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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:37:49 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 4/5] bpf: tcp: Stop bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION)
 in init ops to recur itself

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 10:31 PM Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> On 9/28/22 7:04 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 3:48 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...nel.org>
> >>
> >> When a bad bpf prog '.init' calls
> >> bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION, "itself"), it will trigger this loop:
> >>
> >> .init => bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc) => .init => bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc) ...
> >> ... => .init => bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc).
> >>
> >> It was prevented by the prog->active counter before but the prog->active
> >> detection cannot be used in struct_ops as explained in the earlier
> >> patch of the set.
> >>
> >> In this patch, the second bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc) is not allowed
> >> in order to break the loop.  This is done by using a bit of
> >> an existing 1 byte hole in tcp_sock to check if there is
> >> on-going bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) in this tcp_sock.
> >>
> >> Note that this essentially limits only the first '.init' can
> >> call bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) to pick a fallback cc (eg. peer
> >> does not support ECN) and the second '.init' cannot fallback to
> >> another cc.  This applies even the second
> >> bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) will not cause a loop.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...nel.org>
> >> ---
> >>   include/linux/tcp.h |  6 ++++++
> >>   net/core/filter.c   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>   2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
> >> index a9fbe22732c3..3bdf687e2fb3 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/tcp.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
> >> @@ -388,6 +388,12 @@ struct tcp_sock {
> >>          u8      bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags;  /* Control calling BPF programs
> >>                                           * values defined in uapi/linux/tcp.h
> >>                                           */
> >> +       u8      bpf_chg_cc_inprogress:1; /* In the middle of
> >> +                                         * bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION),
> >> +                                         * it is to avoid the bpf_tcp_cc->init()
> >> +                                         * to recur itself by calling
> >> +                                         * bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION, "itself").
> >> +                                         */
> >>   #define BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(TP, ARG) (TP->bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags & ARG)
> >>   #else
> >>   #define BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(TP, ARG) 0
> >> diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
> >> index 96f2f7a65e65..ac4c45c02da5 100644
> >> --- a/net/core/filter.c
> >> +++ b/net/core/filter.c
> >> @@ -5105,6 +5105,9 @@ static int bpf_sol_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname,
> >>   static int sol_tcp_sockopt_congestion(struct sock *sk, char *optval,
> >>                                        int *optlen, bool getopt)
> >>   {
> >> +       struct tcp_sock *tp;
> >> +       int ret;
> >> +
> >>          if (*optlen < 2)
> >>                  return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> @@ -5125,8 +5128,31 @@ static int sol_tcp_sockopt_congestion(struct sock *sk, char *optval,
> >>          if (*optlen >= sizeof("cdg") - 1 && !strncmp("cdg", optval, *optlen))
> >>                  return -ENOTSUPP;
> >>
> >> -       return do_tcp_setsockopt(sk, SOL_TCP, TCP_CONGESTION,
> >> +       /* It stops this looping
> >> +        *
> >> +        * .init => bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc) => .init =>
> >> +        * bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc)" => .init => ....
> >> +        *
> >> +        * The second bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc) is not allowed
> >> +        * in order to break the loop when both .init
> >> +        * are the same bpf prog.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * This applies even the second bpf_setsockopt(tcp_cc)
> >> +        * does not cause a loop.  This limits only the first
> >> +        * '.init' can call bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) to
> >> +        * pick a fallback cc (eg. peer does not support ECN)
> >> +        * and the second '.init' cannot fallback to
> >> +        * another.
> >> +        */
> >> +       tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> >> +       if (tp->bpf_chg_cc_inprogress)
> >> +               return -EBUSY;
> >> +
> >
> > Is the socket locked (and owned by current thread) at this point ?
> > If not, changing bpf_chg_cc_inprogress would be racy.
>
> Yes, the socket is locked and owned.  There is a sock_owned_by_me check earlier
> in _bpf_setsockopt().

Good to know. Note a listener can be cloned without socket lock being held.

In order to avoid surprises, I would clear bpf_chg_cc_inprogress in
tcp_create_openreq_child()

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