From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>, Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>, "selinux@vger.kernel.org" <selinux@vger.kernel.org>, "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>, "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v8 12/12] doc/admin-guide: update kernel.rst with CAP_PERFMON information Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:54:39 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <84c32383-14a2-fa35-16b6-f9e59bd37240@linux.intel.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <f96f8f8a-e65c-3f36-dc85-fc3f5191e8c5@linux.intel.com> Update kernel.rst documentation file with the information related to usage of CAP_PERFMON capability to secure performance monitoring and observability operations in system. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index def074807cee..b06ae9389809 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -720,20 +720,26 @@ perf_event_paranoid: ==================== Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged -users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2. +users (without CAP_PERFMON). The default value is 2. + +For backward compatibility reasons access to system performance +monitoring and observability remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN +privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure system +performance monitoring and observability operations is discouraged +with respect to CAP_PERFMON use cases. === ================================================================== -1 Allow use of (almost) all events by all users Ignore mlock limit after perf_event_mlock_kb without CAP_IPC_LOCK ->=0 Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=0 Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without CAP_PERFMON - Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_PERFMON ->=1 Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=1 Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_PERFMON ->=2 Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=2 Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_PERFMON === ================================================================== -- 2.24.1
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From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, "selinux@vger.kernel.org" <selinux@vger.kernel.org>, "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>, Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>, "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Subject: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v8 12/12] doc/admin-guide: update kernel.rst with CAP_PERFMON information Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:54:39 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <84c32383-14a2-fa35-16b6-f9e59bd37240@linux.intel.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <f96f8f8a-e65c-3f36-dc85-fc3f5191e8c5@linux.intel.com> Update kernel.rst documentation file with the information related to usage of CAP_PERFMON capability to secure performance monitoring and observability operations in system. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index def074807cee..b06ae9389809 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -720,20 +720,26 @@ perf_event_paranoid: ==================== Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged -users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2. +users (without CAP_PERFMON). The default value is 2. + +For backward compatibility reasons access to system performance +monitoring and observability remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN +privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure system +performance monitoring and observability operations is discouraged +with respect to CAP_PERFMON use cases. === ================================================================== -1 Allow use of (almost) all events by all users Ignore mlock limit after perf_event_mlock_kb without CAP_IPC_LOCK ->=0 Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=0 Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without CAP_PERFMON - Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN + Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_PERFMON ->=1 Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=1 Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_PERFMON ->=2 Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=2 Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_PERFMON === ================================================================== -- 2.24.1 _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-02 8:54 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2020-04-02 8:42 [PATCH v8 00/12] Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:42 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:45 ` [PATCH v8 01/12] capabilities: introduce CAP_PERFMON to kernel and user space Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:45 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] capabilities: Introduce " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:46 ` [PATCH v8 02/12] perf/core: open access to the core for CAP_PERFMON privileged process Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:46 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] perf/core: Open " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:47 ` [PATCH v8 03/12] perf/core: open access to probes " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:47 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:47 ` [PATCH v8 04/12] perf tool: extend Perf tool with CAP_PERFMON capability support Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:47 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-03 11:08 ` Jiri Olsa 2020-04-03 11:08 ` [Intel-gfx] " Jiri Olsa 2020-04-03 13:08 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-03 13:08 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-04 2:18 ` Namhyung Kim 2020-04-04 2:18 ` [Intel-gfx] " Namhyung Kim 2020-04-04 8:18 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-04 8:18 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] perf tools: Support CAP_PERFMON capability tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:48 ` [PATCH v8 05/12] drm/i915/perf: open access for CAP_PERFMON privileged process Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:48 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] drm/i915/perf: Open " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:48 ` [PATCH v8 06/12] trace/bpf_trace: open " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:48 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] trace/bpf_trace: Open " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:49 ` [PATCH v8 07/12] powerpc/perf: open " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:49 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:50 ` [PATCH v8 08/12] parisc/perf: " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:50 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:51 ` [PATCH v8 09/12] drivers/perf: " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:51 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] drivers/perf: Open " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:53 ` [PATCH v8 10/12] drivers/oprofile: open " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:53 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] drivers/oprofile: Open " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:54 ` [PATCH v8 11/12] doc/admin-guide: update perf-security.rst with CAP_PERFMON information Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:54 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] doc/admin-guide: Update " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 8:54 ` Alexey Budankov [this message] 2020-04-02 8:54 ` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v8 12/12] doc/admin-guide: update kernel.rst " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 14:10 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-05 14:10 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-05 14:41 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 14:41 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 14:54 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 14:54 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 15:05 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-05 15:05 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-05 15:51 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-05 15:51 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-22 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " tip-bot2 for Alexey Budankov 2020-04-02 9:37 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability (rev5) Patchwork 2020-04-02 10:02 ` [Intel-gfx] ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success " Patchwork 2020-04-03 11:24 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.IGT: failure " Patchwork 2020-04-05 16:00 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: failure for Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability (rev6) Patchwork 2020-04-07 14:30 ` [PATCH v8 00/12] Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 14:30 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 14:35 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 14:35 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 14:54 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 14:54 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 16:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 16:36 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 16:40 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 16:40 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 17:17 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 17:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 16:52 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 16:52 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 17:02 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 17:02 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 17:32 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 17:32 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-04-07 16:56 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 16:56 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 17:23 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-07 17:23 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-04-22 19:18 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability (rev18) Patchwork 2020-04-22 19:43 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.BAT: failure " Patchwork 2020-07-10 13:31 ` [PATCH v8 00/12] Introduce CAP_PERFMON to secure system performance monitoring and observability Ravi Bangoria 2020-07-10 13:31 ` [Intel-gfx] " Ravi Bangoria 2020-07-10 14:30 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-07-10 14:30 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-07-10 17:09 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-10 17:09 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-13 9:48 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-07-13 9:48 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-07-13 12:17 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-13 12:17 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-13 12:37 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-07-13 12:37 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-07-13 18:51 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-13 18:51 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-14 10:59 ` Peter Zijlstra 2020-07-14 10:59 ` [Intel-gfx] " Peter Zijlstra 2020-07-14 15:27 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-14 15:27 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-21 13:06 ` Alexey Budankov 2020-07-21 13:06 ` [Intel-gfx] " Alexey Budankov 2020-07-22 11:30 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2020-07-22 11:30 ` [Intel-gfx] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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