CVE-2022-50648

ftrace: Fix recursive locking direct_mutex in ftrace_modify_direct_caller

published December 9, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ftrace: Fix recursive locking direct_mutex in ftrace_modify_direct_caller

Naveen reported recursive locking of direct_mutex with sample

ftrace-direct-modify.ko:

[ 74.762406] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected

[ 74.762887] 6.0.0-rc6+ #33 Not tainted

[ 74.763216] --------------------------------------------

[ 74.763672] event-sample-fn/1084 is trying to acquire lock:

[ 74.764152] ffffffff86c9d6b0 (direct_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: \

register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.764922]

[ 74.764922] but task is already holding lock:

[ 74.765421] ffffffff86c9d6b0 (direct_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: \

modify_ftrace_direct+0x34/0x1f0

[ 74.766142]

[ 74.766142] other info that might help us debug this:

[ 74.766701] Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 74.766701]

[ 74.767216] CPU0

[ 74.767437] ----

[ 74.767656] lock(direct_mutex);

[ 74.767952] lock(direct_mutex);

[ 74.768245]

[ 74.768245] *** DEADLOCK ***

[ 74.768245]

[ 74.768750] May be due to missing lock nesting notation

[ 74.768750]

[ 74.769332] 1 lock held by event-sample-fn/1084:

[ 74.769731] #0: ffffffff86c9d6b0 (direct_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: \

modify_ftrace_direct+0x34/0x1f0

[ 74.770496]

[ 74.770496] stack backtrace:

[ 74.770884] CPU: 4 PID: 1084 Comm: event-sample-fn Not tainted ...

[ 74.771498] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), ...

[ 74.772474] Call Trace:

[ 74.772696] <TASK>

[ 74.772896] dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x5b

[ 74.773223] __lock_acquire.cold.74+0xac/0x2b7

[ 74.773616] lock_acquire+0xd2/0x310

[ 74.773936] ? register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.774357] ? lock_is_held_type+0xd8/0x130

[ 74.774744] ? my_tramp2+0x11/0x11 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.775213] __mutex_lock+0x99/0x1010

[ 74.775536] ? register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.775954] ? slab_free_freelist_hook.isra.43+0x115/0x160

[ 74.776424] ? ftrace_set_hash+0x195/0x220

[ 74.776779] ? register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.777194] ? kfree+0x3e1/0x440

[ 74.777482] ? my_tramp2+0x11/0x11 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.777941] ? __schedule+0xb40/0xb40

[ 74.778258] ? register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.778672] ? my_tramp1+0xf/0xf [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.779128] register_ftrace_function+0x1f/0x180

[ 74.779527] ? ftrace_set_filter_ip+0x33/0x70

[ 74.779910] ? __schedule+0xb40/0xb40

[ 74.780231] ? my_tramp1+0xf/0xf [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.780678] ? my_tramp2+0x11/0x11 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.781147] ftrace_modify_direct_caller+0x5b/0x90

[ 74.781563] ? 0xffffffffa0201000

[ 74.781859] ? my_tramp1+0xf/0xf [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.782309] modify_ftrace_direct+0x1b2/0x1f0

[ 74.782690] ? __schedule+0xb40/0xb40

[ 74.783014] ? simple_thread+0x2a/0xb0 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.783508] ? __schedule+0xb40/0xb40

[ 74.783832] ? my_tramp2+0x11/0x11 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.784294] simple_thread+0x76/0xb0 [ftrace_direct_modify]

[ 74.784766] kthread+0xf5/0x120

[ 74.785052] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20

[ 74.785464] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[ 74.785781] </TASK>

Fix this by using register_ftrace_function_nolock in

ftrace_modify_direct_caller.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00185 · 7.7th percentile
Published
2025-12-09T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 DEC 00:00Z
    ftrace: Fix recursive locking direct_mutex in ftrace_modify_direct_caller
    cvelistv5