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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/capability.h | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/capability.h | 8 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index ecce0f43c73a..027d7e4a853b 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ extern bool privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid(struct user_namespace *ns, const struct extern bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode *inode, int cap); extern bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); extern bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns); +static inline bool perfmon_capable(void) +{ + return capable(CAP_PERFMON) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN); +} /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */ extern int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *cpu_caps); diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 9c3e7619c929..87e21681759c 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ 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); @@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ 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); @@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ 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/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h index 272dc69fa080..e58c9636741b 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h @@ -367,8 +367,14 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data { #define CAP_AUDIT_READ 37 +/* + * Allow system performance and observability privileged operations + * using perf_events, i915_perf and other kernel subsystems + */ + +#define CAP_PERFMON 38 -#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_AUDIT_READ +#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_PERFMON #define cap_valid(x) ((x) >= 0 && (x) <= CAP_LAST_CAP) |