300b27fe8fdb658ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donggeun Yoo Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:47:54 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Save the event file instead of the compatible histogram create_field_var_hist() creates a histogram on the matched event to supply a field variable, and records it on the target so it can be torn down later: hist_data = find_compatible_hist(target_hist_data, file); ... /* Save the compatible histogram information */ var_hist->hist_data = hist_data; hist_data is not the histogram it creates. It is one that was already there, whose keys the new one copies. The saved pointer has a single user, unregister_field_var_hists(), which runs when the target is removed: file = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->hist_data->event_file; find_compatible_hist() matches on keys alone, so it can pick one with no variables of its own. check_var_refs() then returns false and the user can remove it while the target still points at it: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in event_hist_trigger_free+0x2b2/0x320 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880093b90e0 by task init/1 Freed by task 1: kfree+0x154/0x420 event_hist_trigger_free+0x1d5/0x320 event_hist_trigger_parse+0x35f3/0x69e0 trigger_process_regex+0x1a6/0x250 Save the event file instead. It is all the dereference ever wanted, and it does not go away when the user removes a trigger. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Sashiko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914110753.221E61F000FF@smtp.kernel.org/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260914234754.3676905-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com Fixes: 02205a6752f2 ("tracing: Add support for 'field variables'") Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 Acked-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 5527605758cb..42b89171134d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ struct field_var { }; struct field_var_hist { - struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data; + struct trace_event_file *file; char *cmd; }; @@ -3129,8 +3129,8 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data, return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } - /* Save the compatible histogram information */ - var_hist->hist_data = hist_data; + /* Needed to remove the histogram when the target goes away */ + var_hist->file = file; /* Create the new histogram with our variable */ ret = event_hist_trigger_parse(&trigger_hist_cmd, file, @@ -6362,7 +6362,7 @@ static void unregister_field_var_hists(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data) int ret; for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_field_var_hists; i++) { - file = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->hist_data->event_file; + file = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->file; cmd = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->cmd; ret = event_hist_trigger_parse(&trigger_hist_cmd, file, "!hist", "hist", cmd);