[PATCH 4/8] perf timechart: Include file offset in CPU bounds check messages

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 20:03:14 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add the perf.data file offset to the out-of-bounds CPU debug messages
in process_sample_cpu_idle(), process_sample_cpu_frequency(),
process_sample_sched_wakeup(), and process_sample_sched_switch().

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 630756bebe3242dc..071987241a528ba4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -605,8 +605,10 @@ process_sample_cpu_idle(struct timechart *tchart __maybe_unused,
u32 state = perf_sample__intval(sample, "state");
u32 cpu_id = perf_sample__intval(sample, "cpu_id");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — cpu_id may be corrupted */
if (cpu_id >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu_id %u\n", cpu_id);
+ pr_debug("at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bounds cpu_id %u\n",
+ sample->file_offset, cpu_id);
return -1;
}
if (state == (u32)PWR_EVENT_EXIT)
@@ -624,8 +626,10 @@ process_sample_cpu_frequency(struct timechart *tchart,
u32 state = perf_sample__intval(sample, "state");
u32 cpu_id = perf_sample__intval(sample, "cpu_id");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — cpu_id may be corrupted */
if (cpu_id >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu_id %u\n", cpu_id);
+ pr_debug("at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bounds cpu_id %u\n",
+ sample->file_offset, cpu_id);
return -1;
}
p_state_change(tchart, cpu_id, sample->time, state);
@@ -641,8 +645,10 @@ process_sample_sched_wakeup(struct timechart *tchart,
int waker = perf_sample__intval(sample, "common_pid");
int wakee = perf_sample__intval(sample, "pid");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (sample->cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu %u\n", sample->cpu);
+ pr_debug("at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bounds cpu %u\n",
+ sample->file_offset, sample->cpu);
return -1;
}
sched_wakeup(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, waker, wakee, flags, backtrace);
@@ -658,8 +664,10 @@ process_sample_sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart,
int next_pid = perf_sample__intval(sample, "next_pid");
u64 prev_state = perf_sample__intval(sample, "prev_state");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (sample->cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
- pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu %u\n", sample->cpu);
+ pr_debug("at offset %#" PRIx64 ": out-of-bounds cpu %u\n",
+ sample->file_offset, sample->cpu);
return -1;
}
sched_switch(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, prev_pid, next_pid,
@@ -676,6 +684,7 @@ process_sample_power_start(struct timechart *tchart __maybe_unused,
u64 cpu_id = perf_sample__intval(sample, "cpu_id");
u64 value = perf_sample__intval(sample, "value");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — cpu_id may be corrupted */
if (cpu_id >= MAX_CPUS) {
pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu_id %llu\n", (unsigned long long)cpu_id);
return -1;
@@ -689,6 +698,7 @@ process_sample_power_end(struct timechart *tchart,
struct perf_sample *sample,
const char *backtrace __maybe_unused)
{
+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — CPU may be absent or corrupted */
if (sample->cpu >= MAX_CPUS) {
pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu %u\n", sample->cpu);
return -1;
@@ -705,6 +715,7 @@ process_sample_power_frequency(struct timechart *tchart,
u64 cpu_id = perf_sample__intval(sample, "cpu_id");
u64 value = perf_sample__intval(sample, "value");

+ /* perf.data is untrusted input — cpu_id may be corrupted */
if (cpu_id >= MAX_CPUS) {
pr_debug("Out-of-bounds cpu_id %llu\n", (unsigned long long)cpu_id);
return -1;
--
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