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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/capability.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/capability.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | security/selinux/include/classmap.h | 4 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h index ecce0f43c73a..027d7e4a853b 100644 --- a/include/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/linux/capability.h @@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ extern bool privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid(struct user_namespace *ns, const struct extern bool capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(const struct inode *inode, int cap); extern bool file_ns_capable(const struct file *file, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap); extern bool ptracer_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns); +static inline bool perfmon_capable(void) +{ + return capable(CAP_PERFMON) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN); +} /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */ extern int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *cpu_caps); diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h index 272dc69fa080..e58c9636741b 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h @@ -367,8 +367,14 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data { #define CAP_AUDIT_READ 37 +/* + * Allow system performance and observability privileged operations + * using perf_events, i915_perf and other kernel subsystems + */ + +#define CAP_PERFMON 38 -#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_AUDIT_READ +#define CAP_LAST_CAP CAP_PERFMON #define cap_valid(x) ((x) >= 0 && (x) <= CAP_LAST_CAP) diff --git a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h index 986f3ac14282..d233ab3f1533 100644 --- a/security/selinux/include/classmap.h +++ b/security/selinux/include/classmap.h @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ "audit_control", "setfcap" #define COMMON_CAP2_PERMS "mac_override", "mac_admin", "syslog", \ - "wake_alarm", "block_suspend", "audit_read" + "wake_alarm", "block_suspend", "audit_read", "perfmon" -#if CAP_LAST_CAP > CAP_AUDIT_READ +#if CAP_LAST_CAP > CAP_PERFMON #error New capability defined, please update COMMON_CAP2_PERMS. #endif |