perf symbols: Use CAP_SYSLOG with kptr_restrict checks
authorIgor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:39:15 +0000 (21:39 -0400)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:19:19 +0000 (17:19 -0300)
The kernel is using CAP_SYSLOG capability instead of uid==0 and euid==0
when checking kptr_restrict. Make perf do the same.

Also, the kernel is a more restrictive than "no restrictions" in case of
kptr_restrict==0, so add the same logic to perf.

Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>
Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1566869956-7154-5-git-send-email-ilubashe@akamai.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/symbol.c

index 4efde7879474cc63e32c4cbbd180495f7da72b5b..035f2e75728c8cf562edb98cd56a3289000d4825 100644 (file)
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "annotate.h"
 #include "build-id.h"
+#include "cap.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "event.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
@@ -2195,13 +2198,19 @@ static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
                char line[8];
 
                if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
-                       value = ((geteuid() != 0) || (getuid() != 0)) ?
-                                       (atoi(line) != 0) :
-                                       (atoi(line) == 2);
+                       value = perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYSLOG) ?
+                                       (atoi(line) >= 2) :
+                                       (atoi(line) != 0);
 
                fclose(fp);
        }
 
+       /* Per kernel/kallsyms.c:
+        * we also restrict when perf_event_paranoid > 1 w/o CAP_SYSLOG
+        */
+       if (perf_event_paranoid() > 1 && !perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+               value = true;
+
        return value;
 }