linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/core: Call LSM hook after copying perf_event

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Date:   Fri, 3 Jun 2022 15:05:15 +0000
From:   Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/core: Call LSM hook after copying perf_event_attr

On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 03:47:54PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> It passes the attr struct to the security_perf_event_open() but it's
> not initialized yet.
> 
> Fixes: da97e18458fb ("perf_event: Add support for LSM and SELinux checks")
> Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> ---
>  kernel/events/core.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index 7858bafffa9d..e035545f624f 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -12033,12 +12033,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
>  	if (flags & ~PERF_FLAG_ALL)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	/* Do we allow access to perf_event_open(2) ? */
> -	err = security_perf_event_open(&attr, PERF_SECURITY_OPEN);
> +	err = perf_copy_attr(attr_uptr, &attr);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	err = perf_copy_attr(attr_uptr, &attr);
> +	/* Do we allow access to perf_event_open(2) ? */
> +	err = security_perf_event_open(&attr, PERF_SECURITY_OPEN);

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>

thanks,

 - Joel



>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -- 
> 2.36.1.255.ge46751e96f-goog
>