security,perf: Allow further restriction of perf_event_open
authorBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:23:55 +0000 (15:23 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:04:10 +0000 (21:04 +0000)
commit56e98a65f32c795cae52f2ca92d599c32e520ca9
tree3b0fcddfc7f61666a7e4778bd0d323c09aaa2550
parentff6ba968babdc5cac66a34b77dc5304ebd697ada
security,perf: Allow further restriction of perf_event_open

When kernel.perf_event_open is set to 3 (or greater), disallow all
access to performance events by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Add a Kconfig symbol CONFIG_SECURITY_PERF_EVENTS_RESTRICT that
makes this value the default.

This is based on a similar feature in grsecurity
(CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PERF_HARDEN).  This version doesn't include making
the variable read-only.  It also allows enabling further restriction
at run-time regardless of whether the default is changed.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/all
Gbp-Pq: Name security-perf-allow-further-restriction-of-perf_event_open.patch
include/linux/perf_event.h
kernel/events/core.c
security/Kconfig