[PATCH 1/2] perf ioctl: Add check for the sample_period value
From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Fri May 10 2019 - 22:44:12 EST
Add a check for sample_period value sent from userspace. Negative
value does not make sense. And in powerpc arch code this could cause
a recursive PMI leading to a hang (reported when running perf-fuzzer).
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index abbd4b3b96c2..e44c90378940 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5005,6 +5005,9 @@ static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
if (perf_event_check_period(event, value))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!event->attr.freq && (value & (1ULL << 63)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
event_function_call(event, __perf_event_period, &value);
return 0;
--
2.20.1