[tip:perf/core] perf symbols: only set vmlinux longname & mark loaded if really loaded

From: tip-bot for Cody P Schafer
Date: Tue Aug 21 2012 - 12:03:38 EST


Commit-ID: 515850e4fbd87c8f249446faa2e5ad98e672711d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/515850e4fbd87c8f249446faa2e5ad98e672711d
Author: Cody P Schafer <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:22:54 -0700
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:24:12 -0300

perf symbols: only set vmlinux longname & mark loaded if really loaded

dso__load_vmlinux() uses the filename passed to it to directly set the
dso long_name, which resulted in a use after free due to
dso__load_vmlinux_path() treating 0 symbols as a load failure and
subsequently freeing the contents of dso->long_name.

Change dso__load_vmlinux() so that finding 0 symbols does not cause it
to consider itself loaded, and do not set long_name in such a case.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Hellsley <matthltc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344637382-22789-9-git-send-email-cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index e5c3817..96dbf28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1364,13 +1364,14 @@ int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
if (fd < 0)
return -1;

- dso__set_long_name(dso, (char *)vmlinux);
- dso__set_loaded(dso, map->type);
err = dso__load_sym(dso, map, symfs_vmlinux, fd, filter, 0, 0);
close(fd);

- if (err > 0)
+ if (err > 0) {
+ dso__set_long_name(dso, (char *)vmlinux);
+ dso__set_loaded(dso, map->type);
pr_debug("Using %s for symbols\n", symfs_vmlinux);
+ }

return err;
}
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