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arm64: perf: fix event validation for software group leaders

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This is a port of c95eb3184e ("ARM: 7809/1: perf: fix event validation
for software group leaders") to arm64, which fixes a panic in the arm64
perf backend found as a result of Vince's fuzzing tool.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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Will Deacon 2013-08-20 11:47:40 +01:00 committed by Catalin Marinas
parent 868f6fea8f
commit ee7538a008
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@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ validate_event(struct pmu_hw_events *hw_events,
struct hw_perf_event fake_event = event->hw;
struct pmu *leader_pmu = event->group_leader->pmu;
if (is_software_event(event))
return 1;
if (event->pmu != leader_pmu || event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
return 1;