From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
"Claude Opus 4.6" <noreply@anthropic.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCHES v1 00/11] perf tools: Assorted fixes
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 20:29:13 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260607232925.1935819-1-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
Hi,
Sixth batch of pre-existing bug fixes found by sashiko-bot AI review
during the perf-data-validation hardening series. All bugs are latent
in existing code — none were introduced by the hardening patches.
Three broad categories:
1. snprintf() accumulation overflows (patches 2, 9, 10, 11):
Several functions accumulate formatted output via ret += snprintf().
snprintf() returns the would-have-been-written count, so on truncation
ret overshoots the buffer size and the next 'size - ret' underflows
to a huge unsigned value, disabling bounds checking. Switched to
scnprintf() which returns actual bytes written.
Affected: cpu_map__snprint(), snprintf_hex(),
synthesize_bpf_prog_name(), hists__scnprintf_title(),
build_id__snprintf(), hwmon_pmu__describe_items().
2. Missing safety checks on untrusted data (patches 1, 3, 6, 7):
- get_max_num(): size_t underflow on empty sysfs file causes heap
over-read.
- machine__resolve(): unguarded env->cpu[] access with untrusted
CPU index — switched to perf_env__get_cpu_topology() accessor.
- timehist: test_bit(prio, ...) without bounds check on untrusted
tracepoint priority.
- idle-hist: rb_first_cached() on a tree populated with plain
rb_insert_color() — rb_leftmost never set, callchains silently
dropped.
3. Resource hygiene (patches 4, 5, 8):
- mbind() bitmap allocation one bit short of what kernel reads.
- bitmap_free() without NULLing the pointer (3 call sites).
- O_CLOEXEC missing from open() calls in DSO and ELF code
(12 call sites across 2 files).
Also expanded the libperf ABI TODO (tools/lib/perf/TODO) to emphasize
the code simplification argument for widening struct perf_cpu.cpu from
int16_t to int — the narrow type forces defensive truncation checks at
every boundary where wider CPU indices are narrowed.
tools/lib/perf/TODO | 7 +++++++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 1 +
tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 7 +++++--
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 11 ++++++-----
tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/cpumap.c | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 4 ++--
tools/perf/util/event.c | 9 +++++++--
tools/perf/util/header.c | 4 +++-
tools/perf/util/hist.c | 7 ++++---
tools/perf/util/hwmon_pmu.c | 12 ++++++------
tools/perf/util/mmap.c | 4 +++-
tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
13 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Thanks,
- Arnaldo
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-07 23:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-07 23:29 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 01/11] perf tools: Fix get_max_num() size_t underflow on empty sysfs file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 02/11] perf tools: Use scnprintf() in cpu_map__snprint() to prevent overflow Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 03/11] perf tools: Use perf_env__get_cpu_topology() in machine__resolve() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 04/11] perf mmap: Fix mbind() maxnode vs bitmap allocation mismatch in aio_bind Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 05/11] perf tools: NULL bitmap pointers after bitmap_free() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 06/11] perf sched: Bounds-check prio before test_bit() in timehist Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 07/11] perf sched: Fix idle-hist callchain display using wrong rb_first variant Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 08/11] perf tools: Add O_CLOEXEC to open() calls in DSO and ELF code Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 09/11] perf bpf: Use scnprintf() in snprintf_hex() and synthesize_bpf_prog_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 10/11] perf hists: Fix snprintf() in hists__scnprintf_title() UID filter path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-07 23:29 ` [PATCH 11/11] perf tools: Use scnprintf() in build_id__snprintf() and hwmon read_events() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-07 23:49 ` sashiko-bot
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