linux-kernel - [PATCH V36 24/29] Lock down perf when in confidentiality mode

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Message-Id: <20190718194415.108476-25-matthewgarrett@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:44:10 -0700
From:   Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett@...gle.com>
To:     jmorris@...ei.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH V36 24/29] Lock down perf when in confidentiality mode

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 <mjg59@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/security.h     | 1 +
 kernel/events/core.c         | 7 +++++++
 security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 1 +
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 8dd1741a52cd..8ef366de70b0 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ enum lockdown_reason {
 	LOCKDOWN_KCORE,
 	LOCKDOWN_KPROBES,
 	LOCKDOWN_BPF_READ,
+	LOCKDOWN_PERF,
 	LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 785d708f8553..738d6f1cf5ec 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10806,6 +10806,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	    perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 
+	err = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PERF);
+	if (err && (attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR))
+		/* REGS_INTR can leak data, lockdown must prevent this */
+		return err;
+
+	err = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * In cgroup mode, the pid argument is used to pass the fd
 	 * opened to the cgroup directory in cgroupfs. The cpu argument
diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index 1b89d3e8e54d..fb437a7ef5f2 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static char *lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1] = {
 	[LOCKDOWN_KCORE] = "/proc/kcore access",
 	[LOCKDOWN_KPROBES] = "use of kprobes",
 	[LOCKDOWN_BPF_READ] = "use of bpf to read kernel RAM",
+	[LOCKDOWN_PERF] = "unsafe use of perf",
 	[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX] = "confidentiality",
 };
 
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