[PATCH 5.0 056/238] tracing: Use strncpy instead of memcpy for string keys in hist triggers

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Mar 22 2019 - 08:15:16 EST


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

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From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 9f0bbf3115ca9f91f43b7c74e9ac7d79f47fc6c2 upstream.

Because there may be random garbage beyond a string's null terminator,
it's not correct to copy the the complete character array for use as a
hist trigger key. This results in multiple histogram entries for the
'same' string key.

So, in the case of a string key, use strncpy instead of memcpy to
avoid copying in the extra bytes.

Before, using the gdbus entries in the following hist trigger as an
example:

# echo 'hist:key=comm' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist

...

{ comm: ImgDecoder #4 } hitcount: 203
{ comm: gmain } hitcount: 213
{ comm: gmain } hitcount: 216
{ comm: StreamTrans #73 } hitcount: 221
{ comm: mozStorage #3 } hitcount: 230
{ comm: gdbus } hitcount: 233
{ comm: StyleThread#5 } hitcount: 253
{ comm: gdbus } hitcount: 256
{ comm: gdbus } hitcount: 260
{ comm: StyleThread#4 } hitcount: 271

...

# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
51

After:

# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
1

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50c35ae1267d64eee975b8125e151e600071d4dc.1549309756.git.tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 79e577cbce4c4 ("tracing: Support string type key properly")
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -4695,9 +4695,10 @@ static inline void add_to_key(char *comp
/* ensure NULL-termination */
if (size > key_field->size - 1)
size = key_field->size - 1;
- }

- memcpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, key, size);
+ strncpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, (char *)key, size);
+ } else
+ memcpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, key, size);
}

static void