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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 464917096e73..c13730b7ac01 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -12158,10 +12158,33 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, } if (task) { + unsigned int ptrace_mode = PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS; + 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 also have + * CAP_KILL. + */ + rcu_read_lock(); + is_capable &= ns_capable(__task_cred(task)->user_ns, CAP_KILL); + rcu_read_unlock(); + + /* + * If the required capabilities aren't available, checks + * for ptrace permissions: upgrade to ATTACH, since + * sending signals can effectively change the target + * task. + */ + ptrace_mode = PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS; + } + /* * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility. * @@ -12171,7 +12194,7 @@ 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)) goto err_cred; } |