linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf callchain: Fix segfault in thread__resolve_callchain

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Message-Id: <20191114142538.4097-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:25:38 +0200
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf callchain: Fix segfault in thread__resolve_callchain_sample()

Do not dereference 'chain' when it is NULL.

  $ perf record -e intel_pt//u -e branch-misses:u uname
  $ perf report --itrace=l --branch-history
  perf: Segmentation fault

Fixes: e9024d519d89 ("perf callchain: Honour the ordering of PERF_CONTEXT_{USER,KERNEL,etc}")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 6a0f5c25ce3e..0a21ab69a247 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 	}
 
 check_calls:
-	if (callchain_param.order != ORDER_CALLEE) {
+	if (chain && callchain_param.order != ORDER_CALLEE) {
 		err = find_prev_cpumode(chain, thread, cursor, parent, root_al,
 					&cpumode, chain->nr - first_call);
 		if (err)
-- 
2.17.1