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 12/23] perf symbols: Bounds-check descsz in sysfs__read_build_id() GNU fallback
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:51:45 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610195157.2091137-13-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610195157.2091137-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
When sysfs__read_build_id() matches NT_GNU_BUILD_ID with the right
namesz but the name content is not "GNU", it falls back to reading
descsz bytes into the stack buffer bf[BUFSIZ]:
} else if (read(fd, bf, descsz) != (ssize_t)descsz)
Unlike the else branch which validates namesz + descsz against
sizeof(bf), this path passes descsz directly to read() without any
bounds check. A crafted sysfs file with a large n_descsz overflows
the 8192-byte stack buffer.
Add a descsz > sizeof(bf) check before the read, breaking out of
the loop on oversized values.
Fixes: e5a1845fc0aeca85 ("perf symbols: Split out util/symbol-elf.c")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 36a0304707e13138..06cfb84f86eb2f64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -961,8 +961,13 @@ int sysfs__read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
err = 0;
break;
}
- } else if (read(fd, bf, descsz) != (ssize_t)descsz)
- break;
+ } else {
+ /* descsz from untrusted file — clamp to buffer */
+ if (descsz > sizeof(bf))
+ break;
+ if (read(fd, bf, descsz) != (ssize_t)descsz)
+ break;
+ }
} else {
size_t n;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 19:51 [PATCHES v1 00/23] perf tools: Fix OOB accesses, leaks, and missing bounds checks across pmu/symbols/bpf/hwmon Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 01/23] perf pmu: Fix pmu_id() heap underwrite on empty identifier file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 02/23] perf pmu: Fix perf_pmu__parse_scale/unit() OOB access on empty sysfs file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 03/23] tools lib api: Fix missing null termination in filename__read_int/ull() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 04/23] perf symbols: Fix signed overflow in sysfs__read_build_id() size check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 05/23] perf symbols: Bounds-check .gnu_debuglink section data Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 06/23] perf tools: Use mkostemp() for O_CLOEXEC on temporary files Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 07/23] perf intel-pt: Fix snprintf size tracking bug in insn decoder Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 08/23] perf tools: Fix thread__set_comm_from_proc() on empty comm file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 09/23] perf hwmon: Fix off-by-one null termination on sysfs reads Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 10/23] perf hwmon: Use scnprintf() in hwmon_pmu__for_each_event() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 11/23] perf hwmon: Fix parse_hwmon_filename() strlcpy buffer overflow Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 13/23] perf tools: Fix uninitialized pathname on uncompressed fallback in filename__decompress() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-10 21:52 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 22:16 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 14/23] perf hwmon: Guard label read against empty or failed reads Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 15/23] perf pmu: Use scnprintf() in format_alias() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 16/23] perf tools: Use snprintf() in dso__read_running_kernel_build_id() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 17/23] tools lib api: Fix filename__write_int() writing uninitialized stack data Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 18/23] tools lib api: Fix mount_overload() snprintf truncation and toupper range Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 19/23] perf bpf: Add NULL check for btf__type_by_id() in synthesize_bpf_prog_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 20/23] perf bpf: Fix map data leak in bpf_metadata_create() on alloc failure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 21/23] perf bpf: Fix metadata leak in perf_env__add_bpf_info() on duplicate insert Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 22/23] perf symbols: Add bounds checks to elf_read_build_id() note iteration Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 19:51 ` [PATCH 23/23] perf symbols: Add bounds checks to read_build_id() note iteration in minimal build Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-10 20:15 ` sashiko-bot
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