linux-kernel - [WIP 4/4] bpf: Allow creating all program types without privilege

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Date:   Mon,  5 Aug 2019 14:29:05 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
        Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [WIP 4/4] bpf: Allow creating all program types without privilege

This doesn't let you *run* the programs except in test mode, so it should
be safe.  Famous last words.

This assumes that the check-privilege-to-call-privileged-functions
patch actually catches all the cases and that there's nothing else
that should need privilege lurking in the type-specific verifiers.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 23f8f89d2a86..730afa2be786 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1649,8 +1649,7 @@ static int bpf_prog_load(union bpf_attr *attr, union bpf_attr __user *uattr)
 	    attr->insn_cnt > (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) ? BPF_COMPLEXITY_LIMIT_INSNS : BPF_MAXINSNS))
 		return -E2BIG;
 	if (type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER &&
-	    type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB &&
-	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	    type != BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	bpf_prog_load_fixup_attach_type(attr);
-- 
2.21.0