[PATCHv4] perf tool: fix dereferencing NULL al->maps

From: Casey Chen
Date: Mon Jul 22 2024 - 15:19:15 EST


With 0dd5041c9a0e ("perf addr_location: Add init/exit/copy functions"),
when cpumode is 3 (macro PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR),
thread__find_map() could return with al->maps being NULL.

The path below could add a callchain_cursor_node with NULL ms.maps.

add_callchain_ip()
thread__find_symbol(.., &al)
thread__find_map(.., &al) // al->maps becomes NULL
ms.maps = maps__get(al.maps)
callchain_cursor_append(..., &ms, ...)
node->ms.maps = maps__get(ms->maps)

Then the path below would dereference NULL maps and get segfault.

fill_callchain_info()
maps__machine(node->ms.maps);

Fix it by checking if maps is NULL in fill_callchain_info().
---
tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 1730b852a947..6d075648d2cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ int hist_entry__append_callchain(struct hist_entry *he, struct perf_sample *samp
int fill_callchain_info(struct addr_location *al, struct callchain_cursor_node *node,
bool hide_unresolved)
{
- struct machine *machine = maps__machine(node->ms.maps);
+ struct machine *machine = node->ms.maps ? maps__machine(node->ms.maps) : NULL;

maps__put(al->maps);
al->maps = maps__get(node->ms.maps);
--
2.45.2