perf/core: Need CAP_SYS_ADMIN to create k/uprobe with perf_event_open()
Non-root user cannot create kprobe or uprobe through the text-based interface (kprobe_events, uprobe_events),so they should not be able to create probes via perf_event_open() either. Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Fixes: 33ea4b24 ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_uprobe' PMU") Fixes: e12f03d7 ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_kprobe' PMU") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/C0B2EFB5-C403-4BDB-9046-C14B3EE66999@fb.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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