Linux kernel source tree
kmemleak reports the following memory leak after reading set_event file:
# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xff110001234449e0 (size 16):
comm "cat", pid 13645, jiffies 4294981880
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a8 71 e7 84 ff ff ff ff .........q......
backtrace (crc c43abbc):
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3ca/0x4b0
s_start+0x72/0x2d0
seq_read_iter+0x265/0x1080
seq_read+0x2c9/0x420
vfs_read+0x166/0xc30
ksys_read+0xf4/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x79/0x150
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
The issue can be reproduced regardless of whether set_event is empty or
not. Here is an example about the valid content of set_event.
# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
sched:sched_process_fork
sched:sched_switch
sched:sched_wakeup
*:*:mod:trace_events_sample
The root cause is that s_next() returns NULL when nothing is found.
This results in s_stop() attempting to free a NULL pointer because its
parameter is NULL.
Fix the issue by freeing the memory appropriately when s_next() fails
to find anything.
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250220031528.7373-1-ahuang12@lenovo.com
Fixes:
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arch | ||
block | ||
certs | ||
crypto | ||
Documentation | ||
drivers | ||
fs | ||
include | ||
init | ||
io_uring | ||
ipc | ||
kernel | ||
lib | ||
LICENSES | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
rust | ||
samples | ||
scripts | ||
security | ||
sound | ||
tools | ||
usr | ||
virt | ||
.clang-format | ||
.clippy.toml | ||
.cocciconfig | ||
.editorconfig | ||
.get_maintainer.ignore | ||
.gitattributes | ||
.gitignore | ||
.mailmap | ||
.rustfmt.toml | ||
COPYING | ||
CREDITS | ||
Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
MAINTAINERS | ||
Makefile | ||
README |
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.