[PATCH 6.6 365/638] perf record: Fix possible incorrect free in record__switch_output()

Sasha Levin
2024-03-24T23:07:14Z

From: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>

[ Upstream commit aff10a165201f6f60cff225083ce301ad3f5d8f1 ]

perf_data__switch() may not assign a legal value to 'new_filename'.
In this case, 'new_filename' uses the on-stack value, which may cause a
incorrect free and unexpected result.

Fixes: 03724b2e9c45 ("perf record: Allow to limit number of reported perf.data files")
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240119040304.3708522-2-yangjihong1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 34bb31f08bb52..cd1725643ef77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1786,8 +1786,8 @@ static int
record__switch_output(struct record *rec, bool at_exit)
{
struct perf_data *data = &rec->data;
+ char *new_filename = NULL;
int fd, err;
- char *new_filename;

/* Same Size: "2015122520103046"*/
char timestamp[] = "InvalidTimestamp";
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2.43.0