xref: /linux/tools/perf/util/cap.c (revision 473f6c8f437b049f8ec015d57cd59bb983b1d85c)
1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * Capability utilities
4  */
5 
6 #include "cap.h"
7 #include "debug.h"
8 #include <errno.h>
9 #include <string.h>
10 #include <sys/syscall.h>
11 #include <unistd.h>
12 
13 #define MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
14 
15 bool perf_cap__capable(int cap)
16 {
17 	struct __user_cap_header_struct header = {
18 		.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
19 		.pid = 0,
20 	};
21 	struct __user_cap_data_struct data[MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S] = {};
22 	__u32 cap_val;
23 
24 	while (syscall(SYS_capget, &header, &data[0]) == -1) {
25 		/* Retry, first attempt has set the header.version correctly. */
26 		if (errno == EINVAL && header.version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 &&
27 		    header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1)
28 			continue;
29 
30 		pr_debug2("capget syscall failed (%m) fall back on root check\n");
31 		return geteuid() == 0;
32 	}
33 
34 	/* Extract the relevant capability bit. */
35 	if (cap >= 32) {
36 		if (header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3) {
37 			cap_val = data[1].effective;
38 		} else {
39 			/* Capability beyond 32 is requested but only 32 are supported. */
40 			return false;
41 		}
42 	} else {
43 		cap_val = data[0].effective;
44 	}
45 	return (cap_val & (1 << (cap & 0x1f))) != 0;
46 }
47