6.6-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit d81786f53aec14fd4d56263145a0635afbc64617 upstream. eventfs uses the tracefs_inode and assumes that it's already initialized to zero. That is, it doesn't set fields to zero (like ti->private) after getting its tracefs_inode. This causes bugs due to stale values. Just initialize the entire structure to zero on allocation so there isn't any more surprises. This is a partial fix to access to ti->private. The assignment still needs to be made before the dentry is instantiated. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240131185512.315825944@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 5790b1fb3d672 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode") Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202401291043.e62e89dc-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/tracefs/inode.c | 6 ++++-- fs/tracefs/internal.h | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c +++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c @@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ static struct inode *tracefs_alloc_inode if (!ti) return NULL; - ti->flags = 0; - return &ti->vfs_inode; } @@ -779,7 +777,11 @@ static void init_once(void *foo) { struct tracefs_inode *ti = (struct tracefs_inode *) foo; + /* inode_init_once() calls memset() on the vfs_inode portion */ inode_init_once(&ti->vfs_inode); + + /* Zero out the rest */ + memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode); } static int __init tracefs_init(void) --- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h +++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ enum { }; struct tracefs_inode { + struct inode vfs_inode; + /* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */ unsigned long flags; void *private; - struct inode vfs_inode; }; /*