netdev - Re: [PATCH V32 22/27] bpf: Restrict bpf when kernel lockdown is in confidentiality mode

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:19:20 -0400
From:   Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To:     Matthew Garrett <matthewgarrett@...gle.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V32 22/27] bpf: Restrict bpf when kernel lockdown is in
 confidentiality mode

+bpf list

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:34 PM Matthew Garrett
<matthewgarrett@...gle.com> wrote:
> There are some bpf functions can be used to read kernel memory:
> bpf_probe_read, bpf_probe_write_user and bpf_trace_printk.  These allow
> private keys in kernel memory (e.g. the hibernation image signing key) to
> be read by an eBPF program and kernel memory to be altered without
> restriction. Disable them if the kernel has been locked down in
> confidentiality mode.
>
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>
> cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> cc: Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@...e.com>
> cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index 8b068adb9da1..9e8eda605b5e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_probe_read, void *, dst, u32, size, const void *, unsafe_ptr)
>  {
>         int ret;
>
> +       if (kernel_is_locked_down("BPF", LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY))
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
>         ret = probe_kernel_read(dst, unsafe_ptr, size);
>         if (unlikely(ret < 0))
>                 memset(dst, 0, size);

This looks wrong. bpf_probe_read_proto is declared with an
ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM argument, so if you don't do a "memset(dst, 0,
size);" like in the probe_kernel_read() error path, the BPF program
can read uninitialized memory.