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>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] perf auxtrace: Fix queue grow overflow and old array leak
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:17:02 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727161705.64807-3-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727161705.64807-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
auxtrace_queues__grow() has two bugs:
1. When idx is UINT_MAX, the caller passes new_nr_queues = idx + 1 = 0.
The function skips growing (since any nr_queues >= 0), returns
success, and the caller accesses queue_array[UINT_MAX] — an OOB
heap write. Fix by rejecting new_nr_queues == 0 up front.
2. The function allocates a new queue_array via calloc and copies
elements from the old array, but never frees the old array. Fix
by saving the old pointer and freeing it after the copy.
Fixes: e502789302a6ece9 ("perf auxtrace: Add helpers for queuing AUX area tracing data")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 0b851f32e98c8517..aa749e1c30365a02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -251,8 +251,12 @@ static int auxtrace_queues__grow(struct auxtrace_queues *queues,
{
unsigned int nr_queues = queues->nr_queues;
struct auxtrace_queue *queue_array;
+ struct auxtrace_queue *old_array = queues->queue_array;
unsigned int i;
+ if (!new_nr_queues)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (!nr_queues)
nr_queues = AUXTRACE_INIT_NR_QUEUES;
@@ -267,16 +271,17 @@ static int auxtrace_queues__grow(struct auxtrace_queues *queues,
return -ENOMEM;
for (i = 0; i < queues->nr_queues; i++) {
- list_splice_tail(&queues->queue_array[i].head,
+ list_splice_tail(&old_array[i].head,
&queue_array[i].head);
- queue_array[i].tid = queues->queue_array[i].tid;
- queue_array[i].cpu = queues->queue_array[i].cpu;
- queue_array[i].set = queues->queue_array[i].set;
- queue_array[i].priv = queues->queue_array[i].priv;
+ queue_array[i].tid = old_array[i].tid;
+ queue_array[i].cpu = old_array[i].cpu;
+ queue_array[i].set = old_array[i].set;
+ queue_array[i].priv = old_array[i].priv;
}
queues->nr_queues = nr_queues;
queues->queue_array = queue_array;
+ free(old_array);
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 16:17 [PATCHES 0/5 v1] perf tools auxtrace hardening series Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-07-27 16:17 ` [PATCH 1/5] perf thread-stack: Fix heap buffer overflow on branch stack wrap copy Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-07-27 16:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 16:17 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-07-27 16:29 ` [PATCH 2/5] perf auxtrace: Fix queue grow overflow and old array leak sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 16:17 ` [PATCH 3/5] perf intel-pt: Fix off-by-one in auxtrace_info minimum size check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-07-27 16:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 16:17 ` [PATCH 4/5] perf intel-bts: " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-07-27 16:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 16:17 ` [PATCH 5/5] perf arm-spe: Reject zero nr_cpu in metadata to prevent division by zero Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-07-27 16:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-27 16:31 ` [PATCHES 0/5 v1] perf tools auxtrace hardening series James Clark
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