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[v4,1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file

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Alexey Budankov Nov. 27, 2018, 8:15 a.m. UTC
Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file
covering security concerns of perf_event_paranoid settings.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- added docs for perf_event related capabilities
Changes in v3:
- toning down of the markup for "scope, access and resource"
- adding definite article for "Linux implementation"
Changes in v2:
- reverted patches order in the set to avoid CI issue
- replaced old PCL referencing by PE (Perf Events)
- skipped >=3 setting documentation at the moment
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst

Comments

Jonathan Corbet Nov. 27, 2018, 6:11 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:15:37 +0300
Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> +To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
> +categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
> +to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
> +nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
> +perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
> +without access, scope and resource restrictions.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
> +the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
> +supplementary group list).
> +
> +Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
> +distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
> +and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
> +privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
> +bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
> +PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
> +determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
> +with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.

It's good to have more information here.  I could certainly quibble
further with things - a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not "unprivileged"!
- but I don't want to stand in the way of this any further.  I *would*
still like to see an ack from the perf world, though.

With regard to Kees's comment on merging the two patches; I would probably
add the new document to index.rst in the same patch, but it doesn't matter
that much.  Not worth redoing the patch just for that.

jon
Alexey Budankov Nov. 27, 2018, 7:13 p.m. UTC | #2
On 27.11.2018 21:11, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:15:37 +0300
> Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> +To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
>> +categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
>> +to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
>> +nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
>> +perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
>> +without access, scope and resource restrictions.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
>> +the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
>> +supplementary group list).
>> +
>> +Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
>> +distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
>> +and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
>> +privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
>> +bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
>> +PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
>> +determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
>> +with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.
> 
> It's good to have more information here.  I could certainly quibble
> further with things - a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not "unprivileged"!
> - but I don't want to stand in the way of this any further.  I *would*
> still like to see an ack from the perf world, though.

Thanks for meaningful comments! Looking forward to ack from perf world.

> 
> With regard to Kees's comment on merging the two patches; I would probably
> add the new document to index.rst in the same patch, but it doesn't matter
> that much.  Not worth redoing the patch just for that.

Thanks,
Alexey

> 
> jon
>
Alexey Budankov Dec. 3, 2018, 9:42 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Peter,

On 27.11.2018 22:13, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> On 27.11.2018 21:11, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:15:37 +0300
>> Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
>>> +categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
>>> +to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
>>> +nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
>>> +perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
>>> +without access, scope and resource restrictions.
>>> +
>>> +Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
>>> +the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
>>> +supplementary group list).
>>> +
>>> +Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
>>> +distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
>>> +and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
>>> +
>>> +Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
>>> +privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
>>> +bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
>>> +
>>> +Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
>>> +PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
>>> +determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
>>> +with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.
>>
>> It's good to have more information here.  I could certainly quibble
>> further with things - a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not "unprivileged"!
>> - but I don't want to stand in the way of this any further.  I *would*
>> still like to see an ack from the perf world, though.
> 
> Thanks for meaningful comments! Looking forward to ack from perf world.

May I ask you to review v4 of the patches? 
Your comments on v1 have been addressed in there.

Thanks,
Alexey

> 
>>
>> With regard to Kees's comment on merging the two patches; I would probably
>> add the new document to index.rst in the same patch, but it doesn't matter
>> that much.  Not worth redoing the patch just for that.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alexey
> 
>>
>> jon
>>
>
Kees Cook Dec. 6, 2018, 1:10 a.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:15 AM Alexey Budankov
<alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>
> Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file
> covering security concerns of perf_event_paranoid settings.
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-Kees

> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - added docs for perf_event related capabilities
> Changes in v3:
> - toning down of the markup for "scope, access and resource"
> - adding definite article for "Linux implementation"
> Changes in v2:
> - reverted patches order in the set to avoid CI issue
> - replaced old PCL referencing by PE (Perf Events)
> - skipped >=3 setting documentation at the moment
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f73ebfe9bfe2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> +.. _perf_security:
> +
> +Perf Events and tool security
> +=============================
> +
> +Overview
> +--------
> +
> +Usage of Performance Counters for Linux (perf_events) [1]_ , [2]_ , [3]_ can
> +impose a considerable risk of leaking sensitive data accessed by monitored
> +processes. The data leakage is possible both in scenarios of direct usage of
> +perf_events system call API [2]_ and over data files generated by Perf tool user
> +mode utility (Perf) [3]_ , [4]_ . The risk depends on the nature of data that
> +perf_events performance monitoring units (PMU) [2]_ collect and expose for
> +performance analysis. Having that said perf_events/Perf performance monitoring
> +is the subject for security access control management [5]_ .
> +
> +perf_events/Perf access control
> +-------------------------------
> +
> +To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
> +categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
> +to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
> +nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
> +perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
> +without access, scope and resource restrictions.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
> +the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
> +supplementary group list).
> +
> +Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
> +distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
> +and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
> +privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
> +bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
> +
> +Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
> +PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
> +determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
> +with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.
> +
> +Other capabilities being granted to unprivileged processes can effectively
> +enable capturing of additional data required for later performance analysis of
> +monitored processes or a system. For example, CAP_SYSLOG capability permits
> +reading kernel space memory addresses from /proc/kallsyms file.
> +
> +perf_events/Perf unprivileged users
> +-----------------------------------
> +
> +perf_events/Perf *scope* and *access* control for unprivileged processes is
> +governed by perf_event_paranoid [2]_ setting:
> +
> +-1:
> +     Impose no *scope* and *access* restrictions on using perf_events performance
> +     monitoring. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb [2]_ locking limit is
> +     ignored when allocating memory buffers for storing performance data.
> +     This is the least secure mode since allowed monitored *scope* is
> +     maximized and no perf_events specific limits are imposed on *resources*
> +     allocated for performance monitoring.
> +
> +>=0:
> +     *scope* includes per-process and system wide performance monitoring
> +     but excludes raw tracepoints and ftrace function tracepoints monitoring.
> +     CPU and system events happened when executing either in user or
> +     in kernel space can be monitored and captured for later analysis.
> +     Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb locking limit is imposed but
> +     ignored for unprivileged processes with CAP_IPC_LOCK [6]_ capability.
> +
> +>=1:
> +     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only and excludes
> +     system wide performance monitoring. CPU and system events happened when
> +     executing either in user or in kernel space can be monitored and
> +     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
> +     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
> +     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
> +
> +>=2:
> +     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only. CPU and system
> +     events happened when executing in user space only can be monitored and
> +     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
> +     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
> +     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
> +
> +Bibliography
> +------------
> +
> +.. [1] `<https://lwn.net/Articles/337493/>`_
> +.. [2] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html>`_
> +.. [3] `<http://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/perf_events/>`_
> +.. [4] `<https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page>`_
> +.. [5] `<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html>`_
> +.. [6] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html>`_
> +.. [7] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ptrace.2.html>`_
> +
Alexey Budankov Dec. 6, 2018, 10:45 a.m. UTC | #5
On 06.12.2018 4:10, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:15 AM Alexey Budankov
> <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file
>> covering security concerns of perf_event_paranoid settings.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Thanks!
-Alexey

> 
> -Kees
> 
>> ---
>> Changes in v4:
>> - added docs for perf_event related capabilities
>> Changes in v3:
>> - toning down of the markup for "scope, access and resource"
>> - adding definite article for "Linux implementation"
>> Changes in v2:
>> - reverted patches order in the set to avoid CI issue
>> - replaced old PCL referencing by PE (Perf Events)
>> - skipped >=3 setting documentation at the moment
>> ---
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..f73ebfe9bfe2
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
>> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
>> +.. _perf_security:
>> +
>> +Perf Events and tool security
>> +=============================
>> +
>> +Overview
>> +--------
>> +
>> +Usage of Performance Counters for Linux (perf_events) [1]_ , [2]_ , [3]_ can
>> +impose a considerable risk of leaking sensitive data accessed by monitored
>> +processes. The data leakage is possible both in scenarios of direct usage of
>> +perf_events system call API [2]_ and over data files generated by Perf tool user
>> +mode utility (Perf) [3]_ , [4]_ . The risk depends on the nature of data that
>> +perf_events performance monitoring units (PMU) [2]_ collect and expose for
>> +performance analysis. Having that said perf_events/Perf performance monitoring
>> +is the subject for security access control management [5]_ .
>> +
>> +perf_events/Perf access control
>> +-------------------------------
>> +
>> +To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
>> +categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
>> +to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
>> +nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
>> +perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
>> +without access, scope and resource restrictions.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
>> +the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
>> +supplementary group list).
>> +
>> +Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
>> +distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
>> +and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
>> +privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
>> +bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
>> +
>> +Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
>> +PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
>> +determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
>> +with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.
>> +
>> +Other capabilities being granted to unprivileged processes can effectively
>> +enable capturing of additional data required for later performance analysis of
>> +monitored processes or a system. For example, CAP_SYSLOG capability permits
>> +reading kernel space memory addresses from /proc/kallsyms file.
>> +
>> +perf_events/Perf unprivileged users
>> +-----------------------------------
>> +
>> +perf_events/Perf *scope* and *access* control for unprivileged processes is
>> +governed by perf_event_paranoid [2]_ setting:
>> +
>> +-1:
>> +     Impose no *scope* and *access* restrictions on using perf_events performance
>> +     monitoring. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb [2]_ locking limit is
>> +     ignored when allocating memory buffers for storing performance data.
>> +     This is the least secure mode since allowed monitored *scope* is
>> +     maximized and no perf_events specific limits are imposed on *resources*
>> +     allocated for performance monitoring.
>> +
>> +>=0:
>> +     *scope* includes per-process and system wide performance monitoring
>> +     but excludes raw tracepoints and ftrace function tracepoints monitoring.
>> +     CPU and system events happened when executing either in user or
>> +     in kernel space can be monitored and captured for later analysis.
>> +     Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb locking limit is imposed but
>> +     ignored for unprivileged processes with CAP_IPC_LOCK [6]_ capability.
>> +
>> +>=1:
>> +     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only and excludes
>> +     system wide performance monitoring. CPU and system events happened when
>> +     executing either in user or in kernel space can be monitored and
>> +     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
>> +     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
>> +     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
>> +
>> +>=2:
>> +     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only. CPU and system
>> +     events happened when executing in user space only can be monitored and
>> +     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
>> +     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
>> +     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
>> +
>> +Bibliography
>> +------------
>> +
>> +.. [1] `<https://lwn.net/Articles/337493/>`_
>> +.. [2] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html>`_
>> +.. [3] `<http://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/perf_events/>`_
>> +.. [4] `<https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page>`_
>> +.. [5] `<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html>`_
>> +.. [6] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html>`_
>> +.. [7] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ptrace.2.html>`_
>> +
> 
> 
>
Jonathan Corbet Dec. 6, 2018, 4:57 p.m. UTC | #6
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 17:10:48 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:15 AM Alexey Budankov
> <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Implement initial version of perf-security.rst documentation file
> > covering security concerns of perf_event_paranoid settings.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

