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kprobes: Do not use local variable when creating debugfs file
debugfs_create_file() takes a pointer argument that can be used during file operation callbacks (accessible via i_private in the inode structure). An obvious requirement is for the pointer to refer to valid memory when used. When creating the debugfs file to dynamically enable / disable kprobes, a pointer to local variable is passed to debugfs_create_file(); which will go out of scope when the init function returns. The reason this hasn't triggered random memory corruption is because the pointer is not accessed during the debugfs file callbacks. Since the enabled state is managed by the kprobes_all_disabled global variable, the local variable is not needed. Fix the incorrect (and unnecessary) usage of local variable during debugfs_file_create() by passing NULL instead. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163163031686.489837.4476867635937014973.stgit@devnote2 Fixes: bf8f6e5 ("Kprobes: The ON/OFF knob thru debugfs") Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <[email protected]> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>
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kernel/kprobes.c

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@@ -2809,13 +2809,12 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_kp = {
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static int __init debugfs_kprobe_init(void)
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struct dentry *dir;
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unsigned int value = 1;
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dir = debugfs_create_dir("kprobes", NULL);
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debugfs_create_file("list", 0400, dir, NULL, &kprobes_fops);
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debugfs_create_file("enabled", 0600, dir, &value, &fops_kp);
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debugfs_create_file("enabled", 0600, dir, NULL, &fops_kp);
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debugfs_create_file("blacklist", 0400, dir, NULL,
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&kprobe_blacklist_fops);

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