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The synthesized samples were delivered without the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK flag if it was not in the original event's sample_type. Fixed by using sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type in intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample. 2. Modifying evsel->core.attr.sample_type early in __cmd_inject caused parse failures for subsequent records in the input file. Fixed by moving this modification to just before writing the header. 3. perf_event__repipe_sample was narrowed to only synthesize samples when branch stack injection was requested, and restored the use of perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample as a fallback to preserve functionality. 4. Potential Heap Overflow in perf_event__repipe_sample: Addressed by adding a check that prints an error and returns -EFAULT if the calculated event size exceeds PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE. 5. Header vs Payload Mismatch in __cmd_inject: Addressed by narrowing the condition so that HEADER_BRANCH_STACK is only set in the file header if add_last_branch was true. 6. NULL Pointer Dereference in intel-pt.c: Addressed by updating the condition in intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample to fill sample. branch_stack if it warrants synthesis, even if not in the original sample_type. 7. Modifying event attributes in perf_event__repipe_attr in-place caused SIGSEGV on read-only mmap buffers in file mode and downstream parser breakage in pipe mode. Fixed by processing the unmodified attribute first, returning immediately in non-pipe mode, and correctly synthesizing a new attribute event for pipe output using perf_event__synthesize_attr. Also added a size validation check to prevent n_ids underflow when parsing header size. 8. Potential dangling pointer vulnerability in perf_event__repipe_sample: Addressed by restoring the original sample->branch_stack pointer before returning, including on early error return paths. 9. Off-by-one error in sample size check in perf_event__repipe_sample: Fixed by checking if sz >= PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE instead of >. 10. Unadvertised size field left in payload by cut_auxtrace_sample: Addressed by excluding the 8-byte size field from the copied payload to correctly match the cleared PERF_SAMPLE_AUX bit. Cut the AUX sample payload even if size is 0. 11. Inaccurate sample size calculation and uninitialized memory leaks in convert_sample_callchain: Fixed by replacing manual arithmetic with perf_event__sample_event_size and adding a bounds check against PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE. 12. Omission of branch_sample_type in file headers: Addressed by expanding older, smaller attributes to PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER2 in __cmd_inject to ensure branch_sample_type is not silently omitted. Fixes: 0f0aa5e0693c ("perf inject: Add Instruction Tracing support") Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers --- tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 5 +- 2 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c index 2f20e782c7f2..dbc3f640815d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c @@ -216,12 +216,23 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_op4_synth(const struct perf_tool *tool, return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event); } +static int perf_event__repipe_synth_cb(const struct perf_tool *tool, + union perf_event *event, + struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused, + struct machine *machine __maybe_unused) +{ + return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event); +} + static int perf_event__repipe_attr(const struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event, struct evlist **pevlist) { struct perf_inject *inject = container_of(tool, struct perf_inject, tool); + struct perf_event_attr attr; + size_t n_ids; + u64 *ids; int ret; ret = perf_event__process_attr(tool, event, pevlist); @@ -232,7 +243,30 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_attr(const struct perf_tool *tool, if (!inject->output.is_pipe) return 0; - return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event); + if (!inject->itrace_synth_opts.set) + return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event); + + memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr)); + memcpy(&attr, &event->attr.attr, + min_t(size_t, sizeof(attr), (size_t)event->attr.attr.size)); + + if (event->header.size < sizeof(event->header) + event->attr.attr.size) { + pr_err("Attribute event size %u is too small\n", event->header.size); + return -EINVAL; + } + n_ids = event->header.size - sizeof(event->header) - event->attr.attr.size; + n_ids /= sizeof(u64); + ids = perf_record_header_attr_id(event); + + attr.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr); + attr.sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_AUX; + + if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) { + attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK; + attr.branch_sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX; + } + return perf_event__synthesize_attr(tool, &attr, (u32)n_ids, ids, + perf_event__repipe_synth_cb); } static int perf_event__repipe_event_update(const struct perf_tool *tool, @@ -331,8 +365,8 @@ perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(struct perf_inject *inject, union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample) { - size_t sz1 = sample->aux_sample.data - (void *)event; - size_t sz2 = event->header.size - sample->aux_sample.size - sz1; + size_t sz1 = sample->aux_sample.data - (void *)event - sizeof(u64); + size_t sz2 = event->header.size - sample->aux_sample.size - (sz1 + sizeof(u64)); union perf_event *ev; if (inject->event_copy == NULL) { @@ -343,13 +377,12 @@ perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(struct perf_inject *inject, ev = (union perf_event *)inject->event_copy; if (sz1 > event->header.size || sz2 > event->header.size || sz1 + sz2 > event->header.size || - sz1 < sizeof(struct perf_event_header) + sizeof(u64)) + sz1 < sizeof(struct perf_event_header)) return event; memcpy(ev, event, sz1); memcpy((void *)ev + sz1, (void *)event + event->header.size - sz2, sz2); ev->header.size = sz1 + sz2; - ((u64 *)((void *)ev + sz1))[-1] = 0; return