Re: [PATCH 3/3] perf, x86, lbr: Demand proper privileges for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL

[Stephane Eranian]

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We should always have proper privileges when requesting kernel data.
>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: eranian@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v0x9ky3ahzr6nm3c6ilwrili@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_lbr.c
> @@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ static void intel_pmu_setup_sw_lbr_filte
>         if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER)
>                 mask |= X86_BR_USER;
>
> -       if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL)
> +       if (br_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL) {
> +               if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +                       return -EACCES;
>                 mask |= X86_BR_KERNEL;
> +       }
>
This will prevent regular users from capturing kernel -> kernel branches.
But it won't prevent users from getting kernel -> user branches. Thus
some kernel address will still be captured. I guess they could be eliminated
by the sw_filter.

When using LBR priv level filtering, the filter applies to the branch target
only.
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