From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 11:12:34 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: perf symbols: Add bounds checks to elf_read_build_id() note iteration
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=acc56d3941fc2997a5a21ea9233a8ac3d87c4f2f;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

perf symbols: Add bounds checks to elf_read_build_id() note iteration

elf_read_build_id() iterates ELF notes using pointer arithmetic
driven by n_namesz and n_descsz from the note headers.  Neither
the note header read nor the subsequent name/desc advances are
checked against the section boundary.  A malformed ELF file with
oversized note sizes causes out-of-bounds reads past the section
data buffer.

Add two bounds checks: verify the note header fits within the
remaining section data, and verify that namesz + descsz (after
alignment) fits before advancing the pointer.

Fixes: fd7a346ea292074e ("perf symbols: Filename__read_build_id should look at .notes section too")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 10902a5dc6dbe..d84e2e031d430 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -835,10 +835,24 @@ static int elf_read_build_id(Elf *elf, void *bf, size_t size)
 	ptr = data->d_buf;
 	while (ptr < (data->d_buf + data->d_size)) {
 		GElf_Nhdr *nhdr = ptr;
-		size_t namesz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_namesz),
-		       descsz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_descsz);
+		size_t namesz, descsz, remaining;
 		const char *name;
 
+		/* ensure the note header fits within the section */
+		if (ptr + sizeof(*nhdr) > data->d_buf + data->d_size)
+			break;
+
+		namesz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_namesz);
+		descsz = NOTE_ALIGN(nhdr->n_descsz);
+
+		/* validate individually to avoid size_t overflow on 32-bit */
+		remaining = data->d_buf + data->d_size - ptr - sizeof(*nhdr);
+		if (namesz > remaining || descsz > remaining - namesz) {
+			pr_warning("%s: oversized note: n_namesz=%u, n_descsz=%u\n",
+				   __func__, nhdr->n_namesz, nhdr->n_descsz);
+			break;
+		}
+
 		ptr += sizeof(*nhdr);
 		name = ptr;
 		ptr += namesz;