[PATCH 2/8] perf stat: Bounds-check CPU index in topology aggregation callbacks
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 16:38:37 EST
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Six perf_env__get_*_aggr_by_cpu() functions access env->cpu[cpu.cpu]
after only checking cpu.cpu != -1. env->cpu[] is allocated with
env->nr_cpus_avail entries, so a CPU index from an untrusted perf.data
file that exceeds that count causes an out-of-bounds heap read.
Replace the != -1 guard with >= 0 && < env->nr_cpus_avail in all six
functions. The >= 0 check also catches -1 and any other negative values
that could bypass the old check.
Affected functions:
- perf_env__get_socket_aggr_by_cpu()
- perf_env__get_die_aggr_by_cpu()
- perf_env__get_cache_aggr_by_cpu()
- perf_env__get_cluster_aggr_by_cpu()
- perf_env__get_core_aggr_by_cpu()
- perf_env__get_cpu_aggr_by_cpu()
Fixes: 68d702f7a120 ("perf stat report: Add support to initialize aggr_map from file")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 99d7db372b480800..9a045811c4197ccd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,8 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_socket_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu,
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1)
+ /* env->cpu[] has env->nr_cpus_avail entries; reject untrusted indices */
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail)
id.socket = env->cpu[cpu.cpu].socket_id;
return id;
@@ -1649,7 +1650,7 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_die_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu, voi
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1) {
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail) {
/*
* die_id is relative to socket, so start
* with the socket ID and then add die to
@@ -1705,7 +1706,7 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_cache_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu,
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1) {
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail) {
u32 cache_level = (perf_stat.aggr_level) ?: stat_config.aggr_level;
id.socket = env->cpu[cpu.cpu].socket_id;
@@ -1722,7 +1723,7 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_cluster_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu,
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1) {
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail) {
id.socket = env->cpu[cpu.cpu].socket_id;
id.die = env->cpu[cpu.cpu].die_id;
id.cluster = env->cpu[cpu.cpu].cluster_id;
@@ -1736,7 +1737,7 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_core_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu, vo
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1) {
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail) {
/*
* core_id is relative to socket, die and cluster, we need a
* global id. So we set socket, die id, cluster id and core id.
@@ -1755,7 +1756,7 @@ static struct aggr_cpu_id perf_env__get_cpu_aggr_by_cpu(struct perf_cpu cpu, voi
struct perf_env *env = data;
struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
- if (cpu.cpu != -1) {
+ if (cpu.cpu >= 0 && cpu.cpu < env->nr_cpus_avail) {
/*
* core_id is relative to socket and die,
* we need a global id. So we set
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