Re: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: trace_helpers.c: Fix segfault

[Jiri Olsa]

On Sun, Apr 09, 2023 at 04:15:25PM +0800, Rong Tao wrote:
> From: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> When the number of symbols is greater than MAX_SYMS (300000), the access
> array struct ksym syms[MAX_SYMS] goes out of bounds, which will result in
> a segfault.
> 
> Resolve this issue by judging the maximum number and exiting the loop, and
> increasing the default size appropriately. (6.2.9 = 329839 below)
> 
>     $ cat /proc/kallsyms | wc -l
>     329839
> 
>     GDB debugging:
>     $ cd linux/samples/bpf
>     $ sudo gdb ./sampleip
>     ...
>     (gdb) r
>     ...
>     Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>     0x00007ffff7e2debf in malloc () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>     Missing separate debuginfos, use: dnf debuginfo-install
>     elfutils-libelf-0.189-1.fc37.x86_64 glibc-2.36-9.fc37.x86_64
>     libzstd-1.5.4-1.fc37.x86_64 zlib-1.2.12-5.fc37.x86_64
>     (gdb) bt
>     #0  0x00007ffff7e2debf in malloc () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>     #1  0x00007ffff7e33f8e in strdup () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>     #2  0x0000000000403fb0 in load_kallsyms_refresh() from trace_helpers.c
>     #3  0x00000000004038b2 in main ()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>

I had to apply by hand, there was some fuzz:

  patching file tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
  Hunk #1 succeeded at 18 with fuzz 2 (offset 4 lines).
  Hunk #2 succeeded at 48 (offset 4 lines).

but other than that looks good

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

jirka

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
> index 09a16a77bae4..a9d589c560d2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
>  
>  #define DEBUGFS "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/"
>  
> -#define MAX_SYMS 300000
> +#define MAX_SYMS 400000
>  static struct ksym syms[MAX_SYMS];
>  static int sym_cnt;
>  
> @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ int load_kallsyms_refresh(void)
>  			continue;
>  		syms[i].addr = (long) addr;
>  		syms[i].name = strdup(func);
> -		i++;
> +		if (++i >= MAX_SYMS)
> +			break;
>  	}
>  	fclose(f);
>  	sym_cnt = i;
> -- 
> 2.39.2
>