[PATCH] perf top: fix overflow in elf_sec__is_text

From: Riccardo Mancini
Date: Mon Jun 21 2021 - 18:22:54 EST


ASan reports a heap-buffer-overflow in elf_sec__is_text when using perf-top.
The bug is caused by the fact that secstrs is built from runtime_ss, while
shdr is built from syms_ss if shdr.sh_type != SHT_NOBITS. Therefore, they
point to two different ELF files.

This patch renames secstrs to secstrs_run and adds secstrs_sym, so that
the correct secstrs is chosen depending on shdr.sh_type.

$ ASAN_OPTIONS=abort_on_error=1:disable_coredump=0:unmap_shadow_on_exit=1 ./perf top
=================================================================
==363148==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x61300009add6 at pc 0x00000049875c bp 0x7f4f56446440 sp 0x7f4f56445bf0
READ of size 1 at 0x61300009add6 thread T6
#0 0x49875b in StrstrCheck(void*, char*, char const*, char const*) (/home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf+0x49875b)
#1 0x4d13a2 in strstr (/home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf+0x4d13a2)
#2 0xacae36 in elf_sec__is_text /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c:176:9
#3 0xac3ec9 in elf_sec__filter /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c:187:9
#4 0xac2c3d in dso__load_sym /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c:1254:20
#5 0x883981 in dso__load /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/symbol.c:1897:9
#6 0x8e6248 in map__load /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/map.c:332:7
#7 0x8e66e5 in map__find_symbol /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/map.c:366:6
#8 0x7f8278 in machine__resolve /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/event.c:707:13
#9 0x5f3d1a in perf_event__process_sample /home/user/linux/tools/perf/builtin-top.c:773:6
#10 0x5f30e4 in deliver_event /home/user/linux/tools/perf/builtin-top.c:1197:3
#11 0x908a72 in do_flush /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c:244:9
#12 0x905fae in __ordered_events__flush /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c:323:8
#13 0x9058db in ordered_events__flush /home/user/linux/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c:341:9
#14 0x5f19b1 in process_thread /home/user/linux/tools/perf/builtin-top.c:1109:7
#15 0x7f4f6a21a298 in start_thread /usr/src/debug/glibc-2.33-16.fc34.x86_64/nptl/pthread_create.c:481:8
#16 0x7f4f697d0352 in clone ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95

0x61300009add6 is located 10 bytes to the right of 332-byte region [0x61300009ac80,0x61300009adcc)
allocated by thread T6 here:
#0 0x4f3f7f in malloc (/home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf+0x4f3f7f)
#1 0x7f4f6a0a88d9 (/lib64/libelf.so.1+0xa8d9)

Thread T6 created by T0 here:
#0 0x464856 in pthread_create (/home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf+0x464856)
#1 0x5f06e0 in __cmd_top /home/user/linux/tools/perf/builtin-top.c:1309:6
#2 0x5ef19f in cmd_top /home/user/linux/tools/perf/builtin-top.c:1762:11
#3 0x7b28c0 in run_builtin /home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:313:11
#4 0x7b119f in handle_internal_command /home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:365:8
#5 0x7b2423 in run_argv /home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:409:2
#6 0x7b0c19 in main /home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf.c:539:3
#7 0x7f4f696f7b74 in __libc_start_main /usr/src/debug/glibc-2.33-16.fc34.x86_64/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:332:16

SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow (/home/user/linux/tools/perf/perf+0x49875b) in StrstrCheck(void*, char*, char const*, char const*)
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
0x0c268000b560: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c268000b570: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c268000b580: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c268000b590: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c268000b5a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
=>0x0c268000b5b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04[fa]fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c268000b5c0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c268000b5d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c268000b5e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c268000b5f0: 07 fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c268000b600: fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd fd
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
Addressable: 00
Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Heap left redzone: fa
Freed heap region: fd
Stack left redzone: f1
Stack mid redzone: f2
Stack right redzone: f3
Stack after return: f5
Stack use after scope: f8
Global redzone: f9
Global init order: f6
Poisoned by user: f7
Container overflow: fc
Array cookie: ac
Intra object redzone: bb
ASan internal: fe
Left alloca redzone: ca
Right alloca redzone: cb
Shadow gap: cc
==363148==ABORTING

Signed-off-by: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 4c56aa837434..7a6e38bf87b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
struct maps *kmaps = kmap ? map__kmaps(map) : NULL;
struct map *curr_map = map;
struct dso *curr_dso = dso;
- Elf_Data *symstrs, *secstrs;
+ Elf_Data *symstrs, *secstrs, *secstrs_run, *secstrs_sym;
uint32_t nr_syms;
int err = -1;
uint32_t idx;
@@ -1150,8 +1150,16 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
if (sec_strndx == NULL)
goto out_elf_end;

- secstrs = elf_getdata(sec_strndx, NULL);
- if (secstrs == NULL)
+ secstrs_run = elf_getdata(sec_strndx, NULL);
+ if (secstrs_run == NULL)
+ goto out_elf_end;
+
+ sec_strndx = elf_getscn(elf, ehdr.e_shstrndx);
+ if (sec_strndx == NULL)
+ goto out_elf_end;
+
+ secstrs_sym = elf_getdata(sec_strndx, NULL);
+ if (secstrs_sym == NULL)
goto out_elf_end;

nr_syms = shdr.sh_size / shdr.sh_entsize;
@@ -1237,6 +1245,8 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,

gelf_getshdr(sec, &shdr);

+ secstrs = secstrs_sym;
+
/*
* We have to fallback to runtime when syms' section header has
* NOBITS set. NOBITS results in file offset (sh_offset) not
@@ -1249,6 +1259,7 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, struct symsrc *syms_ss,
goto out_elf_end;

gelf_getshdr(sec, &shdr);
+ secstrs = secstrs_run;
}

if (is_label && !elf_sec__filter(&shdr, secstrs))
--
2.23.0