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On Tue,  1 Apr 2025 00:35:36 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> 
> Commit ac91052f0ae5 ("tracing: tprobe-events: Fix leakage of module
> refcount") moved try_module_get() from __find_tracepoint_module_cb()
> to find_tracepoint() caller, but that introduced a possible UAF
> because the module can be unloaded before try_module_get(). In this
> case, the module object should be freed too. Thus, try_module_get()
> does not only fail but may access to the freed object.
> 
> To avoid that, try_module_get() in __find_tracepoint_module_cb()
> again.
> 
> Fixes: ac91052f0ae5 ("tracing: tprobe-events: Fix leakage of module refcount")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> index 985ff98272da..2cd9ff1049f1 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> @@ -919,9 +919,15 @@ static void __find_tracepoint_module_cb(struct 
> tracepoint *tp, struct module *mo
>       struct __find_tracepoint_cb_data *data = priv;
>  
>       if (!data->tpoint && !strcmp(data->tp_name, tp->name)) {
> -             data->tpoint = tp;
> -             if (!data->mod)
> +             /* If module is not specified, try getting module refcount. */
> +             if (!data->mod && mod) {
> +                     /* If failed to get refcount, ignore this tracepoint. */
> +                     if (!try_module_get(mod))
> +                             return;
> +
>                       data->mod = mod;
> +             }
> +             data->tpoint = tp;
>       }
>  }
>  
> @@ -933,7 +939,11 @@ static void __find_tracepoint_cb(struct tracepoint *tp, 
> void *priv)
>               data->tpoint = tp;
>  }
>  
> -/* Find a tracepoint from kernel and module. */
> +/*
> + * Find a tracepoint from kernel and module. If the tracepoint is on the 
> module,
> + * the module's refcount is incremented and returned as *@tp_mod. Thus, if 
> it is
> + * not NULL, caller must call module_put(*tp_mod) after used the tracepoint.
> + */
>  static struct tracepoint *find_tracepoint(const char *tp_name,
>                                         struct module **tp_mod)
>  {
> @@ -962,7 +972,10 @@ static void reenable_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe 
> *tf)
>       }
>  }
>  
> -/* Find a tracepoint from specified module. */
> +/*
> + * Find a tracepoint from specified module. In this case, this does not get 
> the
> + * module's refcount. The caller must ensure the module is not freed.
> + */
>  static struct tracepoint *find_tracepoint_in_module(struct module *mod,
>                                                   const char *tp_name)
>  {
> @@ -1169,11 +1182,6 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> const char *argv[],
>       if (is_tracepoint) {
>               ctx->flags |= TPARG_FL_TPOINT;
>               tpoint = find_tracepoint(symbol, &tp_mod);
> -             /* lock module until register this tprobe. */
> -             if (tp_mod && !try_module_get(tp_mod)) {
> -                     tpoint = NULL;
> -                     tp_mod = NULL;
> -             }
>               if (tpoint) {
>                       ctx->funcname = kallsyms_lookup(
>                               (unsigned long)tpoint->probestub,
> 


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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