linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/18] perf buildid cache: Fix -a segfault related to kcore handling

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Message-Id: <1418333166-15429-8-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:25:55 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/18] perf buildid cache: Fix -a segfault related to kcore handling

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

The kcore_filename is uninitialized and trash value could trigger
build_id_cache__add_kcore function ending up with segfault.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1417460789-13874-7-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 29f24c071bc6..77d5cae54c6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 		   *remove_name_list_str = NULL,
 		   *missing_filename = NULL,
 		   *update_name_list_str = NULL,
-		   *kcore_filename;
+		   *kcore_filename = NULL;
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
-- 
1.9.3

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