[PATCH 4.4 258/268] perf report: Fix memory corruption in --branch-history mode --branch-history

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit e3ebaa465136ecfedf9c6f4671df02bf625f8125 ]

Jin Yao reported memory corrupton in perf report with
branch info used for stack trace:

  > Following command lines will cause perf crash.

  > perf record -j call -g -a <application>
  > perf report --branch-history
  >
  > *** Error in `perf': double free or corruption (!prev): 0x00000000104aa040 ***
  > ======= Backtrace: =========
  > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x77725)[0x7f6b37254725]
  > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7ff4a)[0x7f6b3725cf4a]
  > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x4c)[0x7f6b37260abc]
  > perf[0x51b914]
  > perf(hist_entry_iter__add+0x1e5)[0x51f305]
  > perf[0x43cf01]
  > perf[0x4fa3bf]
  > perf[0x4fa923]
  > perf[0x4fd396]
  > perf[0x4f9614]
  > perf(perf_session__process_events+0x89e)[0x4fc38e]
  > perf(cmd_report+0x15d2)[0x43f202]
  > perf[0x4a059f]
  > perf(main+0x631)[0x427b71]
  > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7f6b371fd830]
  > perf(_start+0x29)[0x427d89]

For the cumulative output, we allocate the he_cache array based on the
--max-stack option value and populate it with data from 'callchain_cursor'.

The --max-stack option value does not ensure now the limit for number of
callchain_cursor nodes, so the cumulative iter code will allocate smaller array
than it's actually needed and cause above corruption.

I think the --max-stack limit does not apply here anyway, because we add
callchain data as normal hist entries, while the --max-stack control the limit
of single entry callchain depth.

Using the callchain_cursor.nr as he_cache array count to fix this. Also
removing struct hist_entry_iter::max_stack, because there's no longer any use
for it.

We need more fixes to ensure that the branch stack code follows properly the
logic of --max-stack, which is not the case at the moment.

Original-patch-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180216123619.GA9945@krava
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/hist.c |    4 +---
 tools/perf/util/hist.h |    1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ iter_prepare_cumulative_entry(struct his
 	 * cumulated only one time to prevent entries more than 100%
 	 * overhead.
 	 */
-	he_cache = malloc(sizeof(*he_cache) * (iter->max_stack + 1));
+	he_cache = malloc(sizeof(*he_cache) * (callchain_cursor.nr + 1));
 	if (he_cache == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -881,8 +881,6 @@ int hist_entry_iter__add(struct hist_ent
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	iter->max_stack = max_stack_depth;
-
 	err = iter->ops->prepare_entry(iter, al);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ struct hist_entry_iter {
 	int curr;
 
 	bool hide_unresolved;
-	int max_stack;
 
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	struct perf_sample *sample;