We release wrong pointer on error path in cpu_cache_level__read function, leading to segfault:
(gdb) r record ls Starting program: /root/perf/tools/perf/perf record ls ... [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] double free or corruption (out) Thread 1 "perf" received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007ffff7463798 in raise () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff7463798 in raise () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff7443bac in abort () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007ffff74af8bc in __libc_message () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 #3 0x00007ffff74b92b8 in malloc_printerr () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 #4 0x00007ffff74bb874 in _int_free () from /lib64/power9/libc.so.6 #5 0x0000000010271260 in __zfree (ptr=0x7fffffffa0b0) at ../../lib/zalloc.. #6 0x0000000010139340 in cpu_cache_level__read (cache=0x7fffffffa090, cac.. #7 0x0000000010143c90 in build_caches (cntp=0x7fffffffa118, size=<optimiz.. ... Releasing the proper pointer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-e7js6xoi4y18kydxqehh0...@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/util/header.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c index b0c34dda30a0..3527b9897b6f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c @@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static int cpu_cache_level__read(struct cpu_cache_level *cache, u32 cpu, u16 lev scnprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s/shared_cpu_list", path); if (sysfs__read_str(file, &cache->map, &len)) { - zfree(&cache->map); + zfree(&cache->size); zfree(&cache->type); return -1; } -- 2.21.0
