From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
In register_fprobe(), get_ips_from_filter() resolves target function
addresses and increments module reference counts via try_module_get() for
symbols in kernel modules. If get_ips_from_filter() fails on the second
pass and returns an error, register_fprobe() returned directly without
releasing module references acquired up to that point.
Fix this by ensuring the cleanup loop executing module_put() runs even when
get_ips_from_filter() returns a negative error.
Fixes: d24fa977eec5 ("tracing: fprobe: Fix to lock module while registering fprobe")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.6-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index f215990b9061..f681015413b8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -961,10 +961,8 @@ int register_fprobe(struct fprobe *fp, const char *filter, const char *notfilter
return -ENOMEM;
ret = get_ips_from_filter(filter, notfilter, addrs, mods, num);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- ret = register_fprobe_ips(fp, addrs, ret);
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ ret = register_fprobe_ips(fp, addrs, ret);
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (mods[i])