The bpf_tracing_prog_attach error path calls bpf_prog_put on prog, which causes refcount underflow when it's called from link_create function. link_create prog = bpf_prog_get <-- get ... tracing_bpf_link_attach(prog.. bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog.. out_put_prog: bpf_prog_put(prog); <-- put if (ret < 0) bpf_prog_put(prog); <-- put Removing bpf_prog_put call from bpf_tracing_prog_attach and making sure its callers call it instead. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c index c3bb03c8371f..e5999d86c76e 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c @@ -2712,7 +2712,6 @@ static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog, out_put_prog: if (tgt_prog_fd && tgt_prog) bpf_prog_put(tgt_prog); - bpf_prog_put(prog); return err; } @@ -2825,7 +2824,10 @@ static int bpf_raw_tracepoint_open(const union bpf_attr *attr) tp_name = prog->aux->attach_func_name; break; } - return bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog, 0, 0); + err = bpf_tracing_prog_attach(prog, 0, 0); + if (err >= 0) + return err; + goto out_put_prog; case BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT: case BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT_WRITABLE: if (strncpy_from_user(buf, -- 2.26.2