tracing: Disable "other" permission bits in the tracefs files
authorSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:24:51 +0000 (11:24 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:16:15 +0000 (19:16 +0100)
commit4e4f6e33d6f22b073697098ef6fa0f33e44c391c
tree54f0a91bb0d5999429b24404e5d34553700f06f3
parent1067f23c1ee7b00852c14ed543bbee9874d6867c
tracing: Disable "other" permission bits in the tracefs files

[ Upstream commit 21ccc9cd72116289469e5519b6159c675a2fa58f ]

When building the files in the tracefs file system, do not by default set
any permissions for OTH (other). This will make it easier for admins who
want to define a group for accessing tracefs and not having to first
disable all the permission bits for "other" in the file system.

As tracing can leak sensitive information, it should never by default
allowing all users access. An admin can still set the permission bits for
others to have access, which may be useful for creating a honeypot and
seeing who takes advantage of it and roots the machine.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210818153038.864149276@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
15 files changed:
kernel/trace/ftrace.c
kernel/trace/trace.c
kernel/trace/trace.h
kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
kernel/trace/trace_events.c
kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
kernel/trace/trace_recursion_record.c
kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c