linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/7] kprobes: Make list and blacklist root user read only

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Date:   Sat, 28 Apr 2018 21:35:01 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
        Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jon Medhurst <tixy@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, acme@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/7] kprobes: Make list and blacklist root user read only

Since the blacklist and list files on debugfs indicates
a sensitive address information to reader, it should be
restricted to the root user.

Suggested-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 Changes in v4:
  - Fix "list" file's mode too.
---
 kernel/kprobes.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index ea619021d901..5eb42c82497c 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ static int __init debugfs_kprobe_init(void)
 	if (!dir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	file = debugfs_create_file("list", 0444, dir, NULL,
+	file = debugfs_create_file("list", 0400, dir, NULL,
 				&debugfs_kprobes_operations);
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;
@@ -2621,7 +2621,7 @@ static int __init debugfs_kprobe_init(void)
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;
 
-	file = debugfs_create_file("blacklist", 0444, dir, NULL,
+	file = debugfs_create_file("blacklist", 0400, dir, NULL,
 				&debugfs_kprobe_blacklist_ops);
 	if (!file)
 		goto error;