perf/core: Plug potential memory leak in CPU_UP_PREPARE
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:11:34 +0000 (20:11 +0000)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:37:30 +0000 (10:37 +0100)
If CPU_UP_PREPARE is called it is not guaranteed, that a previously allocated
and assigned hash has been freed already, but perf_event_init_cpu()
unconditionally allocates and assignes a new hash if the swhash is referenced.
By overwriting the pointer the existing hash is not longer accessible.

Verify that there is no hash assigned on this cpu before allocating and
assigning a new one.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160209201007.843269966@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
kernel/events/core.c

index 4aa64a85a7b7682f8947f2c333a02f21aa6330c0..0d58522103cd7e73d76a7935119077f33d68082b 100644 (file)
@@ -9206,7 +9206,7 @@ static void perf_event_init_cpu(int cpu)
        struct swevent_htable *swhash = &per_cpu(swevent_htable, cpu);
 
        mutex_lock(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
-       if (swhash->hlist_refcount > 0) {
+       if (swhash->hlist_refcount > 0 && !swevent_hlist_deref(swhash)) {
                struct swevent_hlist *hlist;
 
                hlist = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*hlist), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));