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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>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	"Claude Opus 4.6" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/23] perf intel-pt: Fix snprintf size tracking bug in insn decoder
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:51:40 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610195157.2091137-8-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610195157.2091137-1-acme@kernel.org>

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

dump_insn() tracks remaining buffer space with a 'left' variable,
but the loop subtracts the cumulative offset 'n' each iteration
instead of just the per-iteration delta:

    n += snprintf(x->out + n, left, "%02x ", inbuf[i]);
    left -= n;  /* BUG: n is cumulative, not the delta */

After two iterations left goes massively negative, wrapping to a
huge value when passed as size_t to snprintf(), disabling all bounds
checking for the rest of the loop.

Switch to scnprintf() accumulation using sizeof(x->out) - n as the
remaining space, which is always correct and eliminates the separate
'left' variable entirely.

Fixes: 48d02a1d5c137d36 ("perf script: Add 'brstackinsn' for branch stacks")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c     | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c
index 72c7a4e15d617b60..f90fcbc4302df58f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ const char *dump_insn(struct perf_insn *x, uint64_t ip __maybe_unused,
 {
 	struct insn insn;
 	int n, i, ret;
-	int left;
 
 	ret = insn_decode(&insn, inbuf, inlen,
 			  x->is64bit ? INSN_MODE_64 : INSN_MODE_32);
@@ -229,13 +228,9 @@ const char *dump_insn(struct perf_insn *x, uint64_t ip __maybe_unused,
 		return "<bad>";
 	if (lenp)
 		*lenp = insn.length;
-	left = sizeof(x->out);
-	n = snprintf(x->out, left, "insn: ");
-	left -= n;
-	for (i = 0; i < insn.length; i++) {
-		n += snprintf(x->out + n, left, "%02x ", inbuf[i]);
-		left -= n;
-	}
+	n = scnprintf(x->out, sizeof(x->out), "insn: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < insn.length; i++)
+		n += scnprintf(x->out + n, sizeof(x->out) - n, "%02x ", inbuf[i]);
 	return x->out;
 }
 
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-10 19:52 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 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 12/23] perf symbols: Bounds-check descsz in sysfs__read_build_id() GNU fallback Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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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