linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: Need CAP_SYS_ADMIN to create k/uprobe with perf_event

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 02:22:11 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Song Liu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     songliubraving@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        hpa@...or.com, vincent.weaver@...ne.edu, tglx@...utronix.de,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: Need CAP_SYS_ADMIN to create k/uprobe
 with perf_event_open()

Commit-ID:  32e6e967fb36bf77ed99221ae3ce1909f045d8f9
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/32e6e967fb36bf77ed99221ae3ce1909f045d8f9
Author:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:02:37 +0000
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:55:50 +0200

perf/core: Need CAP_SYS_ADMIN to create k/uprobe with perf_event_open()

Non-root user cannot create kprobe or uprobe through the text-based
interface (kprobe_events, uprobe_events),so they should not be able
to create probes via perf_event_open() either.

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Fixes: 33ea4b24277b ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_uprobe' PMU")
Fixes: e12f03d7031a ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_kprobe' PMU")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/C0B2EFB5-C403-4BDB-9046-C14B3EE66999@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d7af82827373..2d5fe26551f8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8400,6 +8400,10 @@ static int perf_kprobe_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	if (event->attr.type != perf_kprobe.type)
 		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EACCES;
+
 	/*
 	 * no branch sampling for probe events
 	 */
@@ -8437,6 +8441,10 @@ static int perf_uprobe_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	if (event->attr.type != perf_uprobe.type)
 		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EACCES;
+
 	/*
 	 * no branch sampling for probe events
 	 */