[PATCH 2/2] perf probe: Fix segfault if passed with ''.

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue May 05 2015 - 18:21:59 EST


From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since parse_perf_probe_point() deals with a user passed argument, we
should not assume it to be a valid string.

Without this patch, if pass '' to perf probe, a segfault raises:

$ perf probe -a ''
Segmentation fault

This patch checks argument of parse_perf_probe_point() before
string processing.

After this patch:

$ perf probe -a ''

usage: perf probe [<options>] 'PROBEDEF' ['PROBEDEF' ...]
or: perf probe [<options>] --add 'PROBEDEF' [--add 'PROBEDEF' ...]
...

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430210769-94177-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index d8bb616..d05b77c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,8 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev)
*
* TODO:Group name support
*/
+ if (!arg)
+ return -EINVAL;

ptr = strpbrk(arg, ";=@+%");
if (ptr && *ptr == '=') { /* Event name */
--
2.1.0

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