[PATCH 2/4] perf header: Use write lock when translating BPF prog info pointers

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Sun Aug 02 2026 - 10:30:19 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

write_bpf_prog_info() holds a read lock while temporarily mutating
info_linear via bpil_addr_to_offs()/bpil_offs_to_addr(). Between these
two calls, the pointers in info_linear contain file offsets instead of
heap addresses. Concurrent readers holding the same read lock see the
file offsets and dereference them as pointers.

Use down_write()/up_write() instead of down_read()/up_read() to exclude
concurrent readers during the addr-to-offset-to-addr translation window.

Fixes: 63ac7968a1fb ("perf bpf: Save bpf_prog_info information as headers to perf.data")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/header.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index e90e541f546b4537..7db7da090a1e0c78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,8 @@ static int write_bpf_prog_info(struct feat_fd *ff __maybe_unused,
struct rb_node *next;
int ret = 0;

- down_read(&env->bpf_progs.lock);
+ /* write lock: bpil_addr_to_offs() temporarily mutates info_linear */
+ down_write(&env->bpf_progs.lock);

ret = do_write(ff, &env->bpf_progs.infos_cnt,
sizeof(env->bpf_progs.infos_cnt));
@@ -1150,7 +1151,7 @@ static int write_bpf_prog_info(struct feat_fd *ff __maybe_unused,
goto out;
}
out:
- up_read(&env->bpf_progs.lock);
+ up_write(&env->bpf_progs.lock);
return ret;
#else
pr_err("ERROR: Trying to write bpf_prog_info without libbpf support.\n");
--
2.55.0