[PATCH 6.1 0908/1191] perf trace-event: Fix buffer overflow in read_string()

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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
2026-09-12 16:36:40
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2026-09-12
6.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tanushree Shah <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 1121a7af1833f8b5723f1e32685b461614353d5d ]

read_string() writes into buf[BUFSIZ] one byte at a time without
checking 'size' against the buffer bound before each write. A
string longer than BUFSIZ in the input overflows the stack buffer.

Add a bounds check before each write to prevent overflow. On
overflow the function returns NULL, matching its other error paths.

Fixes: 9215545e99d8 ("perf: Convert perf tracing data into a tracing_data event")
Signed-off-by: Tanushree Shah <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 8a01af783310a..fd44de3cb873b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ static char *read_string(void)
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (size >= (int)sizeof(buf) - 1) {
+			pr_debug("string too long (max %zu bytes)", sizeof(buf) - 1);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		buf[size++] = c;
 
 		if (!c)
-- 
2.53.0


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