Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "One more fix for a recently discovered bug"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf: Disable monitoring on setuid processes for regular users
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Linus Torvalds 2013-06-29 10:26:50 -07:00
commit 82d0b80ad6

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@ -1135,13 +1135,6 @@ void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
set_dumpable(current->mm, suid_dumpable);
}
/*
* Flush performance counters when crossing a
* security domain:
*/
if (!get_dumpable(current->mm))
perf_event_exit_task(current);
/* An exec changes our domain. We are no longer part of the thread
group */
@ -1205,6 +1198,15 @@ void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
commit_creds(bprm->cred);
bprm->cred = NULL;
/*
* Disable monitoring for regular users
* when executing setuid binaries. Must
* wait until new credentials are committed
* by commit_creds() above
*/
if (get_dumpable(current->mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER)
perf_event_exit_task(current);
/*
* cred_guard_mutex must be held at least to this point to prevent
* ptrace_attach() from altering our determination of the task's