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@kernel.org, Blake Jones <blakejones@google.com>,
"Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 14/27] perf session: Add byte-swap and bounds check for PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA events
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 22:09:59 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260521011027.622268-15-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260521011027.622268-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA has no entry in perf_event__swap_ops[], so its
nr_entries field is never byte-swapped when reading a cross-endian
perf.data file. Downstream processing in
perf_event__fprintf_bpf_metadata() loops over nr_entries, so a
foreign-endian value causes out-of-bounds reads.
Add a swap handler that byte-swaps nr_entries after validating that
header.size is large enough. The entries[] array contains only char
arrays (key/value strings), so no per-entry swap is needed — but ensure
NUL-termination on the writable cross-endian path.
Validate header.size, nr_entries, and string NUL-termination in the
common event delivery path so that native-endian files with malicious
values are also rejected. Snapshot nr_entries via READ_ONCE() before
validation — the event is on a MAP_SHARED mmap that could theoretically
change between the bounds check and the loop.
Fixes: ab38e84ba9a8 ("perf record: collect BPF metadata from existing BPF programs")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org # Running on a local machine
Cc: Blake Jones <blakejones@google.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/session.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 5b089da2245457e7..928775f727c497cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -933,6 +933,45 @@ static int perf_event__time_conv_swap(union perf_event *event,
return 0;
}
+static int perf_event__bpf_metadata_swap(union perf_event *event,
+ bool sample_id_all __maybe_unused)
+{
+ u64 i, nr, max_nr;
+
+ /* Fixed header must fit before accessing nr_entries or prog_name */
+ if (event->header.size < sizeof(event->bpf_metadata))
+ return -1;
+
+ event->bpf_metadata.nr_entries = bswap_64(event->bpf_metadata.nr_entries);
+
+ /*
+ * Ensure NUL-termination on the cross-endian path where the
+ * mapping is writable (MAP_PRIVATE + PROT_WRITE). Fixing
+ * the string in place is preferred over rejecting because it
+ * preserves the event for downstream processing — only the
+ * last byte is lost.
+ *
+ * The native-endian path (MAP_SHARED + PROT_READ) cannot
+ * write, so it validates and skips unterminated events in
+ * perf_session__process_user_event() instead. The two
+ * strategies produce different outcomes for the same
+ * malformed input (fix vs skip), which is inherent in the
+ * writable-vs-read-only mapping model.
+ */
+ event->bpf_metadata.prog_name[BPF_PROG_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+ nr = event->bpf_metadata.nr_entries;
+ max_nr = (event->header.size - sizeof(event->bpf_metadata)) /
+ sizeof(event->bpf_metadata.entries[0]);
+ if (nr > max_nr)
+ nr = max_nr;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ event->bpf_metadata.entries[i].key[BPF_METADATA_KEY_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+ event->bpf_metadata.entries[i].value[BPF_METADATA_VALUE_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
static int
perf_event__schedstat_cpu_swap(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
bool sample_id_all __maybe_unused)
@@ -1032,6 +1071,7 @@ static perf_event__swap_op perf_event__swap_ops[] = {
[PERF_RECORD_STAT_ROUND] = perf_event__stat_round_swap,
[PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE] = perf_event__event_update_swap,
[PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV] = perf_event__time_conv_swap,
+ [PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA] = perf_event__bpf_metadata_swap,
[PERF_RECORD_SCHEDSTAT_CPU] = perf_event__schedstat_cpu_swap,
[PERF_RECORD_SCHEDSTAT_DOMAIN] = perf_event__schedstat_domain_swap,
[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX] = NULL,
@@ -2172,9 +2212,52 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session,
case PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_INIT:
err = tool->finished_init(tool, session, event);
break;
- case PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA:
+ case PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA: {
+ u64 nr_entries, max_entries;
+
+ if (event->header.size < sizeof(event->bpf_metadata)) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA: header.size (%u) too small, skipping\n",
+ event->header.size);
+ err = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Native-endian files are mmap'd read-only — validate
+ * NUL-termination instead of writing.
+ */
+ if (strnlen(event->bpf_metadata.prog_name,
+ BPF_PROG_NAME_LEN) == BPF_PROG_NAME_LEN) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA: prog_name not null-terminated, skipping\n");
+ err = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* Snapshot — event is mmap'd and could change between reads */
+ nr_entries = READ_ONCE(event->bpf_metadata.nr_entries);
+ max_entries = (event->header.size - sizeof(event->bpf_metadata)) /
+ sizeof(event->bpf_metadata.entries[0]);
+ if (nr_entries > max_entries) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA: nr_entries %" PRIu64 " exceeds max %" PRIu64 ", skipping\n",
+ nr_entries, max_entries);
+ err = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ for (u64 i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) {
+ if (strnlen(event->bpf_metadata.entries[i].key,
+ BPF_METADATA_KEY_LEN) == BPF_METADATA_KEY_LEN ||
+ strnlen(event->bpf_metadata.entries[i].value,
+ BPF_METADATA_VALUE_LEN) == BPF_METADATA_VALUE_LEN) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA: entry %" PRIu64 " key/value not null-terminated, skipping\n", i);
+ err = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+
err = tool->bpf_metadata(tool, session, event);
break;
+ }
case PERF_RECORD_SCHEDSTAT_CPU:
err = tool->schedstat_cpu(tool, session, event);
break;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-21 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-21 1:09 [PATCHES 00/27] perf.data validation and hardening Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 01/27] perf session: Add minimum event size and alignment validation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 13:01 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 02/27] perf tools: Fix event_contains() macro to verify full field extent Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 03/27] perf zstd: Fix compression error path in zstd_compress_stream_to_records() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 04/27] perf zstd: Fix multi-iteration decompression and error handling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 05/27] perf session: Fix PERF_RECORD_READ swap and dump for variable-length events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 06/27] perf session: Fix swap_sample_id_all() crash on crafted events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 07/27] perf session: Add validated swap infrastructure with null-termination checks Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 08/27] perf session: Use bounded copy for PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 09/27] perf session: Validate HEADER_ATTR attr.size before swapping Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 2:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 10/27] perf session: Validate nr fields against event size on both swap and common paths Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 11/27] perf header: Byte-swap build ID event pid and bounds check section entries Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 12/27] perf cpumap: Reject RANGE_CPUS with start_cpu > end_cpu Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` [PATCH 13/27] perf auxtrace: Harden auxtrace_error event handling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:09 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-05-21 2:23 ` [PATCH 14/27] perf session: Add byte-swap and bounds check for PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA events sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 15/27] perf header: Validate null-termination in PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE string fields Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 16/27] perf tools: Bounds check perf_event_attr fields against attr.size before printing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 17/27] perf header: Propagate feature section processing errors Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 18/27] perf header: Validate f_attr.ids section before use in perf_session__read_header() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 19/27] perf header: Validate feature section size and add read path bounds checking Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 2:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 20/27] perf header: Sanity check HEADER_EVENT_DESC attr.size before swap Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 21/27] perf header: Validate bitmap size before allocating in do_read_bitmap() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 22/27] perf session: Add byte-swap for PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED2 events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 23/27] perf tools: Harden compressed event processing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 24/27] perf session: Check for decompression buffer size overflow Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 25/27] perf session: Bound nr_cpus_avail and validate sample CPU Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 2:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 26/27] perf kwork: Bounds check work->cpu before indexing cpus_runtime[] Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 1:10 ` [PATCH 27/27] perf test: Add truncated perf.data robustness test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-21 2:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-21 12:57 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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