linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] perf parse-events: fix 3 use after frees

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Message-Id: <20200314170356.62914-1-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:03:56 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf parse-events: fix 3 use after frees

Reproducible with a clang asan build and then running perf test in
particular 'Parse event definition strings'.

v2 frees the evsel->pmu_name avoiding a memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c        | 1 +
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 816d930d774e..15ccd193483f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1287,6 +1287,7 @@ void perf_evsel__exit(struct evsel *evsel)
 	perf_thread_map__put(evsel->core.threads);
 	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
 	zfree(&evsel->name);
+	zfree(&evsel->pmu_name);
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index a14995835d85..593b6b03785d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr, NULL, pmu, NULL,
 				    auto_merge_stats, NULL);
 		if (evsel) {
-			evsel->pmu_name = name;
+			evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
 			evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
 			return 0;
 		} else {
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
 		evsel->metric_expr = info.metric_expr;
 		evsel->metric_name = info.metric_name;
-		evsel->pmu_name = name;
+		evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
 		evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
 		evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
 	}
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list,
 							  pmu->name, head,
 							  true, true)) {
-					pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", config,
+					pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", str,
 						 pmu->name, alias->str);
 					ok++;
 				}
-- 
2.25.1.481.gfbce0eb801-goog