linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 15/17] perf: Allow controlled non-root access to detached events

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Message-Id: <20170905133026.13689-16-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Sep 2017 16:30:24 +0300
From:   Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        acme@...hat.com, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, rric@...nel.org,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 15/17] perf: Allow controlled non-root access to detached events

The user who created the event should also be able to open its
corresponding file in tracefs and/or remove it.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fbee221d19..802c0862a9 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5579,7 +5579,7 @@ static int perf_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 static int perf_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = inode->i_private;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!event))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -5587,7 +5587,13 @@ static int perf_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	ret = simple_open(inode, file);
+	/* event's user is stable while we're holding the reference */
+	if (event->rb->mmap_user != current_user() &&
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		ret = -EACCES;
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = simple_open(inode, file);
 	if (ret)
 		put_event(event);
 
@@ -9593,7 +9599,7 @@ perf_event_detach(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	if (!filename)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	event->dent = tracefs_create_file(filename, 0600,
+	event->dent = tracefs_create_file(filename, 0666,
 					  perf_tracefs_dir,
 					  event, &perf_fops);
 	kfree(filename);
@@ -11521,6 +11527,7 @@ static int perf_instance_unlink(const char *name)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event;
 	struct dentry *dent;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	dent = lookup_one_len_unlocked(name, perf_tracefs_dir, strlen(name));
 	if (!dent)
@@ -11530,6 +11537,18 @@ static int perf_instance_unlink(const char *name)
 	if (!event)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&event->refcount))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* event's user is stable while we're holding the reference */
+	if (event->rb->mmap_user != current_user() &&
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		ret = -EACCES;
+	put_event(event);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (!(event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-- 
2.14.1