[PATCH 09/11] perf bpf: Use scnprintf() in snprintf_hex() and synthesize_bpf_prog_name()

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 21:35:32 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Both functions accumulate formatted output via ret += snprintf(buf + ret,
size - ret, ...). If the buffer is too small and snprintf() returns more
than the remaining space, ret exceeds size and the next 'size - ret'
underflows, causing snprintf() to write past the buffer end.

Switch to scnprintf() which returns the actual number of bytes written,
making the accumulation safe.

Fixes: 7b612e291a5affb1 ("perf tools: Synthesize PERF_RECORD_* for loaded BPF programs")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index a27945c279efb779..2c09842469f1f28c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int snprintf_hex(char *buf, size_t size, unsigned char *data, size_t len)
size_t i;

for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
- ret += snprintf(buf + ret, size - ret, "%02x", data[i]);
+ ret += scnprintf(buf + ret, size - ret, "%02x", data[i]);
return ret;
}

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int synthesize_bpf_prog_name(char *buf, int size,
const struct btf_type *t;
int name_len;

- name_len = snprintf(buf, size, "bpf_prog_");
+ name_len = scnprintf(buf, size, "bpf_prog_");
name_len += snprintf_hex(buf + name_len, size - name_len,
prog_tags[sub_id], BPF_TAG_SIZE);
if (btf) {
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ static int synthesize_bpf_prog_name(char *buf, int size,
short_name = info->name;
} else
short_name = "F";
- if (short_name)
- name_len += snprintf(buf + name_len, size - name_len,
- "_%s", short_name);
+ if (short_name) {
+ name_len += scnprintf(buf + name_len, size - name_len,
+ "_%s", short_name);
+ }
return name_len;
}

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