drivers: perf: ctr_get_width function for legacy is not defined
With parameters CONFIG_RISCV_PMU_LEGACY=y and CONFIG_RISCV_PMU_SBI=n
linux kernel crashes when you try perf record:
$ perf record ls
[ 46.749286] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 46.750199] Oops [#1]
[ 46.750342] Modules linked in:
[ 46.750608] CPU: 0 PID: 107 Comm: perf-exec Not tainted 6.6.0 #2
[ 46.750906] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
[ 46.751184] epc : 0x0
[ 46.751430] ra : arch_perf_update_userpage+0x54/0x13e
[ 46.751680] epc : 0000000000000000 ra : ffffffff8072ee52 sp : ff2000000022b8f0
[ 46.751958] gp : ffffffff81505988 tp : ff6000000290d400 t0 : ff2000000022b9c0
[ 46.752229] t1 : 0000000000000001 t2 : 0000000000000003 s0 : ff2000000022b930
[ 46.752451] s1 : ff600000028fb000 a0 : 0000000000000000 a1 : ff600000028fb000
[ 46.752673] a2 : 0000000ae2751268 a3 : 00000000004fb708 a4 : 0000000000000004
[ 46.752895] a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : 000000000017ffe3 a7 : 00000000000000d2
[ 46.753117] s2 : ff600000028fb000 s3 : 0000000ae2751268 s4 : 0000000000000000
[ 46.753338] s5 : ffffffff8153e290 s6 : ff600000863b9000 s7 : ff60000002961078
[ 46.753562] s8 : ff60000002961048 s9 : ff60000002961058 s10: 0000000000000001
[ 46.753783] s11: 0000000000000018 t3 : ffffffffffffffff t4 : ffffffffffffffff
[ 46.754005] t5 : ff6000000292270c t6 : ff2000000022bb30
[ 46.754179] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 0000000000000000 cause: 000000000000000c
[ 46.754653] Code: Unable to access instruction at 0xffffffffffffffec.
[ 46.754939] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 46.755131] note: perf-exec[107] exited with irqs disabled
[ 46.755546] note: perf-exec[107] exited with preempt_count 4
This happens because in the legacy case the ctr_get_width function was not
defined, but it is used in arch_perf_update_userpage.
Also remove extra check in riscv_pmu_ctr_get_width_mask
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-366 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:04:20.292Z
Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.178Z
Link: CVE-2024-26796
Updated: 2024-08-02T00:14:13.539Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-04-04T09:15:08.790
Modified: 2025-02-27T14:35:09.517
Link: CVE-2024-26796
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