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>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.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,
"Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/28] perf auxtrace: Harden auxtrace_error event handling
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 00:34:04 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260510033424.255812-14-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510033424.255812-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fix four issues in PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_ERROR handling:
1. auxtrace_error_name() takes a signed int parameter, but e->type
is __u32. A crafted value like 0xFFFFFFFF converts to -1, passes
the bounds check, and causes a negative array index. Fix by
changing the parameter to unsigned int.
2. The msg field is printed via %s without a length bound. The
min_size table only guarantees fields up to msg (offset 48), so
a truncated event has zero msg bytes within the event boundary.
Compute the available msg length from header.size, cap at
sizeof(e->msg), and use %.*s.
3. fmt >= 2 adds machine_pid and vcpu fields after msg[64]. Older
files may have fmt >= 2 but an event size that doesn't include
these fields. Add a size check in the swap handler to downgrade
fmt before the conditional field access, and a matching size
guard in the fprintf path for native-endian events (which are
mmap'd read-only and can't be modified in place).
4. python_process_auxtrace_error() had the same issues: msg was
passed to tuple_set_string() unbounded, and machine_pid/vcpu
were accessed unconditionally without checking fmt or event
size. Apply the same bounds checks.
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org # Running on a local machine
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.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/auxtrace.c | 24 +++++++++++++---
.../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/util/session.c | 18 ++++++++++--
3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index a224687ffbc1b5be..d9770e1d2f959fc4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ static const char * const auxtrace_error_type_name[] = {
[PERF_AUXTRACE_ERROR_ITRACE] = "instruction trace",
};
-static const char *auxtrace_error_name(int type)
+static const char *auxtrace_error_name(unsigned int type)
{
const char *error_type_name = NULL;
@@ -1775,6 +1775,7 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_auxtrace_error(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
struct perf_record_auxtrace_error *e = &event->auxtrace_error;
unsigned long long nsecs = e->time;
const char *msg = e->msg;
+ int msg_max;
int ret;
ret = fprintf(fp, " %s error type %u",
@@ -1792,11 +1793,26 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_auxtrace_error(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
if (!e->fmt)
msg = (const char *)&e->time;
- if (e->fmt >= 2 && e->machine_pid)
+ /* Bound msg to the bytes actually within the event, capped at the array size */
+ msg_max = (int)((void *)event + event->header.size - (void *)msg);
+ if (msg_max < 0)
+ msg_max = 0;
+ if (msg_max > (int)sizeof(e->msg))
+ msg_max = sizeof(e->msg);
+
+ /*
+ * Unlike the swap path which downgrades fmt in place,
+ * native-endian events are mmap'd read-only — check size
+ * instead to avoid accessing machine_pid/vcpu OOB.
+ */
+ if (e->fmt >= 2 &&
+ event->header.size >= offsetof(typeof(event->auxtrace_error), vcpu) +
+ sizeof(event->auxtrace_error.vcpu) &&
+ e->machine_pid)
ret += fprintf(fp, " machine_pid %d vcpu %d", e->machine_pid, e->vcpu);
- ret += fprintf(fp, " cpu %d pid %d tid %d ip %#"PRI_lx64" code %u: %s\n",
- e->cpu, e->pid, e->tid, e->ip, e->code, msg);
+ ret += fprintf(fp, " cpu %d pid %d tid %d ip %#"PRI_lx64" code %u: %.*s\n",
+ e->cpu, e->pid, e->tid, e->ip, e->code, msg_max, msg);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 5a30caaec73ef06b..5b8f629fd54cbe49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1614,6 +1614,9 @@ static void python_process_auxtrace_error(struct perf_session *session __maybe_u
const char *handler_name = "auxtrace_error";
unsigned long long tm = e->time;
const char *msg = e->msg;
+ s32 machine_pid = 0, vcpu = 0;
+ char msg_buf[MAX_AUXTRACE_ERROR_MSG + 1];
+ int msg_max;
PyObject *handler, *t;
handler = get_handler(handler_name);
@@ -1625,6 +1628,25 @@ static void python_process_auxtrace_error(struct perf_session *session __maybe_u
msg = (const char *)&e->time;
}
+ /* Bound msg to the bytes within the event, ensure NUL-termination */
+ msg_max = (int)((void *)event + event->header.size - (void *)msg);
+ if (msg_max <= 0) {
+ msg_buf[0] = '\0';
+ } else {
+ if (msg_max > (int)sizeof(msg_buf) - 1)
+ msg_max = sizeof(msg_buf) - 1;
+ memcpy(msg_buf, msg, msg_max);
+ msg_buf[msg_max] = '\0';
+ }
+
+ /* Only access fmt >= 2 fields if the event is large enough */
+ if (e->fmt >= 2 &&
+ event->header.size >= offsetof(typeof(event->auxtrace_error), vcpu) +
+ sizeof(event->auxtrace_error.vcpu)) {
+ machine_pid = e->machine_pid;
+ vcpu = e->vcpu;
+ }
+
t = tuple_new(11);
tuple_set_u32(t, 0, e->type);
@@ -1634,10 +1656,10 @@ static void python_process_auxtrace_error(struct perf_session *session __maybe_u
tuple_set_s32(t, 4, e->tid);
tuple_set_u64(t, 5, e->ip);
tuple_set_u64(t, 6, tm);
