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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:18:46 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: pablo@...filter.org, kadlec@...filter.org, fw@...len.de,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	ast@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/netfilter: bpf: avoid leakage of skb

D. Wythe <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
> From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> A malicious eBPF program can interrupt the subsequent processing of
> a skb by returning an exceptional retval, and no one will be responsible
> for releasing the very skb.

How?  The bpf verifier is supposed to reject nf bpf programs that
return a value other than accept or drop.

If this is a real bug, please also figure out why
006c0e44ed92 ("selftests/bpf: add missing netfilter return value and ctx access tests")
failed to catch it.

> Moreover, normal programs can also have the demand to return NF_STOLEN,

No, this should be disallowed already.

>  net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c b/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> index e502ec0..03c47d6 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> @@ -12,12 +12,29 @@ static unsigned int nf_hook_run_bpf(void *bpf_prog, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  				    const struct nf_hook_state *s)
>  {
>  	const struct bpf_prog *prog = bpf_prog;
> +	unsigned int verdict;
>  	struct bpf_nf_ctx ctx = {
>  		.state = s,
>  		.skb = skb,
>  	};
>  
> -	return bpf_prog_run(prog, &ctx);
> +	verdict = bpf_prog_run(prog, &ctx);
> +	switch (verdict) {
> +	case NF_STOLEN:
> +		consume_skb(skb);
> +		fallthrough;

This can't be right.  STOLEN really means STOLEN (free'd,
redirected, etc, "skb" MUST be "leaked".

Which is also why the bpf program is not allowed to return it.