linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf: Require CAP_KILL if sigtrap is requested

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Message-Id: <20210630093709.3612997-1-elver@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:37:09 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, serge@...lyn.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        acme@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf: Require CAP_KILL if sigtrap is requested

If perf_event_open() is called with another task as target and
perf_event_attr::sigtrap is set, and the target task's user does not
match the calling user, also require the CAP_KILL capability.

Otherwise, with the CAP_PERFMON capability alone it would be possible
for a user to send SIGTRAP signals via perf events to another user's
tasks. This could potentially result in those tasks being terminated if
they cannot handle SIGTRAP signals.

Fixes: 97ba62b27867 ("perf: Add support for SIGTRAP on perf events")
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
 include/linux/capability.h |  5 +++++
 kernel/events/core.c       | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 65efb74c3585..1c6be4743dbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ static inline bool bpf_capable(void)
 	return capable(CAP_BPF) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 }
 
+static inline bool kill_capable(void)
+{
+	return capable(CAP_KILL) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
 static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
 	return ns_capable(ns, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fe88d6eea3c2..1ab4bc867531 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -12152,10 +12152,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	}
 
 	if (task) {
+		bool is_capable;
+
 		err = down_read_interruptible(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_file;
 
+		is_capable = perfmon_capable();
+		if (attr.sigtrap) {
+			/*
+			 * perf_event_attr::sigtrap sends signals to the other
+			 * task. Require the current task to have CAP_KILL.
+			 */
+			is_capable &= kill_capable();
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility.
 		 *
@@ -12165,7 +12176,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		 * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply).
 		 */
 		err = -EACCES;
-		if (!perfmon_capable() && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
+		if (!is_capable && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
 			goto err_cred;
 	}
 
-- 
2.32.0.93.g670b81a890-goog