[PATCH 7/9] perf record: Prevent reading invalid data in record__mmap_read

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon May 23 2016 - 18:04:06 EST


From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>

When record__mmap_read() requires data more than the size of ring
buffer, drop those data to avoid accessing invalid memory.

This can happen when reading from overwritable ring buffer, which
should be avoided. However, check this for robustness.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463987628-163563-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f3679c44d3f3..f302cc937ca5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <asm/bug.h>


struct record {
@@ -98,6 +99,13 @@ static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
rec->samples++;

size = head - old;
+ if (size > (unsigned long)(md->mask) + 1) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "failed to keep up with mmap data. (warn only once)\n");
+
+ md->prev = head;
+ perf_evlist__mmap_consume(rec->evlist, idx);
+ return 0;
+ }

if ((old & md->mask) + size != (head & md->mask)) {
buf = &data[old & md->mask];
--
2.5.5