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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:18:01 +0100
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] security,perf: Allow further restriction of
perf_event_open
On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 08:56 +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> So this patch does two things, can it then be made into two patches?
It could.
> >
> > 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.
>
> This paragraph doesn't seem to belong in the commit message.
I'm giving credit where credit is due.
> What this commit message is missing entirely is the rationale behind
> this change other than "grsecurity does the same". Can you please
> elaborate?
It allows disabling a facility which in many systems is not needed and
is only a security risk.
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> > ---
> > I made a similar change to Debian's kernel packages in August,
> > including the more restrictive default, and no-one has complained yet.
>
> As a debian user, is this a good place to complain? Because it does get
> it the way.
OK, then you're the first one. And you know how to change this, don't
you?
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
- Albert
Camus
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