Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:45:04 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix memleak due to race between current_tracer and trace | From | Zheng Yejian <> |
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On 2023/8/8 17:29, Zheng Yejian wrote: > Kmemleak report a leak in graph_trace_open(): > > unreferenced object 0xffff0040b95f4a00 (size 128): > comm "cat", pid 204981, jiffies 4301155872 (age 99771.964s) > hex dump (first 32 bytes): > e0 05 e7 b4 ab 7d 00 00 0b 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 .....}.......... > f4 00 01 10 00 a0 ff ff 00 00 00 00 65 00 10 00 ............e... > backtrace: > [<000000005db27c8b>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x348/0x5f0 > [<000000007df90faa>] graph_trace_open+0xb0/0x344 > [<00000000737524cd>] __tracing_open+0x450/0xb10 > [<0000000098043327>] tracing_open+0x1a0/0x2a0 > [<00000000291c3876>] do_dentry_open+0x3c0/0xdc0 > [<000000004015bcd6>] vfs_open+0x98/0xd0 > [<000000002b5f60c9>] do_open+0x520/0x8d0 > [<00000000376c7820>] path_openat+0x1c0/0x3e0 > [<00000000336a54b5>] do_filp_open+0x14c/0x324 > [<000000002802df13>] do_sys_openat2+0x2c4/0x530 > [<0000000094eea458>] __arm64_sys_openat+0x130/0x1c4 > [<00000000a71d7881>] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xfc/0x394 > [<00000000313647bf>] do_el0_svc+0xac/0xec > [<000000002ef1c651>] el0_svc+0x20/0x30 > [<000000002fd4692a>] el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 > [<000000000c309c35>] el0_sync+0x160/0x180 > > The root cause is descripted as follows: > > __tracing_open() { // 1. File 'trace' is being opened; > ... > *iter->trace = *tr->current_trace; // 2. Tracer 'function_graph' is > // currently set; > ... > iter->trace->open(iter); // 3. Call graph_trace_open() here, > // and memory are allocated in it; > ... > } > > s_start() { // 4. The opened file is being read; > ... > *iter->trace = *tr->current_trace; // 5. If tracer is switched to > // 'nop' or others, then memory > // in step 3 are leaked!!! > ... > } > > To fix it, in s_start(), close tracer before switching then reopen the > new tracer after switching. > > Fixes: d7350c3f4569 ("tracing/core: make the read callbacks reentrants") > Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com> > --- > kernel/trace/trace.c | 9 ++++++++- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c > index b8870078ef58..d50a0227baa3 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c > @@ -4213,8 +4213,15 @@ static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) > * will point to the same string as current_trace->name. > */ > mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); > - if (unlikely(tr->current_trace && iter->trace->name != tr->current_trace->name)) > + if (unlikely(tr->current_trace && iter->trace->name != tr->current_trace->name)) { > + /* Close iter->trace before switching to the new current tracer */ > + if (iter->trace->close) > + iter->trace->close(iter);
Hi, kasan report an issue related to this patch in v5.10, I'll handle it and then send V2 if the patch needs to be changed.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in graph_trace_close+0x78/0x7c Read of size 8 at addr ffff204054ca8f00 by task cat/193541 [...] Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3e4 show_stack+0x20/0x2c dump_stack+0x140/0x198 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x1fc __kasan_report+0xe0/0x140 kasan_report+0x44/0x5c __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x34/0x60 graph_trace_close+0x78/0x7c wakeup_trace_close+0x3c/0x54 s_start+0x4f4/0x794 seq_read_iter+0x210/0xd90 seq_read+0x288/0x410 vfs_read+0x13c/0x41c ksys_read+0xf4/0x1e0 __arm64_sys_read+0x74/0xa4 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xfc/0x394 do_el0_svc+0xac/0xec el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 el0_sync+0x160/0x180
Allocated by task 193541: kasan_save_stack+0x28/0x60 __kasan_kmalloc.constprop.0+0xa4/0xd0 kasan_kmalloc+0x10/0x20 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x2ec/0x5f0 graph_trace_open+0xb0/0x344 __tracing_open+0x450/0xb10 tracing_open+0x1a0/0x2a0 do_dentry_open+0x3c0/0xdc0 vfs_open+0x98/0xd0 do_open+0x520/0x8d0
> *iter->trace = *tr->current_trace; > + /* Reopen the new current tracer */ > + if (iter->trace->open) > + iter->trace->open(iter); > + } > mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); > > #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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