Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] perf: Use capabilities instead of uid and euid

[Jiri Olsa]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:44:13AM -0400, Igor Lubashev wrote:
> Series v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/1562112605-6235-1-git-send-email-ilubashe@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Kernel is using capabilities instead of uid and euid to restrict access to
> kernel pointers and tracing facilities.  This patch series updates the perf to
> better match the security model used by the kernel.
> 
> This series enables instructions in Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
> to actually work, even when kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2 and
> kernel.kptr_restrict=1.
> 
> The series consists of four patches:
> 
>   01: perf: Add capability-related utilities
>     Add utility functions to check capabilities and perf_event_paranoid checks,
>     if libcap-dev[el] is available. (Otherwise, assume no capabilities.)
> 
>   02: perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN with perf_event_paranoid checks
>     Replace the use of euid==0 with a check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN whenever
>     perf_event_paranoid level is verified.
> 
>   03: perf: Use CAP_SYSLOG with kptr_restrict checks
>     Replace the use of uid and euid with a check for CAP_SYSLOG when
>     kptr_restrict is verified (similar to kernel/kallsyms.c and lib/vsprintf.c).
>     Consult perf_event_paranoid when kptr_restrict==0 (see kernel/kallsyms.c).
> 
>   04: perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 with ftrace
>     Replace the use of euid==0 with a check for CAP_SYS_ADMIN before mounting
>     debugfs for ftrace.
> 
> I tested this by following Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
> guidelines and setting sysctls:
> 
>    kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2
>    kernel.kptr_restrict=1
> 
> As an unprivileged user who is in perf_users group (setup via instructions
> above), I executed:
>    perf record -a -- sleep 1
> 
> Without the patch, perf record did not capture any kernel functions.
> With the patch, perf included all kernel functions.
> 
> 
> Changelog:
> v3:  * Fix arm64 compilation (thanks, Alexey and Jiri)

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka


> v2:  * Added a build feature check for libcap-dev[el] as suggested by Arnaldo
> 
> 
> Igor Lubashev (4):
>   perf: Add capability-related utilities
>   perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN with perf_event_paranoid checks
>   perf: Use CAP_SYSLOG with kptr_restrict checks
>   perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 with ftrace
> 
>  tools/build/Makefile.feature         |  2 ++
>  tools/build/feature/Makefile         |  4 ++++
>  tools/build/feature/test-libcap.c    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/Makefile.config           | 11 +++++++++++
>  tools/perf/Makefile.perf             |  2 ++
>  tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c    |  3 ++-
>  tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c |  3 ++-
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c |  3 ++-
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c  |  2 +-
>  tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c          |  4 +++-
>  tools/perf/util/Build                |  2 ++
>  tools/perf/util/cap.c                | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/cap.h                | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/event.h              |  1 +
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c              |  2 +-
>  tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources   |  1 +
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.c             | 15 +++++++++++----
>  tools/perf/util/util.c               |  9 +++++++++
>  18 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/build/feature/test-libcap.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/cap.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/cap.h
> 
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