[PATCH] tracing/filters: disallow integer values for stringfilters and vice versa

[Tom Zanussi]

Make sure filters for string fields don't use integer values and vice
versa.  Getting it wrong can crash the system or produce bogus
results.  

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx>

---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 9fca8bb..026be41 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -237,9 +237,14 @@ int filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct filter_pred *pred)
 	pred->offset = field->offset;
 
 	if (is_string_field(field->type)) {
+		if (!pred->str_val)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		pred->fn = filter_pred_string;
 		pred->str_len = field->size;
 		return __filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+	} else {
+		if (pred->str_val)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	switch (field->size) {
-- 
1.5.6.3



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