On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:53:23 -0400
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> +static int evlist__deliver_deferred_samples(struct evlist *evlist,
> + const struct perf_tool *tool,
> + union perf_event *event,
> + struct perf_sample *sample,
> + struct machine *machine)
> +{
> + struct deferred_event *de, *tmp;
> + struct evsel *evsel;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + if (!tool->merge_deferred_callchains) {
> + evsel = evlist__id2evsel(evlist, sample->id);
> + return tool->callchain_deferred(tool, event, sample,
> + evsel, machine);
> + }
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(de, tmp, &evlist->deferred_samples, list) {
> + struct perf_sample orig_sample;
orig_sample is not initialized and can then contain junk.
> +
> + ret = evlist__parse_sample(evlist, de->event, &orig_sample);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + pr_err("failed to parse original sample\n");
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (sample->tid != orig_sample.tid)
> + continue;
> +
> + if (event->callchain_deferred.cookie ==
> orig_sample.deferred_cookie)
> + sample__merge_deferred_callchain(&orig_sample, sample);
The sample__merge_deferred_callchain() initializes both
orig_sample.deferred_callchain and the callchain. But now that it's not
being called, it can cause the below free to happen with junk as the
callchain. This needs:
else
orig_sample.deferred_callchain = false;
> +
> + evsel = evlist__id2evsel(evlist, orig_sample.id);
> + ret = evlist__deliver_sample(evlist, tool, de->event,
> + &orig_sample, evsel,> machine); +
> + if (orig_sample.deferred_callchain)
> + free(orig_sample.callchain);
> +
> + list_del(&de->list);
> + free(de);
> +
> + if (ret)
> + break;
> + }
> + return ret;
> +}
-- Steve
