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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>,
	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 04/28] perf zstd: Fix multi-iteration decompression and error handling
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 00:33:55 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260510033424.255812-5-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260510033424.255812-1-acme@kernel.org>

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

zstd_decompress_stream() has two bugs in its multi-iteration loop:

1. After each ZSTD_decompressStream() call, the code advances
   output.dst by output.pos but doesn't reset output.pos to 0.
   ZSTD interprets output.pos relative to output.dst, so the
   next iteration writes at (dst + pos) + pos = dst + 2*pos,
   skipping a gap and potentially writing out of bounds.

2. On ZSTD_decompressStream() error, the loop executes break
   and returns output.pos (which is > 0 if some bytes were
   decompressed before the error).  The caller checks
   !decomp_size and skips the error, silently accepting
   truncated or corrupted data.

Fix both by removing the output buffer adjustment — ZSTD
correctly accumulates output.pos across calls without it.
Return 0 on decompression error so the caller detects it.
Add a no-progress guard to prevent infinite loops if the
output buffer fills before all input is consumed.

Note: the compressed event data_size is validated against
header.size by a subsequent patch in this series
("perf tools: Harden compressed event processing").

Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org # Running on a local machine
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/zstd.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zstd.c b/tools/perf/util/zstd.c
index fde9907cf4768eff..377be0505e50a493 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zstd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zstd.c
@@ -111,14 +111,26 @@ size_t zstd_decompress_stream(struct zstd_data *data, void *src, size_t src_size
 		}
 	}
 	while (input.pos < input.size) {
+		size_t prev_in = input.pos;
+		size_t prev_out = output.pos;
+
 		ret = ZSTD_decompressStream(data->dstream, &output, &input);
 		if (ZSTD_isError(ret)) {
 			pr_err("failed to decompress (B): %zd -> %zd, dst_size %zd : %s\n",
-			       src_size, output.size, dst_size, ZSTD_getErrorName(ret));
-			break;
+			       src_size, output.pos, dst_size, ZSTD_getErrorName(ret));
+			return 0;
 		}
-		output.dst  = dst + output.pos;
-		output.size = dst_size - output.pos;
+		/*
+		 * Neither stream advanced — decompression is stuck.
+		 * Return 0 (error) rather than partial output: perf
+		 * uses ZSTD_flushStream (not ZSTD_endStream), so the
+		 * stream is continuous across compressed events.
+		 * Discarding unconsumed input would desynchronize the
+		 * decompressor, causing the next call to produce
+		 * garbage that could be misinterpreted as valid events.
+		 */
+		if (input.pos == prev_in && output.pos == prev_out)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	return output.pos;
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-10  3:34 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 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 13/28] perf auxtrace: Harden auxtrace_error event handling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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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