diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 2f9a337b182fe98e66a70128a6661c2be3e0342c..b67186228c8916747042db705e9781d131171897 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ static int test__basic_mmap(void)
 	unsigned int nr_events[nsyscalls],
 		     expected_nr_events[nsyscalls], i, j;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsels[nsyscalls], *evsel;
+	int sample_size = perf_sample_size(attr.sample_type);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nsyscalls; ++i) {
 		char name[64];
@@ -558,7 +559,13 @@ static int test__basic_mmap(void)
 			goto out_munmap;
 		}
 
-		perf_event__parse_sample(event, attr.sample_type, false, &sample);
+		err = perf_event__parse_sample(event, attr.sample_type, sample_size,
+					       false, &sample);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", err);
+			goto out_munmap;
+		}
+
 		evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(evlist, sample.id);
 		if (evsel == NULL) {
 			pr_debug("event with id %" PRIu64
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index ebfc7cf5f63bd94256165ed1d5b2a5f2e1c25ee0..2d7934e9de380da65b3c5f8e3a9ad5684d1af1a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -805,9 +805,14 @@ static void perf_session__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_session *self, int idx)
 {
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	union perf_event *event;
+	int ret;
 
 	while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(top.evlist, idx)) != NULL) {
-		perf_session__parse_sample(self, event, &sample);
+		ret = perf_session__parse_sample(self, event, &sample);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", ret);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
 			perf_event__process_sample(event, &sample, self);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 1023f67633a4c16ada61dc8f69796016283dabd4..17c1c3c875c3714612a38cb3ef4c2201c33b70b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ const char *perf_event__name(unsigned int id)
 	return perf_event__names[id];
 }
 
+int perf_sample_size(u64 sample_type)
+{
+	u64 mask = sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_MASK;
+	int size = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+		if ((mask << i) & 1)
+			size++;
+	}
+
+	size *= sizeof(u64);
+
+	return size;
+}
+
 static struct perf_sample synth_sample = {
 	.pid	   = -1,
 	.tid	   = -1,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 9c35170fb379599713a6458c07023ccba8da2b2b..c083328714082503b7927ee1401d699f1afc8efc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ struct read_event {
 	u64 id;
 };
 
+
+#define PERF_SAMPLE_MASK				\
+	(PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID |		\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_TIME | PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR |		\
+	PERF_SAMPLE_ID | PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID |	\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_CPU | PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD)
+
 struct sample_event {
 	struct perf_event_header        header;
 	u64 array[];
@@ -75,6 +82,8 @@ struct perf_sample {
 	struct ip_callchain *callchain;
 };
 
+int perf_sample_size(u64 sample_type);
+
 #define BUILD_ID_SIZE 20
 
 struct build_id_event {
@@ -178,6 +187,7 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *self,
 const char *perf_event__name(unsigned int id);
 
 int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
-			     bool sample_id_all, struct perf_sample *sample);
+			     int sample_size, bool sample_id_all,
+			     struct perf_sample *sample);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_RECORD_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 23eb22b05d271bf2d317bffde819ceecd790a318..50aa34879c33dbaee76fa8230ec2ecacc82e40f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -459,3 +459,34 @@ int perf_evlist__set_filters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+u64 perf_evlist__sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+	u64 type = 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		if (!type)
+			type = pos->attr.sample_type;
+		else if (type != pos->attr.sample_type)
+			die("non matching sample_type");
+	}
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+bool perf_evlist__sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	bool value = false, first = true;
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		if (first) {
+			value = pos->attr.sample_id_all;
+			first = false;
+		} else if (value != pos->attr.sample_id_all)
+			die("non matching sample_id_all");
+	}
+
+	return value;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 7109d7add14e8ae782e63096b343efd167dfeec4..0a1ef1f051f0cb0db67c86df9b4e3fe12acfc472 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t target_pid,
 void perf_evlist__delete_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__set_filters(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+u64 perf_evlist__sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+bool perf_evlist__sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d6fd59beb860739aea40e1b4052f6eda1a741996..ee0fe0dffa7122e1936925b91fcbcf47de7739a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -303,8 +303,20 @@ static int perf_event__parse_id_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool sample_overlap(const union perf_event *event,
+			   const void *offset, u64 size)
+{
+	const void *base = event;
+
+	if (offset + size > base + event->header.size)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
-			     bool sample_id_all, struct perf_sample *data)
+			     int sample_size, bool sample_id_all,
+			     struct perf_sample *data)
 {
 	const u64 *array;
 
@@ -319,6 +331,9 @@ int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 
 	array = event->sample.array;
 
+	if (sample_size + sizeof(event->header) > event->header.size)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_IP) {
 		data->ip = event->ip.ip;
 		array++;
@@ -369,14 +384,29 @@ int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 	}
 
 	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
+		if (sample_overlap(event, array, sizeof(data->callchain->nr)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
 		data->callchain = (struct ip_callchain *)array;
+
+		if (sample_overlap(event, array, data->callchain->nr))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
 		array += 1 + data->callchain->nr;
 	}
 
