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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>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>,
	Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:32:42 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615223249.36598-3-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615223249.36598-1-acme@kernel.org>

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

machines__findnew(), machines__create_guest_kernel_maps(), and
get_kernel_version() use sprintf() to build paths by prepending
symbol_conf.guestmount or root_dir.  All write into PATH_MAX stack
buffers, but guestmount comes from user configuration and is not
length-checked.  A guestmount path at or near PATH_MAX causes a
stack buffer overflow — and a truncated root_dir propagated to
get_kernel_version() would overflow its own version[PATH_MAX] buffer
when "/proc/version" is appended.

Switch to snprintf() with sizeof() to prevent overflow.  The
subsequent access()/fopen() calls will fail on a truncated path.

Fixes: a1645ce12adb6c9c ("perf: 'perf kvm' tool for monitoring guest performance from host")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Zhang, Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 9329d319bd033699..0d2ebf6a84bcf880 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct machine *machines__findnew(struct machines *machines, pid_t pid)
 	if ((pid != HOST_KERNEL_ID) &&
 	    (pid != DEFAULT_GUEST_KERNEL_ID) &&
 	    (symbol_conf.guestmount)) {
-		sprintf(path, "%s/%d", symbol_conf.guestmount, pid);
+		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%d", symbol_conf.guestmount, pid);
 		if (access(path, R_OK)) {
 			static struct strlist *seen;
 
@@ -1260,9 +1260,9 @@ int machines__create_guest_kernel_maps(struct machines *machines)
 					 namelist[i]->d_name);
 				continue;
 			}
-			sprintf(path, "%s/%s/proc/kallsyms",
-				symbol_conf.guestmount,
-				namelist[i]->d_name);
+			snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/proc/kallsyms",
+				 symbol_conf.guestmount,
+				 namelist[i]->d_name);
 			ret = access(path, R_OK);
 			if (ret) {
 				pr_debug("Can't access file %s\n", path);
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-15 22:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ 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 22:32 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 3/9] perf cs-etm: Validate num_cpu before metadata allocation Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-15 22:32 ` [PATCH 4/9] perf cs-etm: Require full global header in auxtrace_info size check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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 22:32 ` [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 22:32 ` [PATCH 8/9] perf bpf: Validate array presence before casting BPF prog info pointers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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 2/9] perf machine: Use snprintf() for guestmount path construction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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