Re: [PATCH v2] perf buildid: Avoid copy of uninitialized memory

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Jan 24 2023 - 13:39:10 EST


Em Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 10:58:28AM -0800, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> 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. Ensure the size is less that the buffer size and only copy the
> bytes that were initialized. This was detected by the Clang/LLVM
> memory sanitizer.
>
> Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> v2. Avoids the potential for copying too much as suggested by Arnaldo.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo

> ---
> tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> index 3ab6a92b1a6d..9ab9308ee80c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> @@ -2219,8 +2219,8 @@ 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));
> - ev.build_id.size = pos->bid.size;
> + ev.build_id.size = min(pos->bid.size, sizeof(pos->bid.data));
> + memcpy(&ev.build_id.build_id, pos->bid.data, ev.build_id.size);
> ev.build_id.header.type = PERF_RECORD_HEADER_BUILD_ID;
> ev.build_id.header.misc = misc | PERF_RECORD_MISC_BUILD_ID_SIZE;
> ev.build_id.pid = machine->pid;
> --
> 2.39.0.246.g2a6d74b583-goog
>

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- Arnaldo