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perf_counter: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for raw tracepoint data 

Raw tracepoint data contains various kernel internals and
data from other users, so restrict this to CAP_SYS_ADMIN.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <1249896452.17467.75.camel@twins>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Peter Zijlstra 2009-08-10 11:20:12 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
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commit a4e95fc2cb
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@ -3787,6 +3787,14 @@ static void tp_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
static const struct pmu *tp_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
{
/*
* Raw tracepoint data is a severe data leak, only allow root to
* have these.
*/
if ((counter->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) &&
!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
if (ftrace_profile_enable(counter->attr.config))
return NULL;