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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-11-08 03:54:53 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-11-08 03:54:53 +0400 |
| commit | 6c86ae2928f9e4cbf0d5844f5fcfd549e3450b8c (patch) | |
| tree | 47963d4a27f4dd318474de096ba2aca7e90f7150 /lib/lockref.c | |
| parent | 3ae423fe4734af3b2f7ac718c6e64e72bfe443b3 (diff) | |
| parent | 12ae030d54ef250706da5642fc7697cc60ad0df7 (diff) | |
| download | linux-6c86ae2928f9e4cbf0d5844f5fcfd549e3450b8c.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'ftrace-urgent-3.12-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull perf/ftrace fix from Steven Rostedt:
"Dave Jones's trinity program was able to enable the function tracer
from a normal user account via the perf syscall "perf_event_open()".
When I was able to reproduce it with trinity, I was able to track down
exactly how it happened.
I discovered that the check for whether the function tracepoint should
be activated or not was using the "perf_paranoid_kernel()" check which
by default, lets the user continue. The user should not by default be
able to enable function tracing.
The fix is to use "perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw()" which will not let
the user enable function tracing. This is a security fix as normal
users should never be allowed to enable the function tracer"
* tag 'ftrace-urgent-3.12-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
perf/ftrace: Fix paranoid level for enabling function tracer
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