Finding a map is done under a lock, returning the map without a reference count means it can be removed without notice and causing uses after free. Grab a reference count to the map within the lock region and return this. Fix up locations that need a map__put following this. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/machine.c | 4 +++- tools/perf/util/maps.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c index 7031f6fddcae..4911734411b5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c @@ -1761,8 +1761,10 @@ int machine__create_kernel_maps(struct machine *machine) struct map *next = maps__find_next_entry(machine__kernel_maps(machine), machine__kernel_map(machine)); - if (next) + if (next) { machine__set_kernel_mmap(machine, start, map__start(next)); + map__put(next); + } } out_put: diff --git a/tools/perf/util/maps.c b/tools/perf/util/maps.c index ea8fa684e8c6..df0c8041899e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/maps.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/maps.c @@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ struct map *maps__find_next_entry(struct maps *maps, struct map *map) down_read(maps__lock(maps)); i = maps__by_address_index(maps, map); if (i < maps__nr_maps(maps)) - result = maps__maps_by_address(maps)[i]; // TODO: map__get + result = map__get(maps__maps_by_address(maps)[i]); up_read(maps__lock(maps)); return result; -- 2.43.0.687.g38aa6559b0-goog