netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 11/11] selftests/bpf: Add test for race in btf_try_get

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jan 2022 22:20:33 -0800
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...dia.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 11/11] selftests/bpf: Add test for race in
 btf_try_get_module

On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 09:51:15PM +0530, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
> This adds a complete test case to ensure we never take references to
> modules not in MODULE_STATE_LIVE, which can lead to UAF, and it also
> ensures we never access btf->kfunc_set_tab in an inconsistent state.
> 
> The test uses userfaultfd to artifically widen the race.

Fancy!
Does it have to use a different module?
Can it be part of bpf_testmod somehow?