linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 10/11] perf intel-pt: Smatch: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Message-ID: <cfef1777-141e-4223-e0c1-1a3f3aee1d3c@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jul 2019 14:07:40 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com>,
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        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 10/11] perf intel-pt: Smatch: Fix potential NULL
 pointer dereference

On 2/07/19 1:34 PM, Leo Yan wrote:
> Based on the following report from Smatch, fix the potential
> NULL pointer dereference check.

It never is NULL.  Remove the NULL test if you want:

-	if (session->itrace_synth_opts && session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
+	if (session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {

But blindly making changes like below is questionable.

> 
>   tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:3200
>   intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info() error: we previously assumed
>   'session->itrace_synth_opts' could be null (see line 3196)
> 
>   tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c:3206
>   intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info() warn: variable dereferenced before
>   check 'session->itrace_synth_opts' (see line 3200)
> 
> tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> 3196         if (session->itrace_synth_opts && session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
> 3197                 pt->synth_opts = *session->itrace_synth_opts;
> 3198         } else {
> 3199                 itrace_synth_opts__set_default(&pt->synth_opts,
> 3200                                 session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample);
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 3201                 if (!session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample &&
> 3202                     !session->itrace_synth_opts->inject) {
> 3203                         pt->synth_opts.branches = false;
> 3204                         pt->synth_opts.callchain = true;
> 3205                 }
> 3206                 if (session->itrace_synth_opts)
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 3207                         pt->synth_opts.thread_stack =
> 3208                                 session->itrace_synth_opts->thread_stack;
> 3209         }
> 
> To dismiss the potential NULL pointer dereference, this patch validates
> the pointer 'session->itrace_synth_opts' before access its elements.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> index 550db6e77968..88b567bdf1f9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> @@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ int intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
>  
>  	if (session->itrace_synth_opts && session->itrace_synth_opts->set) {
>  		pt->synth_opts = *session->itrace_synth_opts;
> -	} else {
> +	} else if (session->itrace_synth_opts) {
>  		itrace_synth_opts__set_default(&pt->synth_opts,
>  				session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample);
>  		if (!session->itrace_synth_opts->default_no_sample &&
> @@ -3203,8 +3203,7 @@ int intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
>  			pt->synth_opts.branches = false;
>  			pt->synth_opts.callchain = true;
>  		}
> -		if (session->itrace_synth_opts)
> -			pt->synth_opts.thread_stack =
> +		pt->synth_opts.thread_stack =
>  				session->itrace_synth_opts->thread_stack;
>  	}
>  
>