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SUNRPC: Fix the svc_deferred_event trace class

Published Feb 26, 2025

Description

Fix a NULL deref crash that occurs when an svc_rqst is deferred while the sunrpc tracing subsystem is enabled. svc_revisit() sets dr->xprt to NULL, so it can't be relied upon in the tracepoint to provide the remote's address.

Unfortunately we can't revert the "svc_deferred_class" hunk in commit ece200ddd54b ("sunrpc: Save remote presentation address in svc_xprt for trace events") because there is now a specific check of event format specifiers for unsafe dereferences. The warning that check emits is:

event svc_defer_recv has unsafe dereference of argument 1

A "%pISpc" format specifier with a "struct sockaddr *" is indeed flagged by this check.

Instead, take the brute-force approach used by the svcrdma_qp_error tracepoint. Convert the dr::addr field into a presentation address in the TP_fast_assign() arm of the trace event, and store that as a string. This fix can be backported to -stable kernels.

In the meantime, commit c6ced22997ad ("tracing: Update print fmt check to handle new __get_sockaddr() macro") is now in v5.18, so this wonky fix can be replaced with __sockaddr() and friends properly during the v5.19 merge window.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Feb 26, 2025
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Reserved Feb 26, 2025
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Oct 1, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Aug 4, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Feb 26, 2025