xref: /linux/tools/perf/util/cap.c (revision 14b7d43c5c068cb9688a9fe68883f4340effb053)
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 <linux/capability.h>
11 #include <sys/syscall.h>
12 #include <unistd.h>
13 
14 #define MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3
15 
perf_cap__capable(int cap,bool * used_root)16 bool perf_cap__capable(int cap, bool *used_root)
17 {
18 	struct __user_cap_header_struct header = {
19 		.version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3,
20 		.pid = 0,
21 	};
22 	struct __user_cap_data_struct data[MAX_LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S] = {};
23 	__u32 cap_val;
24 
25 	*used_root = false;
26 	while (syscall(SYS_capget, &header, &data[0]) == -1) {
27 		/* Retry, first attempt has set the header.version correctly. */
28 		if (errno == EINVAL && header.version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 &&
29 		    header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1)
30 			continue;
31 
32 		pr_debug2("capget syscall failed (%s - %d) fall back on root check\n",
33 			  strerror(errno), errno);
34 		*used_root = true;
35 		return geteuid() == 0;
36 	}
37 
38 	/* Extract the relevant capability bit. */
39 	if (cap >= 32) {
40 		if (header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3) {
41 			cap_val = data[1].effective;
42 		} else {
43 			/* Capability beyond 32 is requested but only 32 are supported. */
44 			return false;
45 		}
46 	} else {
47 		cap_val = data[0].effective;
48 	}
49 	return (cap_val & (1 << (cap & 0x1f))) != 0;
50 }
51