On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM Alexei Starovoitov alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:29 AM Benjamin Tissoires benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com wrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 3:51 AM Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi memxor@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 at 03:42, Alexei Starovoitov alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 6:41 AM Benjamin Tissoires benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com wrote:
When a function was trying to access data from context in a syscall eBPF program, the verifier was rejecting the call unless it was accessing the first element. This is because the syscall context is not known at compile time, and so we need to check this when actually accessing it.
Check for the valid memory access if there is no convert_ctx callback, and allow such situation to happen.
There is a slight hiccup with subprogs. btf_check_subprog_arg_match() will check that the types are matching, which is a good thing, but to have an accurate result, it hides the fact that the context register may be null. This makes env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset being set to the size of the context, which is incompatible with a NULL context.
Solve that last problem by storing max_ctx_offset before the type check and restoring it after.
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi memxor@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com
changes in v9:
- rewrote the commit title and description
- made it so all functions can make use of context even if there is no convert_ctx
- remove the is_kfunc field in bpf_call_arg_meta
changes in v8:
- fixup comment
- return -EACCESS instead of -EINVAL for consistency
changes in v7:
- renamed access_t into atype
- allow zero-byte read
- check_mem_access() to the correct offset/size
new in v6
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 11 ++++++++++- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c index 903719b89238..386300f52b23 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c @@ -6443,8 +6443,8 @@ int btf_check_subprog_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog, { struct bpf_prog *prog = env->prog; struct btf *btf = prog->aux->btf;
u32 btf_id, max_ctx_offset; bool is_global;
u32 btf_id; int err; if (!prog->aux->func_info)@@ -6457,9 +6457,18 @@ int btf_check_subprog_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog, if (prog->aux->func_info_aux[subprog].unreliable) return -EINVAL;
/* subprogs arguments are not actually accessing the data, we need* to check for the types if they match.* Store the max_ctx_offset and restore it after btf_check_func_arg_match()* given that this function will have a side effect of changing it.*/max_ctx_offset = env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset;is_global = prog->aux->func_info_aux[subprog].linkage == BTF_FUNC_GLOBAL; err = btf_check_func_arg_match(env, btf, btf_id, regs, is_global, 0);env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset = max_ctx_offset;I don't understand this. If we pass a ctx into a helper and it's going to access [0..N] bytes from it why do we need to hide it? max_ctx_offset will be used later raw_tp, tp, syscall progs to determine whether it's ok to load them. By hiding the actual size of access somebody can construct a prog that reads out of bounds. How is this related to NULL-ness property?
Same question, was just typing exactly the same thing.
The test I have that is failing in patch 2/23 is the following, with args being set to NULL by userspace:
SEC("syscall") int kfunc_syscall_test_null(struct syscall_test_args *args) { bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1(args, 0);
return 0;}
Basically: if userspace declares the following: DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, syscall_topts, .ctx_in = NULL, .ctx_size_in = 0, );
The verifier is happy with the current released kernel: kfunc_syscall_test_fail() never dereferences the ctx pointer, it just passes it around to bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1(), which in turn is also happy because it says it is not accessing the data at all (0 size memory parameter).
In the current code, check_helper_mem_access() actually returns -EINVAL, but doesn't change max_ctx_offset (it's still at the value of 0 here). The program is now marked as unreliable, but the verifier goes on.
When adding this patch, if we declare a syscall eBPF (or any other function that doesn't have env->ops->convert_ctx_access), the previous "test" is failing because this ensures the syscall program has to have a valid ctx pointer. btf_check_func_arg_match() now calls check_mem_access() which basically validates the fact that the program can dereference the ctx.
So now, without the max_ctx_offset store/restore, the verifier enforces that the provided ctx is not null.
What I thought that would happen was that if we were to pass a NULL context from userspace, but the eBPF program dereferences it (or in that case have a subprog or a function call that dereferences it), then max_ctx_offset would still be set to the proper value because of that internal dereference, and so the verifier would reject with -EINVAL the call to the eBPF program.
