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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 6961333ebad5..5bfe8e3c6e44 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -11706,7 +11706,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, goto err_task; /* - * Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. + * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility. * * We must hold exec_update_mutex across this and any potential * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to @@ -11714,7 +11714,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply). */ err = -EACCES; - if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) + if (!perfmon_capable() && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) goto err_cred; } |