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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue()
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:54:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615225439.EF5CE1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615223249.36598-6-acme@kernel.org>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Missing NULL checks on `etmq` and `etmq->decoder` lead to segmentation faults on malformed or out-of-bounds auxtrace queues.
--

commit 97b84b25fe94e957ad4cb91dac4d3e8d49fe5b1d
Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue()

cs_etm__get_queue() indexes etm->queues.queue_array[cpu] without
validating that cpu is within nr_queues. When processing
AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID events, the cpu value comes from untrusted perf.data
trace payload and flows through cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1() and
cs_etm__queue_aux_fragment() without bounds checking, allowing an
out-of-bounds read with a crafted file. Add a bounds check in
cs_etm__get_queue() and NULL checks in all callers.

> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> index d121c8f22028d..5d0664ff73b79 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -318,6 +324,9 @@ static int cs_etm__map_trace_id_v0(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, u8 trace_chan_id
>  		int ret;
>  
>  		etmq = etm->queues.queue_array[i].priv;
> +		if (!etmq)
> +			continue;
> +

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but since we are adding NULL checks for the priv
field here because auxtrace_queues__grow() zero-initializes new entries, are
there other places that might still be vulnerable to this?

For example, in cs_etm__process_auxtrace_event(), we index into the queue array
and pass the priv field directly to cs_etm__dump_event():

	err = auxtrace_queues__add_event(&etm->queues, session,
					 event, data_offset, &buffer);
	if (err)
		return err;

	if (dump_trace)
		if (auxtrace_buffer__get_data(buffer, fd)) {
			cs_etm__dump_event(etm->queues.queue_array[idx].priv, buffer);
			auxtrace_buffer__put_data(buffer);
		}

Then cs_etm__dump_event() unconditionally dereferences etmq->decoder, which
causes a segmentation fault if etmq is NULL:

static void cs_etm__dump_event(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
			       struct auxtrace_buffer *buffer)
{
	...
	color_fprintf(stdout, color,
		     ". ... CoreSight %s Trace data: size %#zx bytes\n",
		     cs_etm_decoder__get_name(etmq->decoder), buffer->size);

Additionally, if the queue is empty during decoder creation, etmq->decoder can
be NULL. Later in cs_etm__decode_data_block(), etmq->decoder is passed without
a NULL check:

	ret = cs_etm_decoder__process_data_block(etmq->decoder,
						 etmq->offset,

Could this be triggered by a malformed or out-of-bounds auxtrace index,
resulting in a crash?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260615223249.36598-1-acme@kernel.org?part=5

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-15 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-15 22:32 [PATCHES v2 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf machine: Propagate machine__init() error to callers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:52   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 3/9] perf cs-etm: Validate num_cpu before metadata allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:48   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 4/9] perf cs-etm: Require full global header in auxtrace_info size check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:54   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 6/9] perf c2c: Free format list entries when c2c_hists__init() fails Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 7/9] perf c2c: Fix hist entry and format list leaks in c2c_he_free() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 23:04   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 8/9] perf bpf: Validate array presence before casting BPF prog info pointers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 23:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 9/9] perf dso: Set standard errno on decompression failure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-06-16  2:27 [PATCHES v4 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  2:27 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  2:48   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16  1:08 [PATCHES v3 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  1:08 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-16  1:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-15 21:36 [PATCHES v1 0/9] perf tools: Fix pre-existing bugs in machine, cs-etm, c2c, bpf, and dso Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:36 ` [PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 21:54   ` sashiko-bot

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