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@redhat.com>,
sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
"Claude Opus 4.6" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/15] perf symbols: Validate p_filesz before use in filename__read_build_id()
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:34:30 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260612003444.50723-3-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260612003444.50723-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
filename__read_build_id() stores ELF p_filesz in a ssize_t variable.
A crafted 32-bit ELF with p_filesz = 0xFFFFFFFF produces ssize_t value
-1. The comparison `p_filesz > buf_size` evaluates false because signed
-1 is less than any non-negative buf_size, so the realloc is skipped and
buf remains NULL.
The subsequent read(fd, NULL, -1) returns -1, which equals p_filesz,
passing the error check. read_build_id() then dereferences the NULL
buffer.
Add an explicit check for p_filesz <= 0 before using the value,
catching both zero-length and sign-wrapped negative sizes from crafted
ELF files.
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: ba0b7081f7a521d7 ("perf symbol-minimal: Fix ehdr reading in filename__read_build_id")
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index f4b0a711a62cf3de..0a71d146395271a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
continue;
p_filesz = elf32 ? hdrs.phdr32[i].p_filesz : hdrs.phdr64[i].p_filesz;
+ /* ssize_t can go negative with crafted ELF p_filesz values */
+ if (p_filesz <= 0)
+ continue;
if (p_filesz > buf_size) {
void *tmp;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-12 0:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-12 0:34 [PATCHES v1 00/15] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in symbols, dso, bpf, sched, c2c, hwmon, and cs-etm Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 01/15] perf symbols: Fix bswap copy-paste error for 32-bit ELF p_filesz Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 03/15] perf symbols: Use fixed buffer in sysfs__read_build_id() for no-libelf build Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 04/15] perf symbols: Break infinite loop on zero-filled notes in sysfs__read_build_id() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 05/15] perf dso: Fix heap overflow in dso__get_filename() on decompressed path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 06/15] perf dso: Set error code when open() fails on uncompressed fallback path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 07/15] perf tools: Use snprintf() for root_dir path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 2:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 08/15] perf hwmon: Fix fd check to accept fd 0 in hwmon_pmu__describe_items() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 09/15] perf sched: Replace (void*)1 sentinel with proper runtime allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 10/15] perf bpf: Validate func_info_rec_size and sub_id in synthesize_bpf_prog_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 11/15] perf bpf: Reject oversized BPF metadata events that truncate header.size Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 12/15] perf bpf: Bounds-check array offsets in bpil_offs_to_addr() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 13/15] perf c2c: Free format list entries when releasing c2c hist entries Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 14/15] perf symbols: Add O_NONBLOCK to DSO open() calls for untrusted paths Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 4:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 5:52 ` Ian Rogers
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 15/15] perf cs-etm: Reject CPU IDs that would overflow signed comparison Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 1:00 ` sashiko-bot
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