public inbox for linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	 Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	 James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>,
	 linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf disasm: Fix potential use-after-free on fileloc
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2026 16:22:22 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260307002222.2463509-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)

The fileloc is a copy of a pointer to a string but in places like
symbol_disassemble__llvm this string appears to be freed setting up
potential use-after-frees:

llvm.c:
```
		dl = disasm_line__new(args);
		if (dl == NULL)
			goto err;

		annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);

		free(args->fileloc);
```
disasm.c:
```
static void annotation_line__init(struct annotation_line *al,
				  struct annotate_args *args,
				  int nr)
{
	al->offset = args->offset;
	al->line = strdup(args->line);
	al->line_nr = args->line_nr;
	al->fileloc = args->fileloc;
	al->data_nr = nr;
}

struct disasm_line *disasm_line__new(struct annotate_args *args)
{
	struct disasm_line *dl = NULL;
	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(args->ms->sym);
	int nr = notes->src->nr_events;

	dl = zalloc(disasm_line_size(nr));
	if (!dl)
		return NULL;

	annotation_line__init(&dl->al, args, nr);
```

Fix this by making the fileloc a copy of the underlying string in its
init/exit.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/disasm.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
index ddcc488f2e5f..3fcb3634a7e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/disasm.c
@@ -908,13 +908,14 @@ static void annotation_line__init(struct annotation_line *al,
 	al->offset = args->offset;
 	al->line = strdup(args->line);
 	al->line_nr = args->line_nr;
-	al->fileloc = args->fileloc;
+	al->fileloc = args->fileloc ? strdup(args->fileloc) : NULL;
 	al->data_nr = nr;
 }
 
 static void annotation_line__exit(struct annotation_line *al)
 {
 	zfree_srcline(&al->path);
+	zfree(&al->fileloc);
 	zfree(&al->line);
 	zfree(&al->cycles);
 	zfree(&al->br_cntr);
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ struct disasm_line *disasm_line__new(struct annotate_args *args)
 
 	annotation_line__init(&dl->al, args, nr);
 	if (dl->al.line == NULL)
-		goto out_delete;
+		goto out_free_line;
 
 	if (args->offset != -1) {
 		if (arch__is_powerpc(args->arch)) {
@@ -965,8 +966,7 @@ struct disasm_line *disasm_line__new(struct annotate_args *args)
 	return dl;
 
 out_free_line:
-	zfree(&dl->al.line);
-out_delete:
+	annotation_line__exit(&dl->al);
 	free(dl);
 	return NULL;
 }
-- 
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-07  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-07  0:22 Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-03-12  1:17 ` [PATCH v2] perf disasm: Fix potential use-after-free on fileloc Namhyung Kim

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260307002222.2463509-1-irogers@google.com \
    --to=irogers@google.com \
    --cc=acme@kernel.org \
    --cc=adrian.hunter@intel.com \
    --cc=atrajeev@linux.ibm.com \
    --cc=james.clark@linaro.org \
    --cc=jolsa@kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mingo@redhat.com \
    --cc=namhyung@kernel.org \
    --cc=peterz@infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox