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perf pmu: Use scnprintf in buffer offset calculations
authorAthira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:43:32 +0000 (19:13 +0530)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:55:29 +0000 (18:55 -0300)
Replace snprintf with scnprintf in buffer offset calculations to
ensure the 'used' count will not exceed the "len".

The current logic in perf_pmu__for_each_event uses an unconditional
+ 1 increment to buf_used to account for null terminators. This can
cause a stack buffer overflow in the subsequent scnprintf call.
When the local stack buffer buf (1024 bytes) is full, buf_used can
reach 1025. This causes the subsequent remaining space calculation
sizeof(buf) - buf_used to underflow.

Use sub_non_neg() to see if space actually existed, and only
increment the offset if remaining space is present.

Changes includes:
- Use sub_non_neg to check if space exists
- Replacing snprintf with scnprintf to ensure the return value
reflects the actual bytes written into the buffer.
- Only increment buf_used by 1 if space exists
- If a parameterized event uses a built-in perf keyword for its
parameter name (eg, config=?), the lexer parses it as a predefined
term token, which sets term->config to NULL. Add check to use
parse_events__term_type_str() if term->config is NULL.

Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Shivani Nittor <shivani@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Tanushree.Shah@ibm.com
Cc: Tejas.Manhas1@ibm.com
Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/pmu.c

index e765a7ffb0d6f9bce7c28e4f0d36d271cf0c5124..1539960ba23b201b120f847c426c30144cefe255 100644 (file)
@@ -2146,15 +2146,19 @@ static char *format_alias(char *buf, int len, const struct perf_pmu *pmu,
                pr_err("Failure to parse '%s' terms '%s': %d\n",
                        alias->name, alias->terms, ret);
                parse_events_terms__exit(&terms);
-               snprintf(buf, len, "%.*s/%s/", (int)pmu_name_len, pmu->name, alias->name);
+               scnprintf(buf, len, "%.*s/%s/", (int)pmu_name_len, pmu->name, alias->name);
                return buf;
        }
-       used = snprintf(buf, len, "%.*s/%s", (int)pmu_name_len, pmu->name, alias->name);
+       used = scnprintf(buf, len, "%.*s/%s", (int)pmu_name_len, pmu->name, alias->name);
 
        list_for_each_entry(term, &terms.terms, list) {
+               const char *name = term->config;
+
+               if (!name)
+                       name = parse_events__term_type_str(term->type_term);
                if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR)
-                       used += snprintf(buf + used, sub_non_neg(len, used),
-                                       ",%s=%s", term->config,
+                       used += scnprintf(buf + used, sub_non_neg(len, used),
+                                       ",%s=%s", name,
                                        term->val.str);
        }
        parse_events_terms__exit(&terms);
@@ -2218,6 +2222,7 @@ int perf_pmu__for_each_event(struct perf_pmu *pmu, bool skip_duplicate_pmus,
        int ret = 0;
        struct hashmap_entry *entry;
        size_t bkt;
+       size_t size_rem;
 
        if (perf_pmu__is_tracepoint(pmu))
                return tp_pmu__for_each_event(pmu, state, cb);
@@ -2251,17 +2256,30 @@ int perf_pmu__for_each_event(struct perf_pmu *pmu, bool skip_duplicate_pmus,
                        }
                        buf_used = strlen(buf) + 1;
                }
+
                info.scale_unit = NULL;
                if (strlen(event->unit) || event->scale != 1.0) {
-                       info.scale_unit = buf + buf_used;
-                       buf_used += snprintf(buf + buf_used, sizeof(buf) - buf_used,
-                                       "%G%s", event->scale, event->unit) + 1;
+                       /* Check the remaining space */
+                       size_rem = sub_non_neg(sizeof(buf), buf_used);
+
+                       if (size_rem > 0) {
+                               info.scale_unit = buf + buf_used;
+                               buf_used += scnprintf(buf + buf_used, size_rem, "%G%s",
+                                               event->scale, event->unit) + 1;
+                       }
                }
                info.desc = event->desc;
                info.long_desc = event->long_desc;
-               info.encoding_desc = buf + buf_used;
-               buf_used += snprintf(buf + buf_used, sizeof(buf) - buf_used,
-                               "%.*s/%s/", (int)pmu_name_len, info.pmu_name, event->terms) + 1;
+               info.encoding_desc = NULL;
+
+               /* Check the remaining space */
+               size_rem = sub_non_neg(sizeof(buf), buf_used);
+               if (size_rem > 0) {
+                       info.encoding_desc = buf + buf_used;
+                       buf_used += scnprintf(buf + buf_used, size_rem, "%.*s/%s/",
+                                       (int)pmu_name_len, info.pmu_name, event->terms) + 1;
+               }
+
                info.str = event->terms;
                info.topic = event->topic;
                info.deprecated = perf_pmu_alias__check_deprecated(pmu, event);
@@ -2271,7 +2289,7 @@ int perf_pmu__for_each_event(struct perf_pmu *pmu, bool skip_duplicate_pmus,
        }
        if (pmu->selectable) {
                info.name = buf;
-               snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s//", pmu->name);
+               scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s//", pmu->name);
                info.alias = NULL;
                info.scale_unit = NULL;
                info.desc = NULL;