linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Fix annotate.c use of uninitialized value error

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Message-ID: <20200709153844.GA7487@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 12:38:44 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Numfor Mbiziwo-Tiapo <nums@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, mbd@...com,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Fix annotate.c use of uninitialized value error

Em Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:54:47PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:11 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > It looks like this wasn't merged to tip. Does anything need addressing
> > to get it merged?

Finally processed, thanks for the multiple reminders,

- Arnaldo

> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 4:32 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 01:57:50PM -0700, Numfor Mbiziwo-Tiapo wrote:
> > > > Our local MSAN (Memory Sanitizer) build of perf throws a warning
> > > > that comes from the "dso__disassemble_filename" function in
> > > > "tools/perf/util/annotate.c" when running perf record.
> > > >
> > > > The warning stems from the call to readlink, in which "build_id_path"
> > > > was being read into "linkname". Since readlink does not null terminate,
> > > > an uninitialized memory access would later occur when "linkname" is
> > > > passed into the strstr function. This is simply fixed by null-terminating
> > > > "linkname" after the call to readlink.
> > > >
> > > > To reproduce this warning, build perf by running:
> > > > make -C tools/perf CLANG=1 CC=clang EXTRA_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=memory\
> > > >  -fsanitize-memory-track-origins"
> > > >
> > > > (Additionally, llvm might have to be installed and clang might have to
> > > > be specified as the compiler - export CC=/usr/bin/clang)
> > > >
> > > > then running:
> > > > tools/perf/perf record -o - ls / | tools/perf/perf --no-pager annotate\
> > > >  -i - --stdio
> > > >
> > > > Please see the cover letter for why false positive warnings may be
> > > > generated.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Numfor Mbiziwo-Tiapo <nums@...gle.com>
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> 
> Arnaldo, I think this got overlooked. Thanks,
> 
> Ian
> 
> > > thanks,
> > > jirka
> > >
> > > > ---
> > > >  tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > index 70de8f6b3aee..e1b075b52dce 100644
> > > > --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
> > > > @@ -1627,6 +1627,7 @@ static int dso__disassemble_filename(struct dso *dso, char *filename, size_t fil
> > > >       char *build_id_filename;
> > > >       char *build_id_path = NULL;
> > > >       char *pos;
> > > > +     int len;
> > > >
> > > >       if (dso->symtab_type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__KALLSYMS &&
> > > >           !dso__is_kcore(dso))
> > > > @@ -1655,10 +1656,16 @@ static int dso__disassemble_filename(struct dso *dso, char *filename, size_t fil
> > > >       if (pos && strlen(pos) < SBUILD_ID_SIZE - 2)
> > > >               dirname(build_id_path);
> > > >
> > > > -     if (dso__is_kcore(dso) ||
> > > > -         readlink(build_id_path, linkname, sizeof(linkname)) < 0 ||
> > > > -         strstr(linkname, DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS) ||
> > > > -         access(filename, R_OK)) {
> > > > +     if (dso__is_kcore(dso))
> > > > +             goto fallback;
> > > > +
> > > > +     len = readlink(build_id_path, linkname, sizeof(linkname) - 1);
> > > > +     if (len < 0)
> > > > +             goto fallback;
> > > > +
> > > > +     linkname[len] = '\0';
> > > > +     if (strstr(linkname, DSO__NAME_KALLSYMS) ||
> > > > +             access(filename, R_OK)) {
> > > >  fallback:
> > > >               /*
> > > >                * If we don't have build-ids or the build-id file isn't in the
> > > > --
> > > > 2.22.0.709.g102302147b-goog
> > > >

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- Arnaldo