Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2023-01-24
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[PATCH] trace: Add NULL checks for buffer in ring_buffer_free_read_page()

From: Jia-Ju Bai <hidden>
Date: 2023-01-13 13:07:51
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: the rest, tracing · Maintainers: Linus Torvalds, Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu

In a previous commit 7433632c9ff6, buffer, buffer->buffers and 
buffer->buffers[cpu] in ring_buffer_wake_waiters() can be NULL, 
and thus the related checks are added.

However, in the same call stack, these variables are also used in
ring_buffer_free_read_page():

tracing_buffers_release()
  ring_buffer_wake_waiters(iter->array_buffer->buffer)
    cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu] -> Add checks by previous commit
  ring_buffer_free_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer)
    cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu] -> No check

Thus, to avod possible null-pointer derefernces, the related checks
should be added.

These results are reported by a static tool designed by myself.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <redacted>
Reported-by: TOTE Robot <redacted>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index c366a0a9ddba..45d4a23d6044 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -5626,11 +5626,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_alloc_read_page);
  */
 void ring_buffer_free_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, void *data)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	struct buffer_data_page *bpage = data;
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(bpage);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!buffer || !buffer->buffers || !buffer->buffers[cpu])
+		return;
+
+	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+
 	/* If the page is still in use someplace else, we can't reuse it */
 	if (page_ref_count(page) > 1)
 		goto out;
-- 
2.34.1
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