Sasha Levin 61e19cd2e5 tracing: Fix lock imbalance in s_start() memory allocation failure path
When s_start() fails to allocate memory for set_event_iter, it returns NULL
before acquiring event_mutex. However, the corresponding s_stop() function
always tries to unlock the mutex, causing a lock imbalance warning:

  WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
  6.17.0-rc7-00175-g2b2e0c04f78c #7 Not tainted
  -------------------------------------
  syz.0.85611/376514 is trying to release lock (event_mutex) at:
  [<ffffffff8dafc7a4>] traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0x2c4/0x650 fs/seq_file.c:131
  but there are no more locks to release!

The issue was introduced by commit b355247df1 ("tracing: Cache ':mod:'
events for modules not loaded yet") which added the kzalloc() allocation before
the mutex lock, creating a path where s_start() could return without locking
the mutex while s_stop() would still try to unlock it.

Fix this by unconditionally acquiring the mutex immediately after allocation,
regardless of whether the allocation succeeded.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250929113238.3722055-1-sashal@kernel.org
Fixes: b355247df1 ("tracing: Cache ":mod:" events for modules not loaded yet")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2025-10-03 12:13:12 -04:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
2025-09-07 14:22:57 -07:00
2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

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