linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf: Fix double-free of the AUX buffer

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 05:31:48 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Ben Hutchings <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org,
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf: Fix double-free of the AUX buffer

Commit-ID:  ee9397a6fb9bc4e52677f5e33eed4abee0f515e6
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ee9397a6fb9bc4e52677f5e33eed4abee0f515e6
Author:     Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
AuthorDate: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:31:08 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:37:21 +0200

perf: Fix double-free of the AUX buffer

If rb->aux_refcount is decremented to zero before rb->refcount,
__rb_free_aux() may be called twice resulting in a double free of
rb->aux_pages.  Fix this by adding a check to __rb_free_aux().

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 57ffc5ca679f ("perf: Fix AUX buffer refcounting")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437953468.12842.17.camel@decadent.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index b2be01b..c8aa3f7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -559,11 +559,13 @@ static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 		rb->aux_priv = NULL;
 	}
 
-	for (pg = 0; pg < rb->aux_nr_pages; pg++)
-		rb_free_aux_page(rb, pg);
+	if (rb->aux_nr_pages) {
+		for (pg = 0; pg < rb->aux_nr_pages; pg++)
+			rb_free_aux_page(rb, pg);
 
-	kfree(rb->aux_pages);
-	rb->aux_nr_pages = 0;
+		kfree(rb->aux_pages);
+		rb->aux_nr_pages = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
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