tracing: Check return value of __register_event() in trace_module_add_events()

commit ac8719969e upstream.

trace_module_add_events() ignores the return value of __register_event()
and unconditionally calls __add_event_to_tracers() for each event.

If __register_event() fails (for example, if event_init() fails), the
trace_event_call is not added to ftrace_events list, but
__add_event_to_tracers() still creates a trace_event_file pointing to it.
If module loading subsequently fails and module memory is freed, tracing
state retains a stale trace_event_call pointer in trace_event_file,
leading to a use-after-free when tracefs or tracing subsystem operations
are later executed.

Fix this by checking the return value of __register_event() and only
calling __add_event_to_tracers() if event registration succeeded.

Fixes: ae63b31e4d ("tracing: Separate out trace events from global variables")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178528487878.124250.14170824576025743236.stgit@devnote2
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-09 20:21:54 +02:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent ee41b00858
commit d61ee2a27d
+2 -2
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@@ -3373,8 +3373,8 @@ static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
end = mod->trace_events + mod->num_trace_events;
for_each_event(call, start, end) {
__register_event(*call, mod);
__add_event_to_tracers(*call);
if (!__register_event(*call, mod))
__add_event_to_tracers(*call);
}
}