perf_counter tools: fix buffer overwrite problem for perf top command
There is a buffer overwrite problem in builtin-top.c line 526, When I
tried to use ./perf top command, it was giving memory corruption
problem.
[ Impact: fix 'perf top' crash ]
LKML-Reference: <3fee128b0905092313x608e65e0l7b1116d86914114f@mail.gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
index cd6f61d..b1549dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
if (strstr(sym, "_text_start") || strstr(sym, "_text_end"))
return 1;
- s->sym = malloc(strlen(str));
+ s->sym = malloc(strlen(str)+1);
assert(s->sym);
strcpy((char *)s->sym, str);