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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2017-06-17 17:01:11 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2017-06-17 17:01:11 +0200
commitc1d5fe2d54551b95b812143d94d8168da2220dd8 (patch)
treefdde4472ab2b19fcadaae22d68a0c9b008f74373 /kernel/events/core.c
parent0068a1b36d309f22698f7de7478b72e672360129 (diff)
parent1bd30958ec55d80ca72d2ca4e7e5c3d9fbf3173e (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.4.73' into toradex_vf_4.4-nextColibri-VF_LXDE-Image_2.7b3-20170630
This is the 4.4.73 stable release
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events/core.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c78
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index e4b5494f05f8..22350b15b4e7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6410,6 +6410,21 @@ static void perf_log_itrace_start(struct perf_event *event)
perf_output_end(&handle);
}
+static bool sample_is_allowed(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ /*
+ * Due to interrupt latency (AKA "skid"), we may enter the
+ * kernel before taking an overflow, even if the PMU is only
+ * counting user events.
+ * To avoid leaking information to userspace, we must always
+ * reject kernel samples when exclude_kernel is set.
+ */
+ if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
/*
* Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
*/
@@ -6457,6 +6472,12 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
}
/*
+ * For security, drop the skid kernel samples if necessary.
+ */
+ if (!sample_is_allowed(event, regs))
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
* XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited
* events
*/
@@ -8250,6 +8271,37 @@ static int perf_event_set_clock(struct perf_event *event, clockid_t clk_id)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Variation on perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(), except we take two context
+ * mutexes.
+ */
+static struct perf_event_context *
+__perf_event_ctx_lock_double(struct perf_event *group_leader,
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx)
+{
+ struct perf_event_context *gctx;
+
+again:
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ gctx = READ_ONCE(group_leader->ctx);
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&gctx->refcount)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ goto again;
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ mutex_lock_double(&gctx->mutex, &ctx->mutex);
+
+ if (group_leader->ctx != gctx) {
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&gctx->mutex);
+ put_ctx(gctx);
+ goto again;
+ }
+
+ return gctx;
+}
+
/**
* sys_perf_event_open - open a performance event, associate it to a task/cpu
*
@@ -8486,8 +8538,26 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
}
if (move_group) {
- gctx = group_leader->ctx;
- mutex_lock_double(&gctx->mutex, &ctx->mutex);
+ gctx = __perf_event_ctx_lock_double(group_leader, ctx);
+
+ /*
+ * Check if we raced against another sys_perf_event_open() call
+ * moving the software group underneath us.
+ */
+ if (!(group_leader->group_flags & PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE)) {
+ /*
+ * If someone moved the group out from under us, check
+ * if this new event wound up on the same ctx, if so
+ * its the regular !move_group case, otherwise fail.
+ */
+ if (gctx != ctx) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_locked;
+ } else {
+ perf_event_ctx_unlock(group_leader, gctx);
+ move_group = 0;
+ }
+ }
} else {
mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
}
@@ -8582,7 +8652,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
perf_unpin_context(ctx);
if (move_group)
- mutex_unlock(&gctx->mutex);
+ perf_event_ctx_unlock(group_leader, gctx);
mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
if (task) {
@@ -8610,7 +8680,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
err_locked:
if (move_group)
- mutex_unlock(&gctx->mutex);
+ perf_event_ctx_unlock(group_leader, gctx);
mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
/* err_file: */
fput(event_file);