process_cpu_topology() in header.c frees env->cpu on old-format perf.data files that predate topology information, but leaves nr_cpus_avail set. The six perf_env__get_*_aggr_by_cpu() functions in builtin-stat.c pass the bounds check but dereference a NULL env->cpu pointer, crashing on old recordings. Introduce perf_env__get_cpu_topology() as a safe accessor that validates env->cpu, cpu.cpu >= 0, and cpu.cpu < nr_cpus_avail in one place, returning a struct cpu_topology_map pointer or NULL. Convert all six topology aggregation callbacks to use it. Fixes: 88031a0de7d68d13 ("perf stat: Switch to cpu version of cpu_map__get()") Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.6 Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>