Commit-ID: cc1582c231ea041fbc68861dfaf957eaf902b829 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/cc1582c231ea041fbc68861dfaf957eaf902b829 Author: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 25 May 2017 18:09:07 +0800 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 10:11:50 +0200 perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified When doing sampling, for example: perf record -e cycles:u ... On workloads that do a lot of kernel entry/exits we see kernel samples, even though :u is specified. This is due to skid existing. This might be a security issue because it can leak kernel addresses even though kernel sampling support is disabled. The patch drops the kernel samples if exclude_kernel is specified. For example, test on Haswell desktop: perf record -e cycles:u <mgen> perf report --stdio Before patch applied: 99.77% mgen mgen [.] buf_read 0.20% mgen mgen [.] rand_buf_init 0.01% mgen [kernel.vmlinux] [k] apic_timer_interrupt 0.00% mgen mgen [.] last_free_elem 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random_r 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _int_malloc 0.00% mgen mgen [.] rand_array_init 0.00% mgen [kernel.vmlinux] [k] page_fault 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __strcasestr 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] strcmp 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _dl_start 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] sched_setaffinity@@GLIBC_2.3.4 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _start We can see kernel symbols apic_timer_interrupt and page_fault. After patch applied: 99.79% mgen mgen [.] buf_read 0.19% mgen mgen [.] rand_buf_init 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random_r 0.00% mgen mgen [.] rand_array_init 0.00% mgen mgen [.] last_free_elem 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] vfprintf 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] rand 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] __random 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _int_malloc 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] _IO_doallocbuf 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] do_lookup_x 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] open_verify.constprop.7 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _dl_important_hwcaps 0.00% mgen libc-2.23.so [.] sched_setaffinity@@GLIBC_2.3.4 0.00% mgen ld-2.23.so [.] _start There are only userspace symbols. Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: acme@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx Cc: mark.rutland@xxxxxxx Cc: will.deacon@xxxxxxx Cc: yao.jin@xxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495706947-3744-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/core.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 6e75a5c..6c4e523 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -7316,6 +7316,21 @@ int perf_event_account_interrupt(struct perf_event *event) return __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, 1); } +static bool sample_is_allowed(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs) +{ + /* + * Due to interrupt latency (AKA "skid"), we may enter the + * kernel before taking an overflow, even if the PMU is only + * counting user events. + * To avoid leaking information to userspace, we must always + * reject kernel samples when exclude_kernel is set. + */ + if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs)) + return false; + + return true; +} + /* * Generic event overflow handling, sampling. */ @@ -7337,6 +7352,12 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, ret = __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, throttle); /* + * For security, drop the skid kernel samples if necessary. + */ + if (!sample_is_allowed(event, regs)) + return ret; + + /* * XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited * events */