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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf jevents: Fix segfault in perf_pmu__find_events_table
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Hello,

On 2023/9/19 7:55, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 8:05 PM Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> Before caching the JSON events table, perf_pmu__find_events_table() need
>> to check whether table is empty.
>>
>> For example, AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1 is used. The matching events table cannot
>> be found. As a result, a null pointer is accessed when caching JSON events
>> table, causing segfault.
>>
>> Before:
>> # perf record -vv true
>> DEBUGINFOD_URLS=
>> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>
>> After:
>> # perf record -vv true
>> DEBUGINFOD_URLS=
>> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-15-6B-1
>> <SNIP>
>> [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
>> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.005 MB perf.data ]
>>
>> Fixes: 7c52f10c0d4d ("perf pmu: Cache JSON events table")
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>
>
> Thanks for the fix but please see
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230913125157.2790375-1-tmricht@linux.ibm.com/
>

Uh.. no notice that there is already a fix, please ignore it.

Thanks,
Yang

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