Commit-ID: a4e95fc2cbb31d70a65beffeaf8773f881328c34
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/a4e95fc2cbb31d70a65beffeaf8773f881328c34
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:20:12 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:33:09 +0200
perf_counter: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for raw tracepoint data
Raw tracepoint data contains various kernel internals and
data from other users, so restrict this to CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <1249896452.17467.75.camel@twins>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/perf_counter.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 5229d16..b0b20a0 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -3787,6 +3787,14 @@ static void tp_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
static const struct pmu *tp_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
{
+ /*
+ * Raw tracepoint data is a severe data leak, only allow root to
+ * have these.
+ */
+ if ((counter->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) &&
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
if (ftrace_profile_enable(counter->attr.config))
return NULL;
--
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