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perf: Fix sample_max_stack maximum check
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The syzbot hit KASAN bug in perf_callchain_store having the entry stored
behind the allocated bounds [1].

We miss the sample_max_stack check for the initial event that allocates
callchain buffers. This missing check allows to create an event with
sample_max_stack value bigger than the global sysctl maximum:

  # sysctl -a | grep perf_event_max_stack
  kernel.perf_event_max_stack = 127

  # perf record -vv -C 1 -e cycles/max-stack=256/ kill
  ...
  perf_event_attr:
    size                             112
    ...
    sample_max_stack                 256
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  sys_perf_event_open: pid -1  cpu 1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8 = 4

Note the '-C 1', which forces perf record to create just single event.
Otherwise it opens event for every cpu, then the sample_max_stack check
fails on the second event and all's fine.

The fix is to run the sample_max_stack check also for the first event
with callchains.

[1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152352732920874&w=2

Reported-by: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: 97c79a3 ("perf core: Per event callchain limit")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
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olsajiri authored and acmel committed Apr 17, 2018
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21 changes: 12 additions & 9 deletions kernel/events/callchain.c
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Expand Up @@ -119,19 +119,22 @@ int get_callchain_buffers(int event_max_stack)
goto exit;
}

/*
* If requesting per event more than the global cap,
* return a different error to help userspace figure
* this out.
*
* And also do it here so that we have &callchain_mutex held.
*/
if (event_max_stack > sysctl_perf_event_max_stack) {
err = -EOVERFLOW;
goto exit;
}

if (count > 1) {
/* If the allocation failed, give up */
if (!callchain_cpus_entries)
err = -ENOMEM;
/*
* If requesting per event more than the global cap,
* return a different error to help userspace figure
* this out.
*
* And also do it here so that we have &callchain_mutex held.
*/
if (event_max_stack > sysctl_perf_event_max_stack)
err = -EOVERFLOW;
goto exit;
}

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