netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf 6/7] bpf: fix leaking uninitialized memory on pop/peek helpers

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Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 17:08:14 -0500
From:   Mauricio Vasquez <mauricio.vasquez@...ito.it>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, ast@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 6/7] bpf: fix leaking uninitialized memory on pop/peek
 helpers

On 10/24/18 3:05 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Commit f1a2e44a3aec ("bpf: add queue and stack maps") added helpers
> with ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MAP_VALUE. Meaning, the helper is supposed to
> fill the map value buffer with data instead of reading from it like
> in other helpers such as map update. However, given the buffer is
> allowed to be uninitialized (since we fill it in the helper anyway),
> it also means that the helper is obliged to wipe the memory in case
> of an error in order to not allow for leaking uninitialized memory.
> Given pop/peek is both handled inside __{stack,queue}_map_get(),
> lets wipe it there on error case, that is, empty stack/queue.
>
> Fixes: f1a2e44a3aec ("bpf: add queue and stack maps")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann<daniel@...earbox.net>
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov<ast@...nel.org>
> Cc: Mauricio Vasquez B<mauricio.vasquez@...ito.it>

Thanks for the fix Daniel.

Acked-by: Mauricio Vasquez B<mauricio.vasquez@...ito.it>