Merge tag 'perf-urgent-2021-08-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A set of perf fixes:

   - Correct the permission checks for perf event which send SIGTRAP to
     a different process and clean up that code to be more readable.

   - Prevent an out of bound MSR access in the x86 perf code which
     happened due to an incomplete limiting to the actually available
     hardware counters.

   - Prevent access to the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit when running
     inside a guest.

   - Handle small core counter re-enabling correctly by issuing an ACK
     right before reenabling it to prevent a stale PEBS record being
     kept around"

* tag 'perf-urgent-2021-08-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/x86/intel: Apply mid ACK for small core
  perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest
  perf/x86: Fix out of bound MSR access
  perf: Refactor permissions check into perf_check_permission()
  perf: Fix required permissions if sigtrap is requested

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 464917096e73..1cb1f9b8392e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11917,6 +11917,37 @@ again:
 	return gctx;
 }
 
+static bool
+perf_check_permission(struct perf_event_attr *attr, struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	unsigned int ptrace_mode = PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS;
+	bool is_capable = perfmon_capable();
+
+	if (attr->sigtrap) {
+		/*
+		 * perf_event_attr::sigtrap sends signals to the other task.
+		 * Require the current task to also have CAP_KILL.
+		 */
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		is_capable &= ns_capable(__task_cred(task)->user_ns, CAP_KILL);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
+		/*
+		 * If the required capabilities aren't available, checks for
+		 * ptrace permissions: upgrade to ATTACH, since sending signals
+		 * can effectively change the target task.
+		 */
+		ptrace_mode = PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility. The
+	 * ptrace check also includes checks that the current task and other
+	 * task have matching uids, and is therefore not done here explicitly.
+	 */
+	return is_capable || ptrace_may_access(task, ptrace_mode);
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_perf_event_open - open a performance event, associate it to a task/cpu
  *
@@ -12163,15 +12194,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 			goto err_file;
 
 		/*
-		 * Preserve ptrace permission check for backwards compatibility.
-		 *
 		 * We must hold exec_update_lock across this and any potential
 		 * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to
 		 * serialize against exec() altering our credentials (and the
 		 * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply).
 		 */
 		err = -EACCES;
-		if (!perfmon_capable() && !ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
+		if (!perf_check_permission(&attr, task))
 			goto err_cred;
 	}