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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index c9d123e13b57..9efd0d7775e7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1947,6 +1947,16 @@ static bool perf_event_validate_size(struct perf_event *event)
group_leader->nr_siblings + 1) > 16*1024)
return false;
+ /*
+ * When creating a new group leader, group_leader->ctx is initialized
+ * after the size has been validated, but we cannot safely use
+ * for_each_sibling_event() until group_leader->ctx is set. A new group
+ * leader cannot have any siblings yet, so we can safely skip checking
+ * the non-existent siblings.
+ */
+ if (event == group_leader)
+ return true;
+
for_each_sibling_event(sibling, group_leader) {
if (__perf_event_read_size(sibling->attr.read_format,
group_leader->nr_siblings + 1) > 16*1024)