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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 5d12bb407b44..4b9c114ee9de 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct ftrace_event_call *tp_event,
return ret;
}
+ /*
+ * We checked and allowed to create parent,
+ * allow children without checking.
+ */
+ if (p_event->parent)
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * It's ok to check current process (owner) permissions in here,
+ * because code below is called only via perf_event_open syscall.
+ */
+
/* The ftrace function trace is allowed only for root. */
if (ftrace_event_is_function(tp_event)) {
if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))