From bb19af816025d495376bd76bf6fbcf4244f9a06d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madhavan Srinivasan Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:10:25 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/perf: Prevent kernel address leak to userspace via BHRB buffer The current Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) code does not check for any privilege levels before updating the data from BHRB. This could leak kernel addresses to userspace even when profiling only with userspace privileges. Add proper checks to prevent it. Acked-by: Balbir Singh Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c index 39846226c702..1e55ae2f2afd 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c @@ -457,6 +457,16 @@ static void power_pmu_bhrb_read(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw) /* invalid entry */ continue; + /* + * BHRB rolling buffer could very much contain the kernel + * addresses at this point. Check the privileges before + * exporting it to userspace (avoid exposure of regions + * where we could have speculative execution) + */ + if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && + is_kernel_addr(addr)) + continue; + /* Branches are read most recent first (ie. mfbhrb 0 is * the most recent branch). * There are two types of valid entries: -- 2.11.0