Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:50:46 -0800
From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To: Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, 
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, 
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>, Eddy Z <eddyz87@...il.com>, 
	Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>, Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@...gle.com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add inline assembly helpers to
 access array elements

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> When accessing an array, even if you insert your own bounds check,
> sometimes the compiler will remove the check.  bpf_cmp() will force the
> compiler to do the check.
>
> However, the compiler is free to make a copy of a register, check the copy,
> and use the original to access the array.  The verifier knows the *copy*
> is within bounds, but not the original register!
>
> Although I couldn't recreate the "bounds check a copy of a register",
> the test below managed to get the compiler to spill a register to the
> stack, then bounds-check the register, and later reread the register -
> sans bounds check.
>
> By performing the bounds check and the indexing in assembly, we ensure
> the register used to index the array was bounds checked.
>
> Signed-off-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>
> ---
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240103185403.610641-1-brho@google.com
>
> Changes since v2:
> - added a test prog that should load, but fails to verify for me (Debian
>   clang version 16.0.6 (16)).  these tests might be brittle and start
>   successfully verifying for other compiler versions.
> - removed the mmap-an-arraymap patch
> - removed macros and added some "test fixture" code
> - used RUN_TESTS for the __failure cases
>
>
>  .../bpf/prog_tests/test_array_elem.c          | 167 ++++++++++++
>  .../selftests/bpf/progs/array_elem_test.c     | 256 ++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h  |  43 +++
>  3 files changed, 466 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_array_elem.c
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/array_elem_test.c
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_array_elem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_array_elem.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..93e8f03fdeac
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_array_elem.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/* Copyright (c) 2024 Google LLC. */
> +#include <test_progs.h>
> +#include "array_elem_test.skel.h"
> +
> +#include <sys/mman.h>
> +
> +#define NR_MAP_ELEMS 100
> +
> +static size_t map_mmap_sz(struct bpf_map *map)
> +{
> +       size_t mmap_sz;
> +
> +       mmap_sz = (size_t)roundup(bpf_map__value_size(map), 8) *
> +               bpf_map__max_entries(map);
> +       mmap_sz = roundup(mmap_sz, sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE));
> +
> +       return mmap_sz;
> +}
> +
> +static void *map_mmap(struct bpf_map *map)
> +{
> +       return mmap(NULL, map_mmap_sz(map), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
> +                   bpf_map__fd(map), 0);
> +}
> +
> +static void map_munmap(struct bpf_map *map, void *addr)
> +{
> +       munmap(addr, map_mmap_sz(map));
> +}
> +
> +struct arr_elem_fixture {
> +       struct array_elem_test *skel;
> +       int *map_elems;
> +};
> +
> +static void setup_fixture(struct arr_elem_fixture *tf, size_t prog_off)
> +{
> +       struct array_elem_test *skel;
> +       struct bpf_program *prog;
> +       int err;
> +
> +       skel = array_elem_test__open();
> +       if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "array_elem_test open"))
> +               return;
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Our caller doesn't know the addr of the program until the skeleton is
> +        * opened.  But the offset to the pointer is statically known.
