1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index c86e6d4f67fb..87b6db4ccbc5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ static int create_trace_uprobe(int argc, char **argv)
                 goto fail_address_parse;
 
         inode = igrab(path.dentry->d_inode);
+        if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto fail_address_parse;
+        }
 
         argc -= 2;
         argv += 2;
@@ -356,7 +360,7 @@ fail_address_parse:
         if (inode)
                 iput(inode);
 
-        pr_info("Failed to parse address.\n");
+        pr_info("Failed to parse address or file.\n");
 
         return ret;
 }