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>
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:59:17 +0000 (01:59 +0100)
commitbf619075ae8bbc8185678c299a9e08d3b2a86219
treeaf30f0f8b070cf16ef68afe2e5f509a4d4dfa32d
parent16d03dc5b96dae9231ee6712042dccbf047cab55
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