> +        */
> +       prog = *(struct bpf_program**)((__u8*)skel + prog_off);
> +       bpf_program__set_autoload(prog, true);
> +
> +       err = array_elem_test__load(skel);
> +       if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "array_elem_test load")) {
> +               array_elem_test__destroy(skel);
> +               return;
> +       }
> +
> +       err = array_elem_test__attach(skel);
> +       if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "array_elem_test attach")) {
> +               array_elem_test__destroy(skel);
> +               return;
> +       }
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++) {
> +               skel->bss->lookup_indexes[i] = i;
> +               err = bpf_map_update_elem(bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.lookup_again),
> +                                         &i, &i, BPF_ANY);
> +               ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "array_elem_test set lookup_again");
> +       }
> +
> +       tf->map_elems = map_mmap(skel->maps.arraymap);
> +       ASSERT_OK_PTR(tf->map_elems, "mmap");
> +
> +       tf->skel = skel;
> +}
> +
> +static void run_test(struct arr_elem_fixture *tf)
> +{
> +       tf->skel->bss->target_pid = getpid();
> +       usleep(1);
> +}
> +
> +static void destroy_fixture(struct arr_elem_fixture *tf)
> +{
> +       map_munmap(tf->skel->maps.arraymap, tf->map_elems);
> +       array_elem_test__destroy(tf->skel);
> +}
> +
> +static void test_access_single(void)
> +{
> +       struct arr_elem_fixture tf[1];
> +
> +       setup_fixture(tf, offsetof(struct array_elem_test,
> +                                  progs.access_single));
> +       run_test(tf);
> +
> +       ASSERT_EQ(tf->map_elems[0], 1337, "array_elem map value not written");
> +
> +       destroy_fixture(tf);
> +}
> +
> +static void test_access_all(void)
> +{
> +       struct arr_elem_fixture tf[1];
> +
> +       setup_fixture(tf, offsetof(struct array_elem_test,
> +                                  progs.access_all));
> +       run_test(tf);
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++)
> +               ASSERT_EQ(tf->map_elems[i], i,
> +                         "array_elem map value not written");
> +
> +       destroy_fixture(tf);
> +}
> +
> +static void test_oob_access(void)
> +{
> +       struct arr_elem_fixture tf[1];
> +
> +       setup_fixture(tf, offsetof(struct array_elem_test,
> +                                  progs.oob_access));
> +       run_test(tf);
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++)
> +               ASSERT_EQ(tf->map_elems[i], 0,
> +                         "array_elem map value was written");
> +
> +       destroy_fixture(tf);
> +}
> +
> +static void test_infer_size(void)
> +{
> +       struct arr_elem_fixture tf[1];
> +
> +       setup_fixture(tf, offsetof(struct array_elem_test,
> +                                  progs.infer_size));
> +       run_test(tf);
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++)
> +               ASSERT_EQ(tf->map_elems[i], i,
> +                         "array_elem map value not written");
> +
> +       destroy_fixture(tf);
> +}
> +
> +void test_test_array_elem(void)
> +{
> +       if (test__start_subtest("real_access_single"))
> +               test_access_single();
> +       if (test__start_subtest("real_access_all"))
> +               test_access_all();
> +       if (test__start_subtest("real_oob_access"))
> +               test_oob_access();
> +       if (test__start_subtest("real_infer_size"))
> +               test_infer_size();
> +
> +       /*
> +        * RUN_TESTS() will load the *bad* tests, marked with
> +        * __failure, and ensure they fail to load.  It will also load the
> +        * *good* tests, which we already tested, so you'll see some tests twice
> +        * in the output.
> +        */
> +       RUN_TESTS(array_elem_test);
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/array_elem_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/array_elem_test.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9cd90a3623e5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/array_elem_test.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/* Copyright (c) 2024 Google LLC. */
> +
> +#include <vmlinux.h>
> +#include <stdbool.h>
> +#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
> +#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
> +#include "bpf_misc.h"
> +#include "bpf_experimental.h"
> +
> +char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
> +
> +int target_pid = 0;
> +
> +#define NR_MAP_ELEMS 100
> +
> +/*
> + * We want to test valid accesses into an array, but we also need to fool the
> + * verifier.  If we just do for (i = 0; i < 100; i++), the verifier knows the
> + * value of i and can tell we're inside the array.
> + *
> + * This "lookup" array is just the values 0, 1, 2..., such that
> + * lookup_indexes[i] == i.  (set by userspace).  But the verifier doesn't know
> + * that.
> + */
> +unsigned int lookup_indexes[NR_MAP_ELEMS];
> +
> +/*
> + * This second lookup array also has the values 0, 1, 2.  The extra layer of
> + * lookups seems to make the compiler work a little harder, and more likely to
> + * spill to the stack.
