linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] perf tools: Check we are able to read the event size on mmap

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Message-Id: <1306028744-10603-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 May 2011 03:45:39 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] perf tools: Check we are able to read the event size on mmap

Check we have enough mmaped space to read the current event
size from its headers, otherwise we may dereference some
hell there.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/session.c |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index fff6674..61746b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,13 @@ remap:
 	file_pos = file_offset + head;
 
 more:
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we have enough space remaining to read
+	 * the size of the event in the headers.
+	 */
+	if (head + sizeof(event->header) > mmap_size)
+		goto remap;
+
 	event = (union perf_event *)(buf + head);
 
 	if (session->header.needs_swap)
-- 
1.7.3.2

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