Code: int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type)
{
	int cpu, ret;

	mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
	ret = -ENOMEM;
	pmu->pmu_disable_count = alloc_percpu(int);
	if (!pmu->pmu_disable_count)
		goto unlock;

	pmu->type = -1;
	if (!name)
		goto skip_type;
	pmu->name = name;

	if (type < 0) {
		type = idr_alloc(&pmu_idr, pmu, PERF_TYPE_MAX, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (type < 0) {
			ret = type;
			goto free_pdc;
		}
	}
	pmu->type = type;

	if (pmu_bus_running) {
		ret = pmu_dev_alloc(pmu);
		if (ret)
			goto free_idr;
	}

skip_type:
	pmu->pmu_cpu_context = find_pmu_context(pmu->task_ctx_nr);
	if (pmu->pmu_cpu_context)
		goto got_cpu_context;

	ret = -ENOMEM;
	pmu->pmu_cpu_context = alloc_percpu(struct perf_cpu_context);
	if (!pmu->pmu_cpu_context)
		goto free_dev;

	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
		struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;

		cpuctx = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context, cpu);
 		__perf_event_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx);
 		lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.mutex, &cpuctx_mutex);
 		lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.lock, &cpuctx_lock);
		cpuctx->ctx.type = cpu_context;
 		cpuctx->ctx.pmu = pmu;
 
 		__perf_cpu_hrtimer_init(cpuctx, cpu);

		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpuctx->rotation_list);
		cpuctx->unique_pmu = pmu;
	}

got_cpu_context:
	if (!pmu->start_txn) {
		if (pmu->pmu_enable) {
			/*
			 * If we have pmu_enable/pmu_disable calls, install
			 * transaction stubs that use that to try and batch
			 * hardware accesses.
			 */
			pmu->start_txn  = perf_pmu_start_txn;
			pmu->commit_txn = perf_pmu_commit_txn;
			pmu->cancel_txn = perf_pmu_cancel_txn;
		} else {
			pmu->start_txn  = perf_pmu_nop_void;
			pmu->commit_txn = perf_pmu_nop_int;
			pmu->cancel_txn = perf_pmu_nop_void;
		}
	}

	if (!pmu->pmu_enable) {
		pmu->pmu_enable  = perf_pmu_nop_void;
		pmu->pmu_disable = perf_pmu_nop_void;
	}

	if (!pmu->event_idx)
		pmu->event_idx = perf_event_idx_default;

	list_add_rcu(&pmu->entry, &pmus);
	ret = 0;
unlock:
	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);

	return ret;

free_dev:
	device_del(pmu->dev);
	put_device(pmu->dev);

free_idr:
	if (pmu->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
		idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);

free_pdc:
	free_percpu(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
	goto unlock;
}

Vulnerability Type: +Priv 
CWE ID: CWE-264
Summary: kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.
Commit Message: perf: Tighten (and fix) the grouping condition

The fix from 9fc81d87420d ("perf: Fix events installation during
moving group") was incomplete in that it failed to recognise that
creating a group with events for different CPUs is semantically
broken -- they cannot be co-scheduled.

Furthermore, it leads to real breakage where, when we create an event
for CPU Y and then migrate it to form a group on CPU X, the code gets
confused where the counter is programmed -- triggered in practice
as well by me via the perf fuzzer.

Fix this by tightening the rules for creating groups. Only allow
grouping of counters that can be co-scheduled in the same context.
This means for the same task and/or the same cpu.

Fixes: 9fc81d87420d ("perf: Fix events installation during moving group")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150123125834.090683288@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>