> + */
> +struct {
> +       __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
> +       __uint(max_entries, NR_MAP_ELEMS);
> +       __type(key, u32);
> +       __type(value, u32);
> +       __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_MMAPABLE);
> +} lookup_again SEC(".maps");
> +
> +struct map_array {
> +       int elems[NR_MAP_ELEMS];
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * This is an ARRAY_MAP of a single struct, and that struct is an array of
> + * elements.  Userspace can mmap the map as if it was just a basic array of
> + * elements.  Though if you make an ARRAY_MAP where the *values* are ints, don't
> + * forget that bpf map elements are rounded up to 8 bytes.
> + *
> + * Once you get the pointer to the base of the inner array, you can access all
> + * of the elements without another bpf_map_lookup_elem(), which is useful if you
> + * are operating on multiple elements while holding a spinlock.
> + */
> +struct {
> +       __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
> +       __uint(max_entries, 1);
> +       __type(key, u32);
> +       __type(value, struct map_array);
> +       __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_MMAPABLE);
> +} arraymap SEC(".maps");
> +
> +static struct map_array *get_map_array(void)
> +{
> +       int zero = 0;
> +
> +       return bpf_map_lookup_elem(&arraymap, &zero);
> +}
> +
> +static int *get_map_elems(void)
> +{
> +       struct map_array *arr = get_map_array();
> +
> +       if (!arr)
> +               return NULL;
> +       return arr->elems;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * This is convoluted enough that the compiler may spill a register (r1) before
> + * bounds checking it.
> + */
> +static void bad_set_elem(unsigned int which, int val)
> +{
> +       u32 idx_1;
> +       u32 *idx_2p;
> +       int *map_elems;
> +
> +       if (which >= NR_MAP_ELEMS)
> +               return;
> +
> +       idx_1 = lookup_indexes[which];
> +       idx_2p = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&lookup_again, &idx_1);
> +       if (!idx_2p)
> +               return;
> +
> +       /*
> +        * reuse idx_1, which is often r1.  if you use a new variable, e.g.
> +        * idx_3 = *idx_2p, the compiler will pick a non-caller save register
> +        * (e.g. r6), and won't spill it to the stack.
> +        */
> +       idx_1 = *idx_2p;
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Whether we use bpf_cmp or a normal comparison, r1 might get spilled
> +        * to the stack, *then* checked against NR_MAP_ELEMS.  The verifier will
> +        * know r1's bounds, but since the check happened after the spill, it
> +        * doesn't know about the stack variable's bounds.
> +        */
> +       if (bpf_cmp_unlikely(idx_1, >=, NR_MAP_ELEMS))
> +               return;
> +
> +       /*
> +        * This does a bpf_map_lookup_elem(), which is a function call, which
> +        * necessitates spilling r1.
> +        */
> +       map_elems = get_map_elems();
> +       if (map_elems)
> +               map_elems[idx_1] = val;
> +}
> +
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +__failure
> +__msg("R0 unbounded memory access, make sure to bounds check any such access")
> +int bad_access_single(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       bad_set_elem(0, 1337);
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +__failure
> +__msg("R0 unbounded memory access, make sure to bounds check any such access")
> +int bad_access_all(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++)
> +               bad_set_elem(i, i);
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Both lookup_indexes and lookup_again are identity maps, i.e. f(x) = x (within
> + * bounds), so ultimately we're setting map_elems[which] = val.
> + */
> +static void good_set_elem(unsigned int which, int val)
> +{
> +       u32 idx_1;
> +       u32 *idx_2p;
> +       int *map_elems, *x;
> +
> +       if (which >= NR_MAP_ELEMS)
> +               return;
> +       idx_1 = lookup_indexes[which];
> +       idx_2p = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&lookup_again, &idx_1);
> +
> +       if (!idx_2p)
> +               return;
> +
> +       idx_1 = *idx_2p;
> +
> +       map_elems = get_map_elems();
> +       x = bpf_array_elem(map_elems, NR_MAP_ELEMS, idx_1);
> +       if (x)
> +               *x = val;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Test accessing a single element in the array with a convoluted lookup.
> + */
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +int access_single(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       if ((bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32) != target_pid)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       good_set_elem(0, 1337);
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Test that we can access all elements, and that we are accessing the element
> + * we think we are accessing.
> + */
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +int access_all(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       if ((bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32) != target_pid)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++)
> +               good_set_elem(i, i);
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Helper for various OOB tests.  An out-of-bound access should be handled like
> + * a lookup failure.  Specifically, the verifier should ensure we do not access
> + * outside the array.  Userspace will check that we didn't access somewhere
> + * inside the array.
> + */
> +static void set_elem_to_1(long idx)
> +{
> +       int *map_elems = get_map_elems();
> +       int *x;
> +
> +       x = bpf_array_elem(map_elems, NR_MAP_ELEMS, idx);
> +       if (x)
> +               *x = 1;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Test various out-of-bounds accesses.
> + */
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +int oob_access(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       if ((bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32) != target_pid)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       set_elem_to_1(NR_MAP_ELEMS + 5);
> +       set_elem_to_1(NR_MAP_ELEMS);
> +       set_elem_to_1(-1);
> +       set_elem_to_1(~0UL);
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Test that we can use the ARRAY_SIZE-style helper with an array in a map.
> + *
> + * Note that you cannot infer the size of the array from just a pointer; you
> + * have to use the actual elems[100].  i.e. this will fail and should fail to
> + * compile (-Wsizeof-pointer-div):
> + *
> + *     int *map_elems = get_map_elems();
> + *     x = bpf_array_sz_elem(map_elems, lookup_indexes[i]);
> + */
> +SEC("?tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
> +int infer_size(void *ctx)
> +{
> +       struct map_array *arr = get_map_array();
> +       int *x;
> +
> +       if ((bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32) != target_pid)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       for (int i = 0; i < NR_MAP_ELEMS; i++) {
> +               x = bpf_array_sz_elem(arr->elems, lookup_indexes[i]);
> +               if (x)
> +                       *x = i;
> +       }
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
> index 2fd59970c43a..002bab44cde2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
> @@ -135,4 +135,47 @@
>  /* make it look to compiler like value is read and written */
>  #define __sink(expr) asm volatile("" : "+g"(expr))
>
> +/*
> + * Access an array element within a bound, such that the verifier knows the
> + * access is safe.
> + *
> + * This macro asm is the equivalent of:
> + *
> + *     if (!arr)
> + *             return NULL;
> + *     if (idx >= arr_sz)
> + *             return NULL;
> + *     return &arr[idx];
> + *
> + * The index (___idx below) needs to be a u64, at least for certain versions of
> + * the BPF ISA, since there aren't u32 conditional jumps.
> + */
> +#define bpf_array_elem(arr, arr_sz, idx) ({                            \
> +       typeof(&(arr)[0]) ___arr = arr;                                 \
> +       __u64 ___idx = idx;                                             \
> +       if (___arr) {                                                   \
> +               asm volatile("if %[__idx] >= %[__bound] goto 1f;        \
> +                             %[__idx] *= %[__size];            \
> +                             %[__arr] += %[__idx];             \
> +                             goto 2f;                          \
> +                             1:;                               \
> +                             %[__arr] = 0;                     \
> +                             2:                                \
> +                             "                                         \
> +                            : [__arr]"+r"(___arr), [__idx]"+r"(___idx) \
> +                            : [__bound]"r"((arr_sz)),                  \
> +                              [__size]"i"(sizeof(typeof((arr)[0])))    \
> +                            : "cc");                                   \
> +       }                                                               \
> +       ___arr;                                                         \
> +})

It's good to have this test, but please
move this macro from bpf_misc.h to progs/array_elem_test.c itself.

I think once we fix the verifier deficiencies we won't be
encouraging such macro use, but it's good to have such test anyway.

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