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[tip:perf/core] perf record: Fix segfault when running with suid and kptr_restrict is 1

From tip-bot for Wang Nan <tipbot@zytor.com>
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Subject [tip:perf/core] perf record: Fix segfault when running with suid and kptr_restrict is 1
Date 2016-11-25 18:30 +0100
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Commit-ID:  3dbe46c5245f61328797738c6a0a6cd4bf921f61
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3dbe46c5245f61328797738c6a0a6cd4bf921f61
Author:     Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 04:05:45 +0000
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:11:10 -0300

perf record: Fix segfault when running with suid and kptr_restrict is 1

Before this patch perf panics if kptr_restrict is set to 1 and perf is
owned by root with suid set:

  $ whoami
  wangnan
  $ ls -l ./perf
  -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 19781908 Sep 21 19:29 /home/wangnan/perf
  $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict
  1
  $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
  -1
  $ ./perf record -a
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)
  $

The reason is that perf assumes it is allowed to read kptr from
/proc/kallsyms when euid is root, but in fact the kernel doesn't allow
reading kptr when euid and uid do not match with each other:

  $ cp /bin/cat .
  $ sudo chown root:root ./cat
  $ sudo chmod u+s ./cat
  $ cat /proc/kallsyms | grep do_fork
  0000000000000000 T _do_fork          <--- kptr is hidden even euid is root
  $ sudo cat /proc/kallsyms | grep do_fork
  ffffffff81080230 T _do_fork

See lib/vsprintf.c for kernel side code.

This patch fixes this problem by checking both uid and euid.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@fb.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161115040617.69788-3-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index aecff69..420ada9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
 		char line[8];
 
 		if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
-			value = (geteuid() != 0) ?
+			value = ((geteuid() != 0) || (getuid() != 0)) ?
 					(atoi(line) != 0) :
 					(atoi(line) == 2);
 

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[PATCH 00/34] perf clang: Builtin clang and perfhook support Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 21/34] perf clang: Pass CFLAGS to builtin clang Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 33/34] perf clang builtin: Define hook helpers by default Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 28/34] perf clang jit: Access BPF map Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 16/34] perf clang: Allow passing CFLAGS to builtin clang Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 23/34] perf clang jit: Insignt BPF and JIT functions in a Module Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 02/34] perf record: Fix segfault when running with suid and kptr_restrict is 1 Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
    [tip:perf/core] perf record: Fix segfault when running with suid  and kptr_restrict is 1 tip-bot for Wang Nan <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-11-25 18:30 +0100
  [PATCH 06/34] tools lib bpf: Add private field for bpf_object Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:10 +0100
  [PATCH 03/34] tools perf: Add missing struct defeinition in probe_event.h Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
    [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Add missing struct definition in  probe_event.h tip-bot for Wang Nan <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-11-25 18:30 +0100
  [PATCH 01/34] perf tools: Fix kernel version error in ubuntu Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
    [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fix kernel version error in ubuntu tip-bot for Wang Nan <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-11-25 18:30 +0100
  [PATCH 24/34] perf clang jit: add PerfModule::doJIT to JIT perfhook functions Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 30/34] perf clang: Link BPF functions declaration into perf Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 11/34] tools build: Add feature detection for LLVM Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 32/34] perf clang: Include helpers to BPF scripts Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 05/34] tools lib bpf: Add missing bpf map functions Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 05/34] tools lib bpf: Add missing bpf map functions "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-17 04:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 05/34] tools lib bpf: Add missing bpf map functions Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> - 2016-11-25 15:50 +0100
  [PATCH 31/34] perf clang: Declare BPF functions for BPF scripts automatically Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 29/34] perf clang jit: Allow jitted perf hook access BPF maps Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 34/34] perf clang git: Export getpid() to perf hook Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 09/34] perf tools: Pass context to perf hook functions Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 22/34] perf clang jit: Wrap llvm::Module using PerfModule Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 25/34] perf clang jit: Export functions for jitted code Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 20/34] perf clang: Pass full path to builtin clang Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 18/34] perf clang: Support compile IR to BPF object and add testcase Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 15/34] perf clang: Use real file system for #include Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 27/34] perf clang jit: Collect the lowest address in maps section as map_base Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 17/34] perf clang: Update test case to use real BPF script Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 13/34] perf build: Add clang and llvm compile and linking support Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 12/34] tools build: Add feature detection for clang Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 08/34] perf tools: Introduce perf hooks Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 07/34] tools lib bpf: Retrive bpf_map through offset of bpf_map_def Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 26/34] perf clang jit: Actually JIT and hook in bpf loader Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 14/34] perf clang: Add builtin clang support ant test case Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 10/34] perf llvm: Extract helpers in llvm-utils.c Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  [PATCH 19/34] perf clang: Compile BPF script use builtin clang support Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 00/34] perf clang: Builtin clang and perfhook support "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-11-15 05:40 +0100

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