netdev - [PATCH] bpf: Enforce map preallocation for all instrumentation programs

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Date:   Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:59:12 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, williams@...hat.com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] bpf: Enforce map preallocation for all instrumentation programs

The assumption that only programs attached to perf NMI events can deadlock
on memory allocators is wrong. Assume the following simplified callchain:

 kmalloc() from regular non BPF context
  cache empty
   freelist empty
    lock(zone->lock);
     tracepoint or kprobe
      BPF()
       update_elem()
        lock(bucket)
          kmalloc()
           cache empty
            freelist empty
             lock(zone->lock);  <- DEADLOCK

There are also other ways to create wreckage:

 kmalloc() from regular non BPF context
  local_irq_save();
   ...
    obj = slab_first();
     kprobe()
      BPF()
       update_elem()
        lock(bucket)
         kmalloc()
          local_irq_save();
           ...
            obj = slab_first(); <- Same object as above ...

So preallocation _must_ be enforced for all variants of intrusive
instrumentation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c |   18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8144,19 +8144,23 @@ static int check_map_prog_compatibility(
 					struct bpf_prog *prog)
 
 {
-	/* Make sure that BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT programs only use
-	 * preallocated hash maps, since doing memory allocation
-	 * in overflow_handler can crash depending on where nmi got
-	 * triggered.
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that trace type programs use preallocated hash maps.
+	 * Perf programs obviously can't do memory allocation in NMI
+	 * context and all other types can deadlock on a memory allocator
+	 * lock when a tracepoint/kprobe triggers a BPF program inside a
+	 * lock held region or create inconsistent state when the probe is
+	 * within an interrupts disabled critical region in the memory
+	 * allocator.
 	 */
-	if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT) {
+	if ((is_tracing_prog_type(prog->type)) {
 		if (!check_map_prealloc(map)) {
-			verbose(env, "perf_event programs can only use preallocated hash map\n");
+			verbose(env, "tracing programs can only use preallocated hash map\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		if (map->inner_map_meta &&
 		    !check_map_prealloc(map->inner_map_meta)) {
-			verbose(env, "perf_event programs can only use preallocated inner hash map\n");
+			verbose(env, "tracing programs can only use preallocated inner hash map\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}