tracing: Have show_event_filters/triggers files take trace array ref

The newly added files show_event_filters and show_event_triggers that show
all filters or triggers that are set within the trace array do not take a
reference for the trace array it is showing. Without taking a reference,
the trace_array may be freed via "rmdir" while a task is reading one of
theses files. Those files iterate all the events within an instance
(trace_array) and nothing prevents that instance from being freed while
its data is being read. This causes a use-after-free crash.

Have the open of both those files take the trace_array reference via the
trace_array_get() that prevents the trace_array from being freed while the
files are opened.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260828094153.17b95037@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 729757b96a ("tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters")
Fixes: 6a80838814 ("tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers")
Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+0ovCjerKZJLwXScM9bF2ga2rLi4_XOpUfK41NDbENpeu98jA@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
This commit is contained in:
Steven Rostedt 2026-08-28 09:41:53 -04:00
parent cee9395acd
commit f4a771cc68

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@ -2736,14 +2736,14 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_filters_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_filters_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = seq_release,
.release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops = {
.open = ftrace_event_show_triggers_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = seq_release,
.release = ftrace_event_release,
};
static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_pid_fops = {
@ -2908,7 +2908,17 @@ ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
int ret;
ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
if (ret < 0)
trace_array_put(tr);
return ret;
}
/**
@ -2922,7 +2932,17 @@ ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int
ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
int ret;
ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(tr);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
if (ret < 0)
trace_array_put(tr);
return ret;
}
static int