[tip:perf/core] perf record: Fix failed memory allocation for get_cpuid_str

From: tip-bot for Thomas Richter
Date: Wed Jan 17 2018 - 11:39:42 EST


Commit-ID: 81fccd6ca507d3b2012eaf1edeb9b1dbf4bd22db
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/81fccd6ca507d3b2012eaf1edeb9b1dbf4bd22db
Author: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:16:11 +0100
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:31:25 -0300

perf record: Fix failed memory allocation for get_cpuid_str

In x86 architecture dependend part function get_cpuid_str() mallocs a
128 byte buffer, but does not check if the memory allocation succeeded
or not.

When the memory allocation fails, function __get_cpuid() is called with
first parameter being a NULL pointer. However this function references
its first parameter and operates on a NULL pointer which might cause
core dumps.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180117131611.34319-1-tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
index b626d2b..fb0d71a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ get_cpuid_str(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
{
char *buf = malloc(128);

- if (__get_cpuid(buf, 128, "%s-%u-%X$") < 0) {
+ if (buf && __get_cpuid(buf, 128, "%s-%u-%X$") < 0) {
free(buf);
return NULL;
}