1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 39c059ca670e..19a359d5e6d5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -21,17 +21,46 @@ typedef typeof(unsigned long [PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long)])
 /* Count the events in use (per event id, not per instance) */
 static int      total_ref_count;
 
+static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event,
+                                 struct perf_event *p_event)
+{
+        /* No tracing, just counting, so no obvious leak */
+        if (!(p_event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW))
+                return 0;
+
+        /* Some events are ok to be traced by non-root users... */
+        if (p_event->attach_state == PERF_ATTACH_TASK) {
+                if (tp_event->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY)
+                        return 0;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * ...otherwise raw tracepoint data can be a severe data leak,
+         * only allow root to have these.
+         */
+        if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                return -EPERM;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_trace_event_init(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event,
                                  struct perf_event *p_event)
 {
         struct hlist_head __percpu *list;
-        int ret = -ENOMEM;
+        int ret;
         int cpu;
 
+        ret = perf_trace_event_perm(tp_event, p_event);
+        if (ret)
+                return ret;
+
         p_event->tp_event = tp_event;
         if (tp_event->perf_refcount++ > 0)
                 return 0;
 
+        ret = -ENOMEM;
+
         list = alloc_percpu(struct hlist_head);
         if (!list)
                 goto fail;