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Date:   Sat, 18 Aug 2018 04:55:46 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Benno Evers <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     namhyung@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        kjlx@...pleofstupid.com, tglx@...utronix.de, acme@...hat.com,
        bevers@...osphere.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Check for null when copying nsinfo.

Commit-ID:  3f4417d693b43fa240ac8bde4487f67745ca23d8
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/3f4417d693b43fa240ac8bde4487f67745ca23d8
Author:     Benno Evers <bevers@...osphere.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:36:13 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:39:09 -0300

perf tools: Check for null when copying nsinfo.

The argument to nsinfo__copy() was assumed to be valid, but some code paths
exist that will lead to NULL being passed.

In particular, running 'perf script -D' on a perf.data file containing an
PERF_RECORD_MMAP event associating the '[vdso]' dso with pid 0 earlier in
the event stream will lead to a segfault.

Since all calling code is already checking for a non-null return value,
just return NULL for this case as well.

Signed-off-by: Benno Evers <bevers@...osphere.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Krister Johansen <kjlx@...pleofstupid.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180810133614.9925-1-bevers@mesosphere.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
index 5be021701f34..cf8bd123cf73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ struct nsinfo *nsinfo__copy(struct nsinfo *nsi)
 {
 	struct nsinfo *nnsi;
 
+	if (nsi == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
 	nnsi = calloc(1, sizeof(*nnsi));
 	if (nnsi != NULL) {
 		nnsi->pid = nsi->pid;