Hello, On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:47 PM Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Extend error messages to mention CAP_PERFMON capability as an option > to substitute CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for secure system performance > monitoring and observability operations. Make perf_event_paranoid_check() > and __cmd_ftrace() to be aware of CAP_PERFMON capability. > > CAP_PERFMON implements the principal of least privilege for performance > monitoring and observability operations (POSIX IEEE 1003.1e 2.2.2.39 > principle of least privilege: A security design principle that states > that a process or program be granted only those privileges (e.g., > capabilities) necessary to accomplish its legitimate function, and only > for the time that such privileges are actually required) > > For backward compatibility reasons access to perf_events subsystem remains > open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for > secure perf_events monitoring is discouraged with respect to CAP_PERFMON > capability. > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks Namhyung
