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=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT 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 32999C38A2B for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:55:04 +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 097452087E for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:55:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="0Ye3QTea" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 097452087E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org 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 448F189FAD; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF96489F75 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from quaco.ghostprotocols.net (unknown [179.97.37.151]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 62EF7208E0; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:53:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1586796795; bh=PXwArPyrCB+9UYBajG3cuzXYyMjKBkArgtx7/t80yDQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=0Ye3QTeaS86gUwQ6vaqghWKUPtsyPWvtMoV/T9srtDd688AuzzYOnmOfSSyvNb1NZ pSnQ5WUa2265qzabJQcZ4l3PD7KRbGUKgZcmm0QHRyhkVj0NcQ8eVgFAaHIehQ83Uw 0LGYeTc2nhKKtj6ANWzZ4NMou+5ERcZbUKkFpZBk= From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:51:49 -0300 Message-Id: <20200413165203.1816-13-acme@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.21.1 In-Reply-To: <20200413165203.1816-1-acme@kernel.org> References: <20200413165203.1816-1-acme@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:55:00 +0000 Subject: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 12/26] parisc/perf: open access 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, Song Liu , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Clark Williams , Alexei Starovoitov , Stephane Eranian , Jiri Olsa , Andi Kleen , Igor Lubashev , James Morris , Peter Zijlstra , Serge Hallyn , selinux@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa , Helge Deller Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" From: Alexey Budankov Open access to monitoring for 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 principle 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 the monitoring remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON capability. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov Reviewed-by: James Morris Acked-by: Helge Deller Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Igor Lubashev Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Song Liu Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8cc98809-d35b-de0f-de02-4cf554f3cf62@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c index e1a8fee3ad49..d46b6709ec56 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static ssize_t perf_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, else return -EFAULT; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + if (!perfmon_capable()) return -EACCES; if (count != sizeof(uint32_t)) -- 2.21.1 _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx