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<title>bpf: Suppress 'passing zero to PTR_ERR' warning</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:42:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-21T13:26:20+00:00</published>
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commit 1ec5ee8c8a5a65ea377f8bea64bf4d5b743f6f79 upstream.

Kernel Test Robot complains about passing zero to PTR_ERR for the said
line, suppress it by using PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO.

Fixes: c0a5a21c25f3 ("bpf: Allow storing referenced kptr in map")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220521132620.1976921-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 1ec5ee8c8a5a65ea377f8bea64bf4d5b743f6f79 upstream.

Kernel Test Robot complains about passing zero to PTR_ERR for the said
line, suppress it by using PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO.

Fixes: c0a5a