[PATCH v2] psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

[PATCH v2] psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

[Josh Hunt]

Currently only root can write files under /proc/pressure. Relax this to
allow tasks running as unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to be
able to write to these files.

Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
---
 kernel/sched/psi.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index b1b00e9bd7ed..d1212f17a898 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1061,19 +1061,27 @@ static int psi_cpu_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return psi_show(m, &psi_system, PSI_CPU);
 }
 
+static int psi_open(struct file *file, int (*psi_show)(struct seq_file *, void *))
+{
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return single_open(file, psi_show, NULL);
+}
+
 static int psi_io_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_io_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_io_show);
 }
 
 static int psi_memory_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_memory_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_memory_show);
 }
 
 static int psi_cpu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_cpu_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_cpu_show);
 }
 
 struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
@@ -1353,9 +1361,9 @@ static int __init psi_proc_init(void)
 {
 	if (psi_enable) {
 		proc_mkdir("pressure", NULL);
-		proc_create("pressure/io", 0, NULL, &psi_io_proc_ops);
-		proc_create("pressure/memory", 0, NULL, &psi_memory_proc_ops);
-		proc_create("pressure/cpu", 0, NULL, &psi_cpu_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/io", 0666, NULL, &psi_io_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/memory", 0666, NULL, &psi_memory_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/cpu", 0666, NULL, &psi_cpu_proc_ops);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH v2] psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

[Johannes Weiner]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:58:33PM -0400, Josh Hunt wrote:
> Currently only root can write files under /proc/pressure. Relax this to
> allow tasks running as unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to be
> able to write to these files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

v2 looks good to me. Thanks

Re: [PATCH v2] psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:58:33PM -0400, Josh Hunt wrote:
> Currently only root can write files under /proc/pressure. Relax this to
> allow tasks running as unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to be
> able to write to these files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook

[tip: sched/core] psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

[tip-bot2 for Josh Hunt]

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     6db12ee0456d0e369c7b59788d46e15a56ad0294
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6db12ee0456d0e369c7b59788d46e15a56ad0294
Author:        Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:58:33 -04:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:09:44 +02:00

psi: allow unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to write psi files

Currently only root can write files under /proc/pressure. Relax this to
allow tasks running as unprivileged users with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE to be
able to write to these files.

Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210402025833.27599-1-johunt@akamai.com
---
 kernel/sched/psi.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index b1b00e9..d1212f1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -1061,19 +1061,27 @@ static int psi_cpu_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return psi_show(m, &psi_system, PSI_CPU);
 }
 
+static int psi_open(struct file *file, int (*psi_show)(struct seq_file *, void *))
+{
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return single_open(file, psi_show, NULL);
+}
+
 static int psi_io_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_io_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_io_show);
 }
 
 static int psi_memory_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_memory_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_memory_show);
 }
 
 static int psi_cpu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return single_open(file, psi_cpu_show, NULL);
+	return psi_open(file, psi_cpu_show);
 }
 
 struct psi_trigger *psi_trigger_create(struct psi_group *group,
@@ -1353,9 +1361,9 @@ static int __init psi_proc_init(void)
 {
 	if (psi_enable) {
 		proc_mkdir("pressure", NULL);
-		proc_create("pressure/io", 0, NULL, &psi_io_proc_ops);
-		proc_create("pressure/memory", 0, NULL, &psi_memory_proc_ops);
-		proc_create("pressure/cpu", 0, NULL, &psi_cpu_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/io", 0666, NULL, &psi_io_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/memory", 0666, NULL, &psi_memory_proc_ops);
+		proc_create("pressure/cpu", 0666, NULL, &psi_cpu_proc_ops);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }