[GIT PULL][PATCH] tracing/kprobe: Release kprobe print_fmt properly

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jul 11 2018 - 16:02:37 EST



Linus,

This fixes a memory leak in the kprobe code.


Please pull the latest trace-v4.18-rc3-2 tree, which can be found at:


git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace.git
trace-v4.18-rc3-2

Tag SHA1: 2dc4f4a15fc23494d3fe5af7e1598923825d5da9
Head SHA1: 0fc8c3581dd42bc8f530314ca86db2d861485731


Jiri Olsa (1):
tracing/kprobe: Release kprobe print_fmt properly

----
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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commit 0fc8c3581dd42bc8f530314ca86db2d861485731
Author: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Jul 9 16:19:06 2018 +0200

tracing/kprobe: Release kprobe print_fmt properly

We don't release tk->tp.call.print_fmt when destroying
local uprobe. Also there's missing print_fmt kfree in
create_local_trace_kprobe error path.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180709141906.2390-1-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: e12f03d7031a ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_kprobe' PMU")
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index daa81571b22a..21f718472942 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1480,8 +1480,10 @@ create_local_trace_kprobe(char *func, void *addr, unsigned long offs,
}

ret = __register_trace_kprobe(tk);
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ kfree(tk->tp.call.print_fmt);
goto error;
+ }

return &tk->tp.call;
error:
@@ -1501,6 +1503,8 @@ void destroy_local_trace_kprobe(struct trace_event_call *event_call)
}

__unregister_trace_kprobe(tk);
+
+ kfree(tk->tp.call.print_fmt);
free_trace_kprobe(tk);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */