[PATCH] perf jevents: Fix segfault in perf_pmu__find_events_table

From: Yang Jihong
Date: Sun Sep 17 2023 - 23:05:56 EST


Before caching the JSON events table, perf_pmu__find_events_table() need
to check whether table is empty.

For example, AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1 is used. The matching events table cannot
be found. As a result, a null pointer is accessed when caching JSON events
table, causing segfault.

Before:
# perf record -vv true
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

After:
# perf record -vv true
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1
<SNIP>
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.005 MB perf.data ]

Fixes: 7c52f10c0d4d ("perf pmu: Cache JSON events table")
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index a7e88332276d..72ba4a9239c6 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
}
}
free(cpuid);
- if (!pmu)
+ if (!pmu || !table)
return table;

for (i = 0; i < table->num_pmus; i++) {
--
2.34.1