[PATCH 12/12] perf jitdump: Validate unwinding sizes against record payload

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 08:44:33 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

jit_repipe_unwinding_info() copies unwinding_size and eh_frame_hdr_size
from the jitdump record into jd-> fields without checking them against
the actual payload size. Downstream, jit_add_eh_frame_info() in
genelf.c computes unwinding_table_size = unwinding_size -
eh_frame_hdr_size, which underflows when eh_frame_hdr_size >
unwinding_size. The result is passed as d->d_size to libelf, causing
an OOB heap read into the output ELF file.

Validate that unwinding_size fits within the record payload and that
eh_frame_hdr_size does not exceed unwinding_size before allocating or
storing the values, so a bogus record cannot force a large allocation
that is then discarded.

mapped_size is likewise taken from the record and was narrowed into an
int for the mmap2 len computation in jit_repipe_code_load() and
jit_repipe_code_move(); values above INT_MAX would turn negative,
producing a wrong mmap2 length. Use uint64_t for usize so the value
cannot truncate.

Fixes: 0284fecd13b6db3e ("perf jit: Add unwinding support")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Sanfilippo <ssanfilippo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Assisted-by: Opencode:mimo-v2.5-free
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/jitdump.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index 5898a7d8eb962daf..d25a9fe9b020ce87 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ static int jit_repipe_code_load(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
u16 idr_size;
const char *sym;
uint64_t count;
- int ret, csize, usize;
+ int ret, csize;
+ uint64_t usize;
pid_t nspid, pid, tid;
struct {
u32 pid, tid;
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ static int jit_repipe_code_load(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)

event->mmap2.pgoff = GEN_ELF_TEXT_OFFSET;
event->mmap2.start = addr;
- event->mmap2.len = usize ? ALIGN_8(csize) + usize : csize;
+ event->mmap2.len = usize ? ALIGN_8((uint64_t)csize) + usize : (uint64_t)csize;
event->mmap2.pid = pid;
event->mmap2.tid = tid;
event->mmap2.ino = st.st_ino;
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ static int jit_repipe_code_move(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
char *filename;
size_t size;
struct stat st;
- int usize;
+ uint64_t usize;
u16 idr_size;
int ret;
pid_t nspid, pid, tid;
@@ -761,6 +762,18 @@ jit_repipe_unwinding_info(struct jit_buf_desc *jd, union jr_entry *jr)
return -1;

unwinding_data_size = jr->prefix.total_size - sizeof(jr->unwinding);
+
+ /*
+ * Validate sizes before allocating — jit_add_eh_frame_info()
+ * computes unwinding_size - eh_frame_hdr_size and uses the
+ * result as a buffer length for libelf.
+ */
+ if (jr->unwinding.unwinding_size > unwinding_data_size ||
+ jr->unwinding.eh_frame_hdr_size > jr->unwinding.unwinding_size) {
+ pr_warning("jitdump: invalid unwinding sizes in unwinding_info record\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
unwinding_data = malloc(unwinding_data_size);
if (!unwinding_data)
return -1;
--
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