From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:05:07 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: tracing: fprobe events: Fix possible UAF on modules
X-Git-Tag: v6.15-rc2~31^2~1
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dd941507a9486252d6fcf11814387666792020f3;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git

tracing: fprobe events: Fix possible UAF on modules

Commit ac91052f0ae5 ("tracing: tprobe-events: Fix leakage of module
refcount") moved try_module_get() from __find_tracepoint_module_cb()
to find_tracepoint() caller, but that introduced a possible UAF
because the module can be unloaded before try_module_get(). In this
case, the module object should be freed too. Thus, try_module_get()
does not only fail but may access to the freed object.

To avoid that, try_module_get() in __find_tracepoint_module_cb()
again.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/174342990779.781946.9138388479067729366.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: ac91052f0ae5 ("tracing: tprobe-events: Fix leakage of module refcount")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
index 985ff98272da8..2cd9ff1049f18 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
@@ -919,9 +919,15 @@ static void __find_tracepoint_module_cb(struct tracepoint *tp, struct module *mo
 	struct __find_tracepoint_cb_data *data = priv;
 
 	if (!data->tpoint && !strcmp(data->tp_name, tp->name)) {
-		data->tpoint = tp;
-		if (!data->mod)
+		/* If module is not specified, try getting module refcount. */
+		if (!data->mod && mod) {
+			/* If failed to get refcount, ignore this tracepoint. */
+			if (!try_module_get(mod))
+				return;
+
 			data->mod = mod;
+		}
+		data->tpoint = tp;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -933,7 +939,11 @@ static void __find_tracepoint_cb(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv)
 		data->tpoint = tp;
 }
 
-/* Find a tracepoint from kernel and module. */
+/*
+ * Find a tracepoint from kernel and module. If the tracepoint is on the module,
+ * the module's refcount is incremented and returned as *@tp_mod. Thus, if it is
+ * not NULL, caller must call module_put(*tp_mod) after used the tracepoint.
+ */
 static struct tracepoint *find_tracepoint(const char *tp_name,
 					  struct module **tp_mod)
 {
@@ -962,7 +972,10 @@ static void reenable_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe *tf)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Find a tracepoint from specified module. */
+/*
+ * Find a tracepoint from specified module. In this case, this does not get the
+ * module's refcount. The caller must ensure the module is not freed.
+ */
 static struct tracepoint *find_tracepoint_in_module(struct module *mod,
 						    const char *tp_name)
 {
@@ -1169,11 +1182,6 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[],
 	if (is_tracepoint) {
 		ctx->flags |= TPARG_FL_TPOINT;
 		tpoint = find_tracepoint(symbol, &tp_mod);
-		/* lock module until register this tprobe. */
-		if (tp_mod && !try_module_get(tp_mod)) {
-			tpoint = NULL;
-			tp_mod = NULL;
-		}
 		if (tpoint) {
 			ctx->funcname = kallsyms_lookup(
 				(unsigned long)tpoint->probestub,