From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit afc6717628f959941d7b33728570568b4af1c4b8 upstream. In order to catch a common bug where a TRACE_EVENT() TP_fast_assign() assigns an address of an allocated string to the ring buffer and then references it in TP_printk(), which can be executed hours later when the string is free, the function test_event_printk() runs on all events as they are registered to make sure there's no unwanted dereferencing. It calls process_string() to handle cases in TP_printk() format that has "%s". It returns whether or not the string is safe. But it can have some false positives. For instance, xe_bo_move() has: TP_printk("move_lacks_source:%s, migrate object %p [size %zu] from %s to %s device_id:%s", __entry->move_lacks_source ? "yes" : "no", __entry->bo, __entry->size, xe_mem_type_to_name[__entry->old_placement], xe_mem_type_to_name[__entry->new_placement], __get_str(device_id)) Where the "%s" references into xe_mem_type_to_name[]. This is an array of pointers that should be safe for the event to access. Instead of flagging this as a bad reference, if a reference points to an array, where the record field is the index, consider it safe. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/9dee19b6185d325d0e6fa5f7cbba81d007d99166.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241231000646.324fb5f7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 65a25d9f7ac02 ("tracing: Add "%s" check in test_event_printk()") Reported-by: Genes Lists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Gene C <arch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c @@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ static bool process_string(const char *f } while (s < e); /* + * Check for arrays. If the argument has: foo[REC->val] + * then it is very likely that foo is an array of strings + * that are safe to use. + */ + r = strstr(s, "["); + if (r && r < e) { + r = strstr(r, "REC->"); + if (r && r < e) + return true; + } + + /* * If there's any strings in the argument consider this arg OK as it * could be: REC->field ? "foo" : "bar" and we don't want to get into * verifying that logic here. Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/tracing-prevent-bad-count-for-tracing_cpumask_write.patch queue-5.15/tracing-add-s-check-in-test_event_printk.patch queue-5.15/tracing-add-missing-helper-functions-in-event-pointer-dereference-check.patch queue-5.15/tracing-fix-test_event_printk-to-process-entire-print-argument.patch queue-5.15/tracing-constify-string-literal-data-member-in-struct-trace_event_call.patch queue-5.15/tracing-have-process_string-also-allow-arrays.patch