[PATCH 4/7] perf timechart: Fix cpu2y() OOB read on untrusted CPU index
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Sat Jun 06 2026 - 16:07:41 EST
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
cpu2y() indexes topology_map[cpu] without bounds checking. The array
is allocated with nr_cpus entries (from env->nr_cpus_online), but
callers pass sample CPU values from perf.data which can exceed that
size with cross-machine recordings.
Track the topology_map allocation size and bounds-check the CPU
argument in cpu2y() before indexing. Out-of-bounds CPUs fall back
to the identity mapping (cpu2slot(cpu)), which is the same behavior
as when no topology is available.
Fixes: c507999790438cde ("perf timechart: Add support for topology")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/svghelper.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
index e360e7736c7ba65b..826bd2577344b20f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ static double cpu2slot(int cpu)
}
static int *topology_map;
+static int topology_map_size;
static double cpu2y(int cpu)
{
- if (topology_map)
+ if (topology_map && cpu >= 0 && cpu < topology_map_size)
return cpu2slot(topology_map[cpu]) * SLOT_MULT;
- else
- return cpu2slot(cpu) * SLOT_MULT;
+ return cpu2slot(cpu) * SLOT_MULT;
}
static double time2pixels(u64 __time)
@@ -736,7 +736,8 @@ static int str_to_bitmap(char *s, cpumask_t *b, int nr_cpus)
return -1;
perf_cpu_map__for_each_cpu(cpu, idx, map) {
- if (cpu.cpu >= nr_cpus) {
+ /* perf_cpu_map__new("") returns cpu.cpu == -1 */
+ if (cpu.cpu < 0 || cpu.cpu >= nr_cpus) {
ret = -1;
break;
}
@@ -794,6 +795,7 @@ int svg_build_topology_map(struct perf_env *env)
fprintf(stderr, "topology: no memory\n");
goto exit;
}
+ topology_map_size = nr_cpus;
for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
topology_map[i] = -1;
--
2.54.0