linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf 1/2] flow_dissector: reject invalid attach

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Message-ID: <CACAyw99Szs3nUTx=DSmh0x8iTBLNF9TTLGC0GQLZ=FifVnbzBA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:30:06 +0100
From:   Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...udflare.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 1/2] flow_dissector: reject invalid attach_flags

On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 04:55, Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 7:43 AM Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 at 23:36, Alexei Starovoitov
> > <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 9:02 AM Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Using BPF_PROG_ATTACH on a flow dissector program supports neither flags
> > > > nor target_fd but accepts any value. Return EINVAL if either are non-zero.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
> > > > Fixes: b27f7bb590ba ("flow_dissector: Move out netns_bpf prog callbacks")
> > > > ---
> > > >  kernel/bpf/net_namespace.c | 3 +++
> > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/net_namespace.c b/kernel/bpf/net_namespace.c
> > > > index 78cf061f8179..56133e78ae4f 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/bpf/net_namespace.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/bpf/net_namespace.c
> > > > @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ int netns_bpf_prog_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
> > > >         struct net *net;
> > > >         int ret;
> > > >
> > > > +       if (attr->attach_flags || attr->target_fd)
> > > > +               return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > >
> > > In theory it makes sense, but how did you test it?
> >
> > Not properly it seems, sorry!
> >
> > > test_progs -t flow
> > > fails 5 tests.
> >
> > I spent today digging through this, and the issue is actually more annoying than
> > I thought. BPF_PROG_DETACH for sockmap and flow_dissector ignores
> > attach_bpf_fd. The cgroup and lirc2 attach point use this to make sure that the
> > program being detached is actually what user space expects. We actually have
> > tests that set attach_bpf_fd for these to attach points, which tells
> > me that this is
> > an easy mistake to make.
> >
> > Unfortunately I can't come up with a good fix that seems backportable:
> > - Making sockmap and flow_dissector have the same semantics as cgroup
> >   and lirc2 requires a bunch of changes (probably a new function for sockmap)
>
> making flow dissector pass prog_fd as cg and lirc is certainly my preference.
> Especially since tests are passing fd user code is likely doing the same,
> so breakage is unlikely. Also it wasn't done that long ago, so
> we can backport far enough.
> It will remove cap_net_admin ugly check in bpf_prog_detach()
> which is the only exception now in cap model.

SGTM. What about sockmap though? The code for that has been around for ages.

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