[PATCH 5/9] perf cs-etm: Bounds-check CPU in cs_etm__get_queue()

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 18:39:01 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

cs_etm__get_queue() indexes etm->queues.queue_array[cpu] without
validating that cpu is within nr_queues. When processing
AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID events, the cpu value comes from untrusted perf.data
trace payload and flows through cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1() and
cs_etm__queue_aux_fragment() without bounds checking, allowing an
out-of-bounds read with a crafted file.

Add a bounds check in cs_etm__get_queue() and NULL checks in all
callers.

Also add NULL checks for queue_array[i].priv in the queue iteration
loops in cs_etm__map_trace_id_v0() and cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1()
— after auxtrace_queues__grow() new entries are zero-initialized so
.priv can be NULL. Add a get_cpu_data() NULL check in
cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1(), matching the existing check in
cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0().

Fixes: 77c123f53e97ad4b ("perf: cs-etm: Move traceid_list to each queue")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index d121c8f22028d5ba..5d0664ff73b79122 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -292,8 +292,11 @@ static struct cs_etm_queue *cs_etm__get_queue(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, int c
{
if (etm->per_thread_decoding)
return etm->queues.queue_array[0].priv;
- else
- return etm->queues.queue_array[cpu].priv;
+
+ if (cpu < 0 || cpu >= (int)etm->queues.nr_queues)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return etm->queues.queue_array[cpu].priv;
}

static int cs_etm__map_trace_id_v0(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, u8 trace_chan_id,
@@ -306,6 +309,9 @@ static int cs_etm__map_trace_id_v0(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, u8 trace_chan_id
* queue associated with that CPU so only one decoder is made.
*/
etmq = cs_etm__get_queue(etm, cpu_metadata[CS_ETM_CPU]);
+ if (!etmq)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (etmq->format == UNFORMATTED)
return cs_etm__insert_trace_id_node(etmq, trace_chan_id,
cpu_metadata);
@@ -318,6 +324,9 @@ static int cs_etm__map_trace_id_v0(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, u8 trace_chan_id
int ret;

etmq = etm->queues.queue_array[i].priv;
+ if (!etmq)
+ continue;
+
ret = cs_etm__insert_trace_id_node(etmq, trace_chan_id,
cpu_metadata);
if (ret)
@@ -358,6 +367,9 @@ static int cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, int cpu,
u32 sink_id = FIELD_GET(CS_AUX_HW_ID_SINK_ID_MASK, hw_id);
u8 trace_id = FIELD_GET(CS_AUX_HW_ID_TRACE_ID_MASK, hw_id);

+ if (!etmq)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Check sink id hasn't changed in per-cpu mode. In per-thread mode,
* let it pass for now until an actual overlapping trace ID is hit. In
@@ -375,6 +387,9 @@ static int cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, int cpu,
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < etm->queues.nr_queues; ++i) {
struct cs_etm_queue *other_etmq = etm->queues.queue_array[i].priv;

+ if (!other_etmq)
+ continue;
+
/* Different sinks, skip */
if (other_etmq->sink_id != etmq->sink_id)
continue;
@@ -396,6 +411,9 @@ static int cs_etm__process_trace_id_v0_1(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm, int cpu,
}

cpu_data = get_cpu_data(etm, cpu);
+ if (!cpu_data)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
ret = cs_etm__insert_trace_id_node(etmq, trace_id, cpu_data);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -3144,6 +3162,9 @@ static int cs_etm__queue_aux_fragment(struct perf_session *session, off_t file_o
aux_offset + aux_size <= auxtrace_event->offset + auxtrace_event->size) {
struct cs_etm_queue *etmq = cs_etm__get_queue(etm, auxtrace_event->cpu);

+ if (!etmq)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* If this AUX event was inside this buffer somewhere, create a new auxtrace event
* based on the sizes of the aux event, and queue that fragment.
--
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