ev; } @@ -376,7 +409,67 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_sample(const struct perf_tool *tool, build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine); - if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && sample->aux_sample.size) { + if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && + (inject->itrace_synth_opts.last_branch || + inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch)) { + union perf_event *event_copy = (void *)inject->event_copy; + struct branch_stack dummy_bs = { .nr = 0, .hw_idx = 0 }; + int err; + size_t sz; + u64 orig_type = evsel->core.attr.sample_type; + u64 orig_branch_type = evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type; + + struct branch_stack *orig_bs = sample->branch_stack; + + if (event_copy == NULL) { + inject->event_copy = malloc(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE); + if (!inject->event_copy) + return -ENOMEM; + + event_copy = (void *)inject->event_copy; + } + + if (!sample->branch_stack) + sample->branch_stack = &dummy_bs; + + if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) { + /* Temporarily add in type bits for synthesis. */ + evsel->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK; + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX; + } + evsel->core.attr.sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_AUX; + + sz = perf_event__sample_event_size(sample, evsel->core.attr.sample_type, + evsel->core.attr.read_format, + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type); + + if (sz >= PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE) { + pr_err("Sample size %zu exceeds max size %d\n", sz, PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE); + evsel->core.attr.sample_type = orig_type; + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type = orig_branch_type; + sample->branch_stack = orig_bs; + return -EFAULT; + } + + event_copy->header.type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE; + event_copy->header.misc = event->header.misc; + event_copy->header.size = sz; + + err = perf_event__synthesize_sample(event_copy, evsel->core.attr.sample_type, + evsel->core.attr.read_format, + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type, sample); + + evsel->core.attr.sample_type = orig_type; + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type = orig_branch_type; + sample->branch_stack = orig_bs; + + if (err) { + pr_err("Failed to synthesize sample\n"); + return err; + } + event = event_copy; + } else if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set && + (evsel->core.attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_AUX)) { event = perf_inject__cut_auxtrace_sample(inject, event, sample); if (IS_ERR(event)) return PTR_ERR(event); @@ -397,7 +490,7 @@ static int perf_event__convert_sample_callchain(const struct perf_tool *tool, struct callchain_cursor_node *node; struct thread *thread; u64 sample_type = evsel->core.attr.sample_type; - u32 sample_size = event->header.size; + size_t sz; u64 i, k; int ret; @@ -456,15 +549,18 @@ static int perf_event__convert_sample_callchain(const struct perf_tool *tool, out: memcpy(event_copy, event, sizeof(event->header)); - /* adjust sample size for stack and regs */ - sample_size -= sample->user_stack.size; - sample_size -= (hweight64(evsel->core.attr.sample_regs_user) + 1) * sizeof(u64); - sample_size += (sample->callchain->nr + 1) * sizeof(u64); - event_copy->header.size = sample_size; - /* remove sample_type {STACK,REGS}_USER for synthesize */ sample_type &= ~(PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER | PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER); + sz = perf_event__sample_event_size(sample, sample_type, + evsel->core.attr.read_format, + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type); + if (sz >= PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE) { + pr_err("Sample size %zu exceeds max size %d\n", sz, PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE); + return -EFAULT; + } + event_copy->header.size = sz; + ret = perf_event__synthesize_sample(event_copy, sample_type, evsel->core.attr.read_format, evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type, sample); @@ -2442,12 +2538,27 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject) * synthesized hardware events, so clear the feature flag. */ if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.set) { + struct evsel *evsel; + perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_AUXTRACE); - if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.last_branch || - inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) + + evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) { + evsel->core.attr.sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_AUX; + } + + if (inject->itrace_synth_opts.add_last_branch) { perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BRANCH_STACK); + + evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) { + evsel->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK; + if (evsel->core.attr.size < PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER2) + evsel->core.attr.size = PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER2; + evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type |= + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX; + } + } } /* diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c index dd2637678b40..7153b48cfe63 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c @@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ static int intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq, struct evse intel_pt_add_xmm(intr_regs, pos, items, regs_mask); } - if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) { + if ((sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type) & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) { if (items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_0_POS] || items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_1_POS] || items->mask[INTEL_PT_LBR_2_POS]) { @@ -2576,7 +2576,8 @@ static int intel_pt_do_synth_pebs_sample(struct intel_pt_queue *ptq, struct evse sample.transaction = txn; } - ret = intel_pt_deliver_synth_event(pt, event, &sample, sample_type); + ret = intel_pt_deliver_synth_event(pt, event, &sample, + sample_type | evsel->synth_sample_type); perf_sample__exit(&sample); return ret; } -- 2.54.0.631.ge1b05301d1-goog