[PATCH 01/23] perf pmu: Fix pmu_id() heap underwrite on empty identifier file

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

pmu_id() calls filename__read_str() then strips the trailing newline
via str[len - 1] = 0.  If the PMU identifier file is empty,
filename__read_str() succeeds with len = 0.  len - 1 underflows
size_t to SIZE_MAX, writing a null byte before the heap allocation.

Add a len == 0 check before the newline stripping.

Fixes: 51d548471510843e ("perf pmu: Add pmu_id()")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 9994709ef12be9ee..50f54674430e6206 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ static char *pmu_id(const char *name)
 	if (filename__read_str(path, &str, &len) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* empty identifier file — nothing useful */
+	if (len == 0) {
+		free(str);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	str[len - 1] = 0; /* remove line feed */
 
 	return str;
-- 
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