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After adding a verifier to test all strings printed in trace events to make sure they either point to a string on the ring buffer, or to read only core kernel memory, it triggered on a workqueue trace event. The trace event workqueue_queue_work references the allocated name of the workqueue in the output. If the workqueue is freed before the trace is read, then the trace will dereference freed memory. Update the trace event to use the __string(), __assign_str(), and __get_str() helpers to handle such cases. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIoEABYIADIWIQRRSw7ePDh/lE+zeZMp5XQQmuv6qgUCYFSrChQccm9zdGVkdEBn b29kbWlzLm9yZwAKCRAp5XQQmuv6qnJpAP9XZR+/XryjQgTGmaXWeD3n2YdRmR5p Foz5nLhURN/+KAEA8fPqLXyBGowl87twYJIFzmYAd0OtLBD3MTrTMenvCQ4= =akct -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'trace-v5.12-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace Pull workqueue tracing fix from Steven Rostedt: "Fix workqueue trace event unsafe string reference After adding a verifier to test all strings printed in trace events to make sure they either point to a string on the ring buffer, or to read only core kernel memory, it triggered on a workqueue trace event. The trace event workqueue_queue_work references the allocated name of the workqueue in the output. If the workqueue is freed before the trace is read, then the trace will dereference freed memory. Update the trace event to use the __string(), __assign_str(), and __get_str() helpers to handle such cases" * tag 'trace-v5.12-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: workqueue/tracing: Copy workqueue name to buffer in trace event
Linux kernel
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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 Restructured Text 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.