From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B936CC2BA83 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BECF20725 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727576AbgBQIHD (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:07:03 -0500 Received: from mga17.intel.com ([192.55.52.151]:48747 "EHLO mga17.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727259AbgBQIHD (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:07:03 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:02 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,451,1574150400"; d="scan'208";a="407698100" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:01 -0800 Received: from [10.125.252.180] (abudanko-mobl.ccr.corp.intel.com [10.125.252.180]) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E685804A2; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:06:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: [PATCH v7 02/12] perf/core: open access to the core for CAP_PERFMON privileged process From: Alexey Budankov To: James Morris , Serge Hallyn , Stephen Smalley , Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , "joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com" , Alexei Starovoitov , Will Deacon , Paul Mackerras , Helge Deller , Thomas Gleixner Cc: Andi Kleen , Stephane Eranian , Igor Lubashev , Jiri Olsa , linux-kernel , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , linux-arm-kernel , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , oprofile-list@lists.sf.net, "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , linux-man@vger.kernel.org References: Organization: Intel Corp. Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:06:55 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-parisc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Open access to monitoring of kernel code, cpus, tracepoints and namespaces data for a CAP_PERFMON privileged process. Providing the access under CAP_PERFMON capability singly, without the rest of CAP_SYS_ADMIN credentials, excludes chances to misuse the credentials and makes operation more secure. CAP_PERFMON implements the principal of least privilege for performance monitoring and observability operations (POSIX IEEE 1003.1e 2.2.2.39 principle of least privilege: A security design principle that states that a process or program be granted only those privileges (e.g., capabilities) necessary to accomplish its legitimate function, and only for the time that such privileges are actually required) For backward compatibility reasons access to perf_events subsystem remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure perf_events monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON capability. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 +++--- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 68e21e828893..5cbfc06c56b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static inline int perf_is_paranoid(void) static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_KERNEL); @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_CPU); @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EPERM; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_TRACEPOINT); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 3f1f77de7247..46464367c47a 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, } if (attr.namespaces) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; } -- 2.20.1 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 181EFC2BA83 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:10:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15FD320726 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:10:46 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 15FD320726 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48Lc9v4BBVzDqhs for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:10:43 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com (client-ip=134.134.136.100; helo=mga07.intel.com; envelope-from=alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48Lc5j5LZczDqdn for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:07:05 +1100 (AEDT) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:02 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,451,1574150400"; d="scan'208";a="407698100" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:01 -0800 Received: from [10.125.252.180] (abudanko-mobl.ccr.corp.intel.com [10.125.252.180]) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E685804A2; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:06:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: [PATCH v7 02/12] perf/core: open access to the core for CAP_PERFMON privileged process From: Alexey Budankov To: James Morris , Serge Hallyn , Stephen Smalley , Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , "joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com" , Alexei Starovoitov , Will Deacon , Paul Mackerras , Helge Deller , Thomas Gleixner References: Organization: Intel Corp. Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:06:55 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , Igor Lubashev , linux-kernel , Stephane Eranian , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , oprofile-list@lists.sf.net, Jiri Olsa , linux-arm-kernel Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" Open access to monitoring of kernel code, cpus, tracepoints and namespaces data for a CAP_PERFMON privileged process. Providing the access under CAP_PERFMON capability singly, without the rest of CAP_SYS_ADMIN credentials, excludes chances to misuse the credentials and makes operation more secure. CAP_PERFMON implements the principal of least privilege for performance monitoring and observability operations (POSIX IEEE 1003.1e 2.2.2.39 principle of least privilege: A security design principle that states that a process or program be granted only those privileges (e.g., capabilities) necessary to accomplish its legitimate function, and only for the time that such privileges are actually required) For backward compatibility reasons access to perf_events subsystem remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure perf_events monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON capability. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 +++--- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 68e21e828893..5cbfc06c56b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static inline int perf_is_paranoid(void) static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_KERNEL); @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_CPU); @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EPERM; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_TRACEPOINT); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 3f1f77de7247..46464367c47a 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, } if (attr.namespaces) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; } -- 2.20.1 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43724C7619B for ; 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Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:06:55 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20200217_000703_746398_4ED98B58 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 17.44 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , Igor Lubashev , linux-kernel , Stephane Eranian , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , oprofile-list@lists.sf.net, Jiri Olsa , linux-arm-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Open access to monitoring of kernel code, cpus, tracepoints and namespaces data for a CAP_PERFMON privileged process. Providing the access under CAP_PERFMON capability singly, without the rest of CAP_SYS_ADMIN credentials, excludes chances to misuse the credentials and makes operation more secure. CAP_PERFMON implements the principal of least privilege for performance monitoring and observability operations (POSIX IEEE 1003.1e 2.2.2.39 principle of least privilege: A security design principle that states that a process or program be granted only those privileges (e.g., capabilities) necessary to accomplish its legitimate function, and only for the time that such privileges are actually required) For backward compatibility reasons access to perf_events subsystem remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure perf_events monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON capability. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 +++--- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 68e21e828893..5cbfc06c56b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static inline int perf_is_paranoid(void) static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_KERNEL); @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_CPU); @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EPERM; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_TRACEPOINT); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 3f1f77de7247..46464367c47a 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, } if (attr.namespaces) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; } -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F18FBC7619E for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D14AC20725 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org D14AC20725 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681996E500; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81C8D6E500 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:07:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:02 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.70,451,1574150400"; d="scan'208";a="407698100" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 17 Feb 2020 00:07:01 -0800 Received: from [10.125.252.180] (abudanko-mobl.ccr.corp.intel.com [10.125.252.180]) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E685804A2; Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:06:55 -0800 (PST) From: Alexey Budankov To: James Morris , Serge Hallyn , Stephen Smalley , Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , "joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com" , Alexei Starovoitov , Will Deacon , Paul Mackerras , Helge Deller , Thomas Gleixner References: Organization: Intel Corp. Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:06:55 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Subject: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7 02/12] perf/core: open access to the core for CAP_PERFMON privileged process X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen , "linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "selinux@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , Igor Lubashev , linux-kernel , Stephane Eranian , "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" , oprofile-list@lists.sf.net, Jiri Olsa , linux-arm-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" Open access to monitoring of kernel code, cpus, tracepoints and namespaces data for a CAP_PERFMON privileged process. Providing the access under CAP_PERFMON capability singly, without the rest of CAP_SYS_ADMIN credentials, excludes chances to misuse the credentials and makes operation more secure. CAP_PERFMON implements the principal of least privilege for performance monitoring and observability operations (POSIX IEEE 1003.1e 2.2.2.39 principle of least privilege: A security design principle that states that a process or program be granted only those privileges (e.g., capabilities) necessary to accomplish its legitimate function, and only for the time that such privileges are actually required) For backward compatibility reasons access to perf_events subsystem remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure perf_events monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON capability. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 +++--- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 68e21e828893..5cbfc06c56b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static inline int perf_is_paranoid(void) static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_KERNEL); @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_kernel(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_CPU); @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr) static inline int perf_allow_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr) { - if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !perfmon_capable()) return -EPERM; return security_perf_event_open(attr, PERF_SECURITY_TRACEPOINT); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 3f1f77de7247..46464367c47a 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, } if (attr.namespaces) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; } -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx