1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 * ksyms_common.c: A split of kernel/kallsyms.c
4 * Contains a few generic function definations independent of config KALLSYMS.
6 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
7 #include <linux/security.h>
9 static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
11 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
12 extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
14 if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid <= 1)
21 * We show kallsyms information even to normal users if we've enabled
22 * kernel profiling and are explicitly not paranoid (so kptr_restrict
23 * is clear, and sysctl_perf_event_paranoid isn't set).
25 * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
28 bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
30 switch (kptr_restrict) {
32 if (kallsyms_for_perf())
36 if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
37 CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)