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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: bf8f6e5b3e51 ("Kprobes: The ON/OFF knob thru debugfs") Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punitagrawal@gmail.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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.