The following issues were found

tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
1 issues
invalid syntax (<unknown>, line 37)
Error

Line: 37 Column: 20 

                          if not isinstance(event, perf.sample_event):
                continue

            print "time %u prev_comm=%s prev_pid=%d prev_prio=%d prev_state=0x%x ==> next_comm=%s next_pid=%d next_prio=%d" % (
                   event.sample_time,
                   event.prev_comm,
                   event.prev_pid,
                   event.prev_prio,
                   event.prev_state,

Reported by Pylint.

tools/lib/traceevent/plugins/plugin_scsi.c
1 issues
char - Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential overflows or other issues
Security

Line: 413 Column: 36 CWE codes: 119 120
Suggestion: Perform bounds checking, use functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the maximum possible length 

              unsigned long long process_scsi_trace_parse_cdb(struct trace_seq *s,
						unsigned long long *args)
{
	scsi_trace_parse_cdb(s, (unsigned char *) (unsigned long) args[1], args[2]);
	return 0;
}

int TEP_PLUGIN_LOADER(struct tep_handle *tep)
{

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
1 issues
strlen - Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected)
Security

Line: 42 Column: 17 CWE codes: 126 

              	}
	ret = string;

	string = ret + strlen(ret) - 1;
	while (string > ret) {
		if (!isspace(*string))
			break;
		string--;
	}

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
1 issues
printf - If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited
Security

Line: 187 Column: 39 CWE codes: 134
Suggestion: Use a constant for the format specification 

              
extern NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
                                        const struct option *options);
extern NORETURN __attribute__((format(printf,3,4)))
void usage_with_options_msg(const char * const *usagestr,
			    const struct option *options,
			    const char *fmt, ...);

/*----- incremantal advanced APIs -----*/

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/tests/test-threadmap.c
1 issues
vfprintf - If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited
Security

Line: 11 Column: 9 CWE codes: 134
Suggestion: Use a constant for the format specification 

              static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
			 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
	return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
}

int test_threadmap(int argc, char **argv)
{
	struct perf_thread_map *threads;

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
1 issues
vfprintf - If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited
Security

Line: 14 Column: 9 CWE codes: 134
Suggestion: Use a constant for the format specification 

              static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
			 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
	return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
}

static int test_stat_cpu(void)
{
	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/tests/test-cpumap.c
1 issues
vfprintf - If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited
Security

Line: 11 Column: 9 CWE codes: 134
Suggestion: Use a constant for the format specification 

              static int libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
			 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
	return vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
}

int test_cpumap(int argc, char **argv)
{
	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
1 issues
memcpy - Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination
Security

Line: 230 Column: 5 CWE codes: 120
Suggestion: Make sure destination can always hold the source data 

              
			do {
				cpy = min(map->mask + 1 - (offset & map->mask), len);
				memcpy(dst, &data[offset & map->mask], cpy);
				offset += cpy;
				dst += cpy;
				len -= cpy;
			} while (len);

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/lib.c
1 issues
read - Check buffer boundaries if used in a loop including recursive loops
Security

Line: 17 Column: 27 CWE codes: 120 20 

              
	while (left) {
		/* buf must be treated as const if !is_read. */
		ssize_t ret = is_read ? read(fd, buf, left) :
					write(fd, buf, left);

		if (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR)
			continue;
		if (ret <= 0)

Reported by FlawFinder.

tools/lib/perf/internal.h
1 issues
printf - If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited
Security

Line: 9 Column: 24 CWE codes: 134
Suggestion: Use a constant for the format specification 

              
void libperf_print(enum libperf_print_level level,
		   const char *format, ...)
	__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));

#define __pr(level, fmt, ...)   \
do {                            \
	libperf_print(level, "libperf: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
} while (0)

Reported by FlawFinder.