Re: [PATCH] perf buildid: Avoid copy of uninitialized memory

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 11:30:44 EST


Em Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 08:08:13AM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 10:57 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > build_id__init only copies the buildid data up to size leaving the
> > rest of the data array uninitialized. Copying the full array during
> > synthesis means the written event contains uninitialized memory. This
> > was detected by the Clang/LLVM memory sanitizer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > index 3ab6a92b1a6d..348d05e4ec03 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > @@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_build_id(struct perf_tool *tool, struct dso *pos, u16
> >
> > len = pos->long_name_len + 1;
> > len = PERF_ALIGN(len, NAME_ALIGN);
> > - memcpy(&ev.build_id.build_id, pos->bid.data, sizeof(pos->bid.data));
> > + memcpy(&ev.build_id.build_id, pos->bid.data, pos->bid.size);
>
> Ping. Should be an uncontroversial change to fix a copy of
> uninitialized memory into the perf.data file during synthesis.

Indeed, applied.

- Arnaldo