From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, irogers@google.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
james.clark@linaro.org, howardchu95@gmail.com,
atomlin@atomlin.com, neelx@suse.com, chjohnst@mail.com,
sean@ashe.io, steve@abita.co, rishil1999@outlook.com,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 6/6] perf trace beauty: Validate payload size in augmented perf_event_open beautifier
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 21:51:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907015140.363076-7-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907015140.363076-1-atomlin@atomlin.com>
When pretty-printing augmented perf_event_attr arguments via
syscall_arg__scnprintf_augmented_perf_event_attr(),
arg->augmented.args->value is cast to struct perf_event_attr and read
without verifying that the captured payload is large enough to contain
at least PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 bytes.
If a malformed or truncated perf.data record provides an augmented
payload smaller than PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0, accessing attr->size or
executing memcpy(&local_attr, attr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0) reads memory
past the end of the available buffer.
Validate that arg->augmented.size is at least sizeof(struct augmented_arg)
and that augmented_arg->size is at least PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 while
remaining within the available buffer. If validation fails, fall back to
printing the raw pointer value.
Fixes: a9cd6c676685 ("perf trace: Add BPF augmenter to perf_event_open()'s 'struct perf_event_attr' arg")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_event_open.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_event_open.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_event_open.c
index 6315b46bcdf0..846738225abd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_event_open.c
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_event_open.c
@@ -81,9 +81,18 @@ static size_t perf_event_attr___scnprintf(struct perf_event_attr *attr, char *bf
static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_augmented_perf_event_attr(struct syscall_arg *arg, char *bf, size_t size)
{
- struct perf_event_attr *attr = (void *)arg->augmented.args->value;
+ struct augmented_arg *augmented_arg = arg->augmented.args;
+ struct perf_event_attr *attr;
struct perf_event_attr local_attr;
+ if (arg->augmented.size < (int)sizeof(*augmented_arg))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (augmented_arg->size < (int)PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 ||
+ augmented_arg->size > arg->augmented.size - (int)sizeof(*augmented_arg))
+ return 0;
+
+ attr = (void *)augmented_arg->value;
/*
* augmented_raw_syscalls.bpf.c (shipped with perf) copies
* PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 bytes when the tracee passes size=0,
@@ -107,8 +116,12 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_augmented_perf_event_attr(struct syscall_ar
size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_perf_event_attr(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscall_arg *arg)
{
- if (arg->augmented.args)
- return syscall_arg__scnprintf_augmented_perf_event_attr(arg, bf, size);
+ if (arg->augmented.args) {
+ size_t printed = syscall_arg__scnprintf_augmented_perf_event_attr(arg, bf, size);
+
+ if (printed)
+ return printed;
+ }
return scnprintf(bf, size, "%#lx", arg->val);
}
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 1:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 1:51 [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 0/6] perf trace: Validate payload bounds across augmented argument beautifiers Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 1/6] perf trace: Add upper bound checks for augmented BTF struct printing Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 2/6] perf trace: Validate payload bounds in augmented string beautifier Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 3/6] perf trace: Validate payload bounds in augmented buffer beautifier Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 4/6] perf trace beauty: Validate payload size in augmented timespec beautifier Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` [PATCH v2 perf-tools-next 5/6] perf trace beauty: Validate payload size in augmented sockaddr beautifier Aaron Tomlin
2026-09-07 1:51 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
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