xref: /linux/tools/perf/util/cap.c (revision bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43)
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, bool *used_root)
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 	*used_root = false;
25 	while (syscall(SYS_capget, &header, &data[0]) == -1) {
26 		/* Retry, first attempt has set the header.version correctly. */
27 		if (errno == EINVAL && header.version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3 &&
28 		    header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_1)
29 			continue;
30 
31 		pr_debug2("capget syscall failed (%m) fall back on root check\n");
32 		*used_root = true;
33 		return geteuid() == 0;
34 	}
35 
36 	/* Extract the relevant capability bit. */
37 	if (cap >= 32) {
38 		if (header.version == _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3) {
39 			cap_val = data[1].effective;
40 		} else {
41 			/* Capability beyond 32 is requested but only 32 are supported. */
42 			return false;
43 		}
44 	} else {
45 		cap_val = data[0].effective;
46 	}
47 	return (cap_val & (1 << (cap & 0x1f))) != 0;
48 }
49