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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c39
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index e10ad057e797..8b3d241a31c2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -562,6 +562,41 @@ static struct trace_event_functions user_event_funcs = {
.trace = user_event_print_trace,
};
+static int user_event_set_call_visible(struct user_event *user, bool visible)
+{
+ int ret;
+ const struct cred *old_cred;
+ struct cred *cred;
+
+ cred = prepare_creds();
+
+ if (!cred)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ /*
+ * While by default tracefs is locked down, systems can be configured
+ * to allow user_event files to be less locked down. The extreme case
+ * being "other" has read/write access to user_events_data/status.
+ *
+ * When not locked down, processes may not have have permissions to
+ * add/remove calls themselves to tracefs. We need to temporarily
+ * switch to root file permission to allow for this scenario.
+ */
+ cred->fsuid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+
+ old_cred = override_creds(cred);
+
+ if (visible)
+ ret = trace_add_event_call(&user->call);
+ else
+ ret = trace_remove_event_call(&user->call);
+
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
+ put_cred(cred);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -569,7 +604,7 @@ static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user)
/* Must destroy fields before call removal */
user_event_destroy_fields(user);
- ret = trace_remove_event_call(&user->call);
+ ret = user_event_set_call_visible(user, false);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -1049,7 +1084,7 @@ static int user_event_trace_register(struct user_event *user)
if (!ret)
return -ENODEV;
- ret = trace_add_event_call(&user->call);
+ ret = user_event_set_call_visible(user, true);
if (ret)
unregister_trace_event(&user->call.event);