perf tools: Pre-check sample size before parsing
Check that the total size of the sample fields having a fixed
size do not exceed the one of the whole event. This robustifies
the sample parsing.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 8b0eff8..4174c09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -690,8 +690,9 @@
return PyErr_NoMemory();
first = list_entry(evlist->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
- perf_event__parse_sample(event, first->attr.sample_type, sample_id_all,
- &pevent->sample);
+ perf_event__parse_sample(event, first->attr.sample_type,
+ perf_sample_size(first->attr.sample_type),
+ sample_id_all, &pevent->sample);
return pyevent;
}