tracing: Have event format check not flag %p* on __get_dynamic_array()
authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thu, 7 Apr 2022 18:56:32 +0000 (14:56 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 25 May 2022 20:57:37 +0000 (16:57 -0400)
The print fmt check against trace events to make sure that the format does
not use pointers that may be freed from the time of the trace to the time
the event is read, gives a false positive on %pISpc when reading data that
was saved in __get_dynamic_array() when it is perfectly fine to do so, as
the data being read is on the ring buffer.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220407144524.2a592ed6@canb.auug.org.au/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5013f454a352c ("tracing: Add check of trace event print fmts for dereferencing pointers")
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace_events.c

index 78f313b7b3151b7c8880a59d929d3514fc0d88ad..d5913487821ab72d418d9600706af898978f2b02 100644 (file)
@@ -392,12 +392,6 @@ static void test_event_printk(struct trace_event_call *call)
                        if (!(dereference_flags & (1ULL << arg)))
                                goto next_arg;
 
-                       /* Check for __get_sockaddr */;
-                       if (str_has_prefix(fmt + i, "__get_sockaddr(")) {
-                               dereference_flags &= ~(1ULL << arg);
-                               goto next_arg;
-                       }
-
                        /* Find the REC-> in the argument */
                        c = strchr(fmt + i, ',');
                        r = strstr(fmt + i, "REC->");
@@ -413,7 +407,14 @@ static void test_event_printk(struct trace_event_call *call)
                                a = strchr(fmt + i, '&');
                                if ((a && (a < r)) || test_field(r, call))
                                        dereference_flags &= ~(1ULL << arg);
+                       } else if ((r = strstr(fmt + i, "__get_dynamic_array(")) &&
+                                  (!c || r < c)) {
+                               dereference_flags &= ~(1ULL << arg);
+                       } else if ((r = strstr(fmt + i, "__get_sockaddr(")) &&
+                                  (!c || r < c)) {
+                               dereference_flags &= ~(1ULL << arg);
                        }
+
                next_arg:
                        i--;
                        arg++;