linux-kernel - [char-misc v2] mei: trace: treat reg parameter as string

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Message-ID: <20260108065702.1224300-1-alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
Date: Thu,  8 Jan 2026 08:57:02 +0200
From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Reuven Abliyev <reuven.abliyev@...el.com>,
	Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [char-misc v2] mei: trace: treat reg parameter as string

Use the string wrapper to check sanity of the reg parameters,
store it value independently and prevent internal kernel data leaks.
Trace subsystem refuses to emit event with plain char*,
without the wrapper.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: a0a927d06d79 ("mei: me: add io register tracing")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>
---

V2: reword commit message
    add Fixes and stable

 drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
index 5312edbf5190..24fa321d88bd 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mei_reg_read,
 	TP_ARGS(dev, reg, offs, val),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__string(dev, dev_name(dev))
-		__field(const char *, reg)
+		__string(reg, reg)
 		__field(u32, offs)
 		__field(u32, val)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__assign_str(dev);
-		__entry->reg  = reg;
+		__assign_str(reg);
 		__entry->offs = offs;
 		__entry->val = val;
 	),
 	TP_printk("[%s] read %s:[%#x] = %#x",
-		  __get_str(dev), __entry->reg, __entry->offs, __entry->val)
+		  __get_str(dev), __get_str(reg), __entry->offs, __entry->val)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mei_reg_write,
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mei_reg_write,
 	TP_ARGS(dev, reg, offs, val),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__string(dev, dev_name(dev))
-		__field(const char *, reg)
+		__string(reg, reg)
 		__field(u32, offs)
 		__field(u32, val)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__assign_str(dev);
-		__entry->reg = reg;
+		__assign_str(reg);
 		__entry->offs = offs;
 		__entry->val = val;
 	),
 	TP_printk("[%s] write %s[%#x] = %#x",
-		  __get_str(dev), __entry->reg,  __entry->offs, __entry->val)
+		  __get_str(dev), __get_str(reg),  __entry->offs, __entry->val)
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mei_pci_cfg_read,
@@ -59,18 +59,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mei_pci_cfg_read,
 	TP_ARGS(dev, reg, offs, val),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__string(dev, dev_name(dev))
-		__field(const char *, reg)
+		__string(reg, reg)
 		__field(u32, offs)
 		__field(u32, val)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__assign_str(dev);
-		__entry->reg  = reg;
+		__assign_str(reg);
 		__entry->offs = offs;
 		__entry->val = val;
 	),
 	TP_printk("[%s] pci cfg read %s:[%#x] = %#x",
-		  __get_str(dev), __entry->reg, __entry->offs, __entry->val)
+		  __get_str(dev), __get_str(reg), __entry->offs, __entry->val)
 );
 
 #endif /* _MEI_TRACE_H_ */
-- 
2.43.0