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From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: irogers@google.com, acme@kernel.org, jistone@redhat.com,
	 namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: adrian.hunter@intel.com, dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com,
	 james.clark@linaro.org, jolsa@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org,  tianyou.li@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 01/10] perf hists browser: Increase MAX_OPTIONS to prevent stack buffer overflow
Date: Thu,  9 Jul 2026 22:36:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260710053628.1861645-1-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260710024952.1668911-1-irogers@google.com>

In evsel__hists_browse(), the 'options' and 'actions' arrays are
statically allocated on the stack with a size of MAX_OPTIONS (16).
Further down, the function sequentially calls several add_*_opt()
functions, which increment nr_options without bounds checking.

Depending on the context (e.g., branch mode, scripting, annotations),
the sum of added options can theoretically exceed 16 (potentially
reaching up to ~19). This could lead to a stack buffer overflow.

Increase MAX_OPTIONS to 32 to safely accommodate the maximum possible
number of options without risking an overflow.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20260708235834.3FB771F00A3A@smtp.kernel.org/
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index da7cc195b9f4..6163cc3ace27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -3003,7 +3003,7 @@ static int evsel__hists_browse(struct evsel *evsel, int nr_events, const char *h
 	struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(evsel);
 	struct hist_browser *browser = perf_evsel_browser__new(evsel, hbt, env);
 	struct branch_info *bi = NULL;
-#define MAX_OPTIONS  16
+#define MAX_OPTIONS  32
 	char *options[MAX_OPTIONS];
 	struct popup_action actions[MAX_OPTIONS];
 	int nr_options = 0;
-- 
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-10  5:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08 23:46 [PATCH v1 1/3] perf ui hists: In report UI ensure thread is set Ian Rogers
2026-07-08 23:46 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] perf ui hists: Remove duplicated thread in popup_action Ian Rogers
2026-07-08 23:46 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] perf annotate: Be robust to annotating without a thread Ian Rogers
2026-07-09  3:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] perf ui hists: In report UI ensure thread is set Ian Rogers
2026-07-09  3:36   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] perf ui hists: Remove duplicated thread in popup_action Ian Rogers
2026-07-09  3:37   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] perf annotate: Be robust to annotating without a thread Ian Rogers
2026-07-09  3:37   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] perf hists browser: Increase MAX_OPTIONS to prevent stack buffer overflow Ian Rogers
2026-07-09 16:52   ` [PATCH v3 1/4] perf ui hists: In report UI ensure thread is set Ian Rogers
2026-07-09 16:52     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] perf ui hists: Remove duplicated thread in popup_action Ian Rogers
2026-07-09 16:52     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] perf annotate: Be robust to annotating without a thread Ian Rogers
2026-07-09 16:52     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] perf hists browser: Increase MAX_OPTIONS to prevent stack buffer overflow Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49     ` [PATCH v4 1/9] " Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 2/9] perf ui hists: In report UI ensure thread is set Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 3/9] perf disasm: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in arch__find() Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 4/9] perf ui hists: Fix uninitialized stack memory free on pstack allocation failure Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 5/9] perf ui hists: Fix memory leak in evsel__hists_browse() interactive loop Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 6/9] perf ui hists: Fix dso_filter reference leak and exit cleanup Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 7/9] perf ui hists: Fix NULL pointer array gap in add_script_opt() Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 8/9] perf ui hists: Remove duplicated thread in popup_action Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  2:49       ` [PATCH v4 9/9] perf annotate: Be robust to annotating without a thread Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36       ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 02/10] perf ui hists: Fix uninitialized stack memory free on pstack allocation failure Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 03/10] perf ui hists: Include limits.h for PATH_MAX definition Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 04/10] perf ui hists: Fix stack use-after-return in symbol_filter_str Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 05/10] perf disasm: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference and use-after-free in arch__find() Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 06/10] perf ui hists: Fix NULL pointer array gap in add_script_opt() Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 07/10] perf ui hists: In report UI ensure thread is set with reference counting Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 08/10] perf ui hists: Remove duplicated thread in popup_action Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 09/10] perf ui hists: Fix dso_filter reference leak and exit zoom cleanup Ian Rogers
2026-07-10  5:36         ` [PATCH v5 10/10] perf annotate: Be robust to annotating without a thread Ian Rogers

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