Public bug reported: The perf subsystem provides a rather large attack surface, and system owners would like a way to disable access to non-root users. This is already being done in Android and Debian, and I'd like to do the same on my Ubuntu systems. :)
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/11/587 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) Status: Incomplete ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612790 Title: Provide kernel.perf_event_paranoid sysctl level 3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1612790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs