[PATCH 10/12] perf jitdump: Validate debug entries on native (non-swap) path
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 08:38:49 EST
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
The bounds-checking and nr_entry clamping added for the byte-swap path
only runs when jd->needs_bswap is true. On native-endian files, nr_entry
passes through unvalidated to jit_repipe_debug_info(), which stores it
as jd->nr_debug_entries. Downstream, jit_process_debug_info() in
genelf_debug.c iterates nr_debug_entries times via debug_entry_next(),
which calls strlen() on each entry's name field — a crafted nr_entry
causes OOB reads and writes.
Add bounds-checked iteration in jit_repipe_debug_info() that validates
each debug_entry fits in the payload and its name is NUL-terminated
before calling debug_entry_next(). Clamp nr_debug_entries to the count
of valid entries.
Fixes: 598b7c6919c7bbcc ("perf jit: add source line info support")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/jitdump.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index d3de307532d55065..5a3ea2681fb37105 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -694,8 +694,10 @@ static int jit_repipe_code_move(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
static int jit_repipe_debug_info(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
{
- void *data;
- size_t sz;
+ struct debug_entry *ent;
+ void *data, *end;
+ size_t sz, valid;
+ uint64_t i;
if (!(jd && jr))
return -1;
@@ -715,10 +717,25 @@ static int jit_repipe_debug_info(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
jd->debug_data = data;
/*
- * we must use nr_entry instead of size here because
- * we cannot distinguish actual entry from padding otherwise
+ * Clamp nr_debug_entries to entries that actually fit in the
+ * payload. The byte-swap path already does this for cross-endian
+ * files; validate on the native path too, since downstream
+ * jit_process_debug_info() iterates via debug_entry_next() which
+ * calls strlen() on each entry's name field.
*/
- jd->nr_debug_entries = jr->info.nr_entry;
+ end = data + sz;
+ ent = data;
+ valid = 0;
+ for (i = 0; i < jr->info.nr_entry; i++) {
+ if ((void *)ent + sizeof(*ent) > end)
+ break;
+ /* name must be NUL-terminated within the payload */
+ if (!memchr(ent->name, '\0', (char *)end - ent->name))
+ break;
+ ent = debug_entry_next(ent);
+ valid++;
+ }
+ jd->nr_debug_entries = valid;
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0