- tuple_set_string(t, 7, msg);
+ tuple_set_string(t, 7, msg_buf);
tuple_set_u32(t, 8, cpumode);
- tuple_set_s32(t, 9, e->machine_pid);
- tuple_set_s32(t, 10, e->vcpu);
+ tuple_set_s32(t, 9, machine_pid);
+ tuple_set_s32(t, 10, vcpu);
call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index c23899c42ef7af34..a2dba77c6a2b9d2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -747,8 +747,22 @@ static int perf_event__auxtrace_error_swap(union perf_event *event,
if (event->auxtrace_error.fmt)
event->auxtrace_error.time = bswap_64(event->auxtrace_error.time);
if (event->auxtrace_error.fmt >= 2) {
- event->auxtrace_error.machine_pid = bswap_32(event->auxtrace_error.machine_pid);
- event->auxtrace_error.vcpu = bswap_32(event->auxtrace_error.vcpu);
+ /*
+ * fmt >= 2 adds machine_pid and vcpu after msg[64].
+ * Older files may have fmt >= 2 but an event size
+ * that doesn't include these fields — downgrade to
+ * avoid swapping out of bounds.
+ */
+ if (event->header.size < offsetof(typeof(event->auxtrace_error), vcpu) +
+ sizeof(event->auxtrace_error.vcpu)) {
+ pr_warning("WARNING: PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_ERROR: fmt %u but event too small for machine_pid/vcpu (%u bytes), downgrading fmt\n",
+ event->auxtrace_error.fmt,
+ event->header.size);
+ event->auxtrace_error.fmt = 1;
+ } else {
+ event->auxtrace_error.machine_pid = bswap_32(event->auxtrace_error.machine_pid);
+ event->auxtrace_error.vcpu = bswap_32(event->auxtrace_error.vcpu);
+ }
}
return 0;
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-10 3:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-10 3:33 [PATCH 00/28] perf: Harden perf.data parsing against crafted/corrupted files Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 01/28] perf session: Add minimum event size validation table Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-11 19:01 ` Ian Rogers
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 02/28] perf tools: Fix event_contains() macro to verify full field extent Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 03/28] perf zstd: Fix compression error path in zstd_compress_stream_to_records() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 04/28] perf zstd: Fix multi-iteration decompression and error handling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 05/28] perf session: Fix PERF_RECORD_READ swap and dump for variable-length events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 06/28] perf session: Align auxtrace_info priv size before byte-swapping Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 07/28] perf session: Add validated swap infrastructure with null-termination checks Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:33 ` [PATCH 08/28] perf session: Use bounded copy for PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 09/28] perf session: Validate HEADER_ATTR alignment and attr.size before swapping Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 10/28] perf session: Validate nr fields against event size on both swap and common paths Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 11/28] perf header: Byte-swap build ID event pid and bounds check section entries Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 12/28] perf cpumap: Reject RANGE_CPUS with start_cpu > end_cpu Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 14/28] perf session: Add byte-swap and bounds check for PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 15/28] perf header: Validate null-termination in PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE string fields Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 16/28] perf tools: Bounds check perf_event_attr fields against attr.size before printing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 17/28] perf header: Propagate feature section processing errors Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 18/28] perf header: Validate f_attr.ids section before use in perf_session__read_header() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 19/28] perf header: Validate feature section size and add read path bounds checking Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 20/28] perf header: Sanity check HEADER_EVENT_DESC attr.size before swap Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 21/28] perf header: Validate bitmap size before allocating in do_read_bitmap() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 22/28] perf session: Add byte-swap for PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED2 events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 23/28] perf tools: Harden compressed event processing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 24/28] perf session: Check for decompression buffer size overflow Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 25/28] perf session: Bound nr_cpus_avail and validate sample CPU Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 26/28] perf timechart: Bounds check cpu_id and fix topology_map allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 27/28] perf kwork: Bounds check work->cpu before indexing cpus_runtime[] Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-05-10 3:34 ` [PATCH 28/28] perf test: Add truncated perf.data robustness test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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