 	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) {
 		u32 *p = (u32 *)array;
+
+		if (sample_overlap(event, array, sizeof(u32)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
 		data->raw_size = *p;
 		p++;
+
+		if (sample_overlap(event, p, data->raw_size))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
 		data->raw_data = p;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 93862a8027ea05c675616ff7004879309584b311..0717bebc76494d24cfc68bec984aba404058438c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -934,37 +934,6 @@ out_delete_evlist:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-u64 perf_evlist__sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
-{
-	struct perf_evsel *pos;
-	u64 type = 0;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
-		if (!type)
-			type = pos->attr.sample_type;
-		else if (type != pos->attr.sample_type)
-			die("non matching sample_type");
-	}
-
-	return type;
-}
-
-bool perf_evlist__sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist)
-{
-	bool value = false, first = true;
-	struct perf_evsel *pos;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
-		if (first) {
-			value = pos->attr.sample_id_all;
-			first = false;
-		} else if (value != pos->attr.sample_id_all)
-			die("non matching sample_id_all");
-	}
-
-	return value;
-}
-
 int perf_event__synthesize_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr, u16 ids, u64 *id,
 				perf_event__handler_t process,
 				struct perf_session *session)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 456661d7f10e7a2594699ae005e451c25914b21c..1886256768a176e72ae9e3f3e476dde7b26ea728 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ int perf_header__write_pipe(int fd);
 int perf_header__push_event(u64 id, const char *name);
 char *perf_header__find_event(u64 id);
 
-u64 perf_evlist__sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
-bool perf_evlist__sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_header__set_feat(struct perf_header *header, int feat);
 void perf_header__clear_feat(struct perf_header *header, int feat);
 bool perf_header__has_feat(const struct perf_header *header, int feat);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
index 356c7e467b83fd59af5cd191a577197ee88349b8..ed33609b9e339738764c684d4baa13e120306702 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/prefetch.h>
+
 #include "../../../../include/linux/list.h"
 
 #ifndef PERF_LIST_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index b5c7d818001cc5e984e6f35c693cf6d1dd579cf8..69436b3200a45d20a27a2e0481da3b2bbcd7535c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 	union perf_event *event;
 	int sample_id_all = 1, cpu;
 	static char *kwlist[] = {"sample_id_all", NULL, NULL};
+	int err;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "i|i", kwlist,
 					 &cpu, &sample_id_all))
@@ -690,11 +691,17 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 			return PyErr_NoMemory();
 
 		first = list_entry(evlist->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
-		perf_event__parse_sample(event, first->attr.sample_type, sample_id_all,
-					 &pevent->sample);
+		err = perf_event__parse_sample(event, first->attr.sample_type,
+					       perf_sample_size(first->attr.sample_type),
+					       sample_id_all, &pevent->sample);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", err);
+			goto end;
+		}
+
 		return pyevent;
 	}
-
+end:
 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 	return Py_None;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index fff66741f18d5db2ef85579eef21a5f3ff9ec46b..948327d9e92b6b19dc0264e9d66e8827d0be3d4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ out:
 void perf_session__update_sample_type(struct perf_session *self)
 {
 	self->sample_type = perf_evlist__sample_type(self->evlist);
+	self->sample_size = perf_sample_size(self->sample_type);
 	self->sample_id_all = perf_evlist__sample_id_all(self->evlist);
 	perf_session__id_header_size(self);
 }
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ static void flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	u64 limit = os->next_flush;
 	u64 last_ts = os->last_sample ? os->last_sample->timestamp : 0ULL;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!ops->ordered_samples || !limit)
 		return;
@@ -487,9 +489,12 @@ static void flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
 		if (iter->timestamp > limit)
 			break;
 
-		perf_session__parse_sample(s, iter->event, &sample);
-		perf_session_deliver_event(s, iter->event, &sample, ops,
-					   iter->file_offset);
+		ret = perf_session__parse_sample(s, iter->event, &sample);
+		if (ret)
+			pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", ret);
+		else
+			perf_session_deliver_event(s, iter->event, &sample, ops,
+						   iter->file_offset);
 
 		os->last_flush = iter->timestamp;
 		list_del(&iter->list);
@@ -805,7 +810,9 @@ static int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
 	/*
 	 * For all kernel events we get the sample data
 	 */
-	perf_session__parse_sample(session, event, &sample);
+	ret = perf_session__parse_sample(session, event, &sample);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Preprocess sample records - precheck callchains */
 	if (perf_session__preprocess_sample(session, event, &sample))
@@ -1007,13 +1014,17 @@ remap:
 	file_pos = file_offset + head;
 
 more:
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we have enough space remaining to read
+	 * the size of the event in the headers.
+	 */
+	if (head + sizeof(event->header) > mmap_size)
+		goto remap;
+
 	event = (union perf_event *)(buf + head);
 
 	if (session->header.needs_swap)
 		perf_event_header__bswap(&event->header);
-	size = event->header.size;
-	if (size == 0)
-		size = 8;
 
 	if (head + event->header.size > mmap_size) {
 		if (mmaps[map_idx]) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 8daaa2d15396eef76789f4b47fa2701d04c65d3b..66d4e1490879266f5e56411929cd639a8e91b299 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct perf_session {
 	 */
 	struct hists		hists;
 	u64			sample_type;
+	int			sample_size;
 	int			fd;
 	bool			fd_pipe;
 	bool			repipe;
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ static inline int perf_session__parse_sample(struct perf_session *session,
 					     struct perf_sample *sample)
 {
 	return perf_event__parse_sample(event, session->sample_type,
+					session->sample_size,
 					session->sample_id_all, sample);
 }