linux-kernel - [PATCH] trace-cmd: record crashes if -f is used before -e event.

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:51:00 -0300
From:	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] trace-cmd: record crashes if -f is used before -e event.

The trace-cmd record command is crashing if a -f filter is used before
a -e event.

The usage a -f before a -e is a command line error, and trace-cmd
record detects this error by checking if the last_event pointer is NULL.

However, the last_event is not initialized as NULL and this command line
error is not detected. Then, the last_event is used to save the filter
options and this causes a segmentation fault because last_event was not
initialized yet.

This problem is fixed by initializing last_event as NULL.

How-to reproduce:
  # trace-cmd record -f foo
  Segmentation fault

Expected output:
  # trace-cmd record -f foo
  filter must come after event

Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
---
 trace-record.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/trace-record.c b/trace-record.c
index 3e5def2..45826b6 100644
--- a/trace-record.c
+++ b/trace-record.c
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ void trace_record (int argc, char **argv)
 	const char *output = NULL;
 	const char *option;
 	struct event_list *event;
-	struct event_list *last_event;
+	struct event_list *last_event = NULL;
 	struct tracecmd_event_list *list;
 	struct buffer_instance *instance = &top_instance;
 	enum trace_type type;
-- 
2.1.0

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