1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d93f3cea93c7..928918b796b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -697,7 +697,11 @@ parse_raw_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
                 return EVT_FAILED;
         n = hex2u64(str + 1, &config);
         if (n > 0) {
-                *strp = str + n + 1;
+                const char *end = str + n + 1;
+                if (*end != '\0' && *end != ',' && *end != ':')
+                        return EVT_FAILED;
+
+                *strp = end;
                 attr->type = PERF_TYPE_RAW;
                 attr->config = config;
                 return EVT_HANDLED;