If I add another test that has the following ebpf prog (with ctx_in being set to NULL by the userspace):
SEC("syscall") int kfunc_syscall_test_null_fail(struct syscall_test_args *args) { bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1(args, sizeof(*args));
return 0;}
Then the call of the program is actually failing with -EINVAL, even with this patch.
But again, if setting from userspace a ctx of NULL with a 0 size is not considered as valid, then we can just drop that hunk and add a test to enforce it.
PTR_TO_CTX in the verifier always means valid pointer. All code paths in the verifier assumes that it's not NULL. Pointer to skb, to xdp, to pt_regs, etc. The syscall prog type is little bit special, since it makes sense not to pass any argument to such prog. So ctx_size_in == 0 is enforced after the verification: if (ctx_size_in < prog->aux->max_ctx_offset || ctx_size_in > U16_MAX) return -EINVAL; The verifier should be able to proceed assuming ctx != NULL and remember max max_ctx_offset. If max_ctx_offset == 4 and ctx_size_in == 0 then it doesn't matter whether the actual 'ctx' pointer is NULL or points to a valid memory. So it's ok for the verifier to assume ctx != NULL everywhere.
Ok, thanks for the detailed explanation.
Back to the issue at hand. With this patch the line: bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1(args, sizeof(*args)); will be seen as access_size == sizeof(*args), right? So this part:
if (access_size == 0)return zero_size_allowed ? 0 : -EACCES;will be skipped and the newly added check_mem_access() will call check_ctx_access() which will call syscall_prog_is_valid_access() and it will say that any off < U16_MAX is fine and will simply record max max_ctx_offset. The ctx_size_in < prog->aux->max_ctx_offset check is done later.
Yep, this is correct and this is working now, with a proper error (and no, this is not the error I am trying to fix, see below):
eBPF prog: ``` SEC("?syscall") int kfunc_syscall_test_null_fail(struct syscall_test_args *args) { bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1(args, sizeof(*args)); return 0; } ```
before this patch (1/23): * with ctx not NULL: libbpf: prog 'kfunc_syscall_test_null_fail': BPF program load failed: Invalid argument R1 type=ctx expected=fp arg#0 arg#1 memory, len pair leads to invalid memory access
=> this is not correct, we expect the program to be loaded (and it is expected, this is the bug that is fixed)
* Same result with ctx being NULL from the caller
With just the hunk in kernel/bpf/verifier.c (so without touching max_ctx_offset: * with ctx not NULL: program is loaded, and executed correctly
* with ctx being NULL: program is now loaded, but execution returns -EINVAL, as expected
So this case is fully solved by just the hunk in verifier.c
With the full patch: same results, with or without ctx being set to NULL, so no side effects.
So when you're saying: "call of the program is actually failing with -EINVAL" that's the check you're referring to?
No. I am referring to the following eBPF program: ``` SEC("syscall") int kfunc_syscall_test_null(struct syscall_test_args *args) { return 0; } ```
(no calls, just the declaration of a program)
This one is supposed to be loaded and properly run whatever the context is, right?
However, without the hunk in the btf.c file (max_ctx_offset), we have the following (ctx is set to NULL by the userspace): verify_success:FAIL:kfunc_syscall_test_null unexpected error: -22 (errno 22)
The reason is that the verifier is calling btf_check_subprog_arg_match() on programs too, and considers that ctx is not NULL, and bumps the max_ctx_offset value.
If so, everything works as expected.
Not exactly, we can not call a syscall program with a null context without this hunk.
The verifier thinks that bpf_kfunc_call_test_mem_len_pass1() can read that many bytes from args, so it has to reject running the loaded prog in bpf_prog_test_run_syscall().
Yes, that part works. I am focusing on the program declaration.
So what are you trying to achieve ?
See above :)
Make the verifier understand that ctx can be NULL ?
Nope. I am fine with the way it is. But any eBPF (sub)prog is checked against btf_check_subprog_arg_match(), which in turns marks all of these calls accessing the entire ctx, even if the ctx is null when that case is valid.
If so that is a probably huge undertaking. Something else?
Hopefully this is clearer now.
Cheers, Benjamin