[PATCH v1 1/2] perf maps: Avoid RC_CHK use after free

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Wed Nov 19 2025 - 00:06:04 EST


The case of __maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert where the "new" maps
covers existing mappings can create a use-after-free with reference
count checking enabled. The issue is that "pos" holds a map pointer
from maps_by_address that is put from maps_by_address but then used to
look for a map in maps_by_name (the compared map is now a
use-after-free). The issue stems from using maps__remove which redoes
some of the searches already done by __maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert,
so optimize the code (by avoiding repeated searches) and avoid the
use-after-free by inlining the appropriate removal code.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202511141407.f9edcfa6-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/maps.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/maps.c b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
index 779f6230130a..c321d4f4d846 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/maps.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
@@ -931,8 +931,9 @@ static int __maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert(struct maps *maps, struct map *new)
return err;
} else {
struct map *next = NULL;
+ unsigned int nr_maps = maps__nr_maps(maps);

- if (i + 1 < maps__nr_maps(maps))
+ if (i + 1 < nr_maps)
next = maps_by_address[i + 1];

if (!next || map__start(next) >= map__end(new)) {
@@ -953,7 +954,24 @@ static int __maps__fixup_overlap_and_insert(struct maps *maps, struct map *new)
check_invariants(maps);
return err;
}
- __maps__remove(maps, pos);
+ /*
+ * pos fully covers the previous mapping so remove
+ * it. The following is an inlined version of
+ * maps__remove that reuses the already computed
+ * indices.
+ */
+ map__put(maps_by_address[i]);
+ memmove(&maps_by_address[i],
+ &maps_by_address[i + 1],
+ (nr_maps - i - 1) * sizeof(*maps_by_address));
+
+ if (maps_by_name) {
+ map__put(maps_by_name[ni]);
+ memmove(&maps_by_name[ni],
+ &maps_by_name[ni + 1],
+ (nr_maps - ni - 1) * sizeof(*maps_by_name));
+ }
+ --RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps)->nr_maps;
check_invariants(maps);
/*
* Maps are ordered but no need to increase `i` as the
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog