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 14/15] perf symbols: Add O_NONBLOCK to DSO open() calls for untrusted paths
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:34:42 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260612003444.50723-15-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260612003444.50723-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
DSO paths from perf.data MMAP events could reference FIFOs, device
nodes, or other special files. Opening such paths without O_NONBLOCK
can hang perf report/script indefinitely waiting for a writer or device.
Add O_NONBLOCK to all open() calls in the DSO symbol resolution paths:
filename__read_build_id(), filename__read_debuglink(), symsrc__init(),
do_open(), filename__decompress(), and __dso__read_symbol().
O_NONBLOCK is a no-op on regular files but prevents blocking on special
files, following the systemd "foreign file" convention. Also add missing
O_CLOEXEC flags in symbol-minimal.c for consistency.
Fixes: a08cae03f430b971 ("perf tools: Allow to close dso fd in case of open failure")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/finding/6
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 6 +++---
tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 7 ++++---
tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 1a2fc6d18da74d6c..dc0c8b9c63017239 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int filename__decompress(const char *name, char *pathname,
* descriptor to the uncompressed file.
*/
if (!compressions[comp].is_compressed(name)) {
- fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
*err = errno;
if (pathname && len > 0)
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static void close_first_dso(void);
static int do_open(char *name) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(_dso__data_open_lock)
{
do {
- int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
+ int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC|O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd >= 0)
return fd;
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ static const u8 *__dso__read_symbol(struct dso *dso, const char *symfs_filename,
int saved_errno;
nsinfo__mountns_enter(dso__nsinfo(dso), &nsc);
- fd = open(symfs_filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ fd = open(symfs_filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
saved_errno = errno;
nsinfo__mountns_exit(&nsc);
if (fd < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index dc48e2d2763379b9..01c7b09fc82bcddb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ static int read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
if (size < BUILD_ID_SIZE)
goto out;
- fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ /* O_NONBLOCK avoids hangs on FIFOs/devices from crafted perf.data paths */
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
goto out;
@@ -1022,7 +1023,7 @@ int filename__read_debuglink(const char *filename, char *debuglink,
if (err >= 0)
goto out;
- fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
goto out;
@@ -1187,7 +1188,7 @@ int symsrc__init(struct symsrc *ss, struct dso *dso, const char *name,
type = dso__symtab_type(dso);
} else {
- fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0) {
*dso__load_errno(dso) = errno;
return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index ea2de3d50d33cf33..dc4a06b2a03ad3cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int filename__read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
if (!is_regular_file(filename))
return errno == 0 ? -EWOULDBLOCK : -errno;
- fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
return -1;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int sysfs__read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
char buf[BUFSIZ] __aligned(4);
ssize_t len;
- fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+ fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
return -1;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int sysfs__read_build_id(const char *filename, struct build_id *bid)
int symsrc__init(struct symsrc *ss, struct dso *dso, const char *name,
enum dso_binary_type type)
{
- int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
+ int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0)
goto out_errno;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-12 0:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-12 0:34 [PATCHES v1 00/15] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in symbols, dso, bpf, sched, c2c, hwmon, and cs-etm Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 01/15] perf symbols: Fix bswap copy-paste error for 32-bit ELF p_filesz Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 02/15] perf symbols: Validate p_filesz before use in filename__read_build_id() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 03/15] perf symbols: Use fixed buffer in sysfs__read_build_id() for no-libelf build Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 04/15] perf symbols: Break infinite loop on zero-filled notes in sysfs__read_build_id() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 05/15] perf dso: Fix heap overflow in dso__get_filename() on decompressed path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 06/15] perf dso: Set error code when open() fails on uncompressed fallback path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 07/15] perf tools: Use snprintf() for root_dir path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 2:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 08/15] perf hwmon: Fix fd check to accept fd 0 in hwmon_pmu__describe_items() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 09/15] perf sched: Replace (void*)1 sentinel with proper runtime allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 10/15] perf bpf: Validate func_info_rec_size and sub_id in synthesize_bpf_prog_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 11/15] perf bpf: Reject oversized BPF metadata events that truncate header.size Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 12/15] perf bpf: Bounds-check array offsets in bpil_offs_to_addr() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 13/15] perf c2c: Free format list entries when releasing c2c hist entries Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 0:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-12 0:34 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-12 0:34 ` [PATCH 15/15] perf cs-etm: Reject CPU IDs that would overflow signed comparison Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-12 1:00 ` sashiko-bot
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