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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index f33820824..a8e65f559 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -468,12 +468,14 @@ the existing panic controls already in that directory. perf_event_paranoid: Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged -users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1. +users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 3 if +CONFIG_SECURITY_PERF_EVENTS_RESTRICT is set, or 1 otherwise. -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users >=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK >=1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN >=2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN +>=3: Disallow all event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN ============================================================== |