linux-kernel - [PATCH 25/27] Lock down perf

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Message-Id: <20190306235913.6631-26-matthewgarrett@google.com>
Date:   Wed,  6 Mar 2019 15:59:11 -0800
From:   Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett@...gle.com>
To:     jmorris@...ei.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 25/27] Lock down perf

From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Disallow the use of certain perf facilities that might allow userspace to
access kernel data.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 3cd13a30f732..7748c6f39992 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10461,6 +10461,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if ((attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR) &&
+	    kernel_is_locked_down("PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR"))
+		/* REGS_INTR can leak data, lockdown must prevent this */
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* Only privileged users can get physical addresses */
 	if ((attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR) &&
 	    perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-- 
2.21.0.352.gf09ad66450-goog