OK, series applied, thanks.

jon
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f73ebfe9bfe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ 
+.. _perf_security:
+
+Perf Events and tool security
+=============================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Usage of Performance Counters for Linux (perf_events) [1]_ , [2]_ , [3]_ can
+impose a considerable risk of leaking sensitive data accessed by monitored
+processes. The data leakage is possible both in scenarios of direct usage of
+perf_events system call API [2]_ and over data files generated by Perf tool user
+mode utility (Perf) [3]_ , [4]_ . The risk depends on the nature of data that
+perf_events performance monitoring units (PMU) [2]_ collect and expose for
+performance analysis. Having that said perf_events/Perf performance monitoring
+is the subject for security access control management [5]_ .
+
+perf_events/Perf access control
+-------------------------------
+
+To perform security checks, the Linux implementation splits processes into two
+categories [6]_ : a) privileged processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred
+to as superuser or root), and b) unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is
+nonzero). Privileged processes bypass all kernel security permission checks so
+perf_events performance monitoring is fully available to privileged processes
+without access, scope and resource restrictions.
+
+Unprivileged processes are subject to a full security permission check based on
+the process's credentials [5]_ (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and
+supplementary group list).
+
+Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into
+distinct units, known as capabilities [6]_ , which can be independently enabled
+and disabled on per-thread basis for processes and files of unprivileged users.
+
+Unprivileged processes with enabled CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability are treated as
+privileged processes with respect to perf_events performance monitoring and
+bypass *scope* permissions checks in the kernel.
+
+Unprivileged processes using perf_events system call API is also subject for
+PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS ptrace access mode check [7]_ , whose outcome
+determines whether monitoring is permitted. So unprivileged processes provided
+with CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability are effectively permitted to pass the check.
+
+Other capabilities being granted to unprivileged processes can effectively
+enable capturing of additional data required for later performance analysis of
+monitored processes or a system. For example, CAP_SYSLOG capability permits
+reading kernel space memory addresses from /proc/kallsyms file.
+
+perf_events/Perf unprivileged users
+-----------------------------------
+
+perf_events/Perf *scope* and *access* control for unprivileged processes is
+governed by perf_event_paranoid [2]_ setting:
+
+-1:
+     Impose no *scope* and *access* restrictions on using perf_events performance
+     monitoring. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb [2]_ locking limit is
+     ignored when allocating memory buffers for storing performance data.
+     This is the least secure mode since allowed monitored *scope* is
+     maximized and no perf_events specific limits are imposed on *resources*
+     allocated for performance monitoring.
+
+>=0:
+     *scope* includes per-process and system wide performance monitoring
+     but excludes raw tracepoints and ftrace function tracepoints monitoring.
+     CPU and system events happened when executing either in user or
+     in kernel space can be monitored and captured for later analysis.
+     Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb locking limit is imposed but
+     ignored for unprivileged processes with CAP_IPC_LOCK [6]_ capability.
+
+>=1:
+     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only and excludes
+     system wide performance monitoring. CPU and system events happened when
+     executing either in user or in kernel space can be monitored and
+     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
+     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
+     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
+
+>=2:
+     *scope* includes per-process performance monitoring only. CPU and system
+     events happened when executing in user space only can be monitored and
+     captured for later analysis. Per-user per-cpu perf_event_mlock_kb
+     locking limit is imposed but ignored for unprivileged processes with
+     CAP_IPC_LOCK capability.
+
+Bibliography
+------------
+
+.. [1] `<https://lwn.net/Articles/337493/>`_
+.. [2] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html>`_
+.. [3] `<http://web.eece.maine.edu/~vweaver/projects/perf_events/>`_
+.. [4] `<https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page>`_
+.. [5] `<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html>`_
+.. [6] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html>`_
+.. [7] `<http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/ptrace.2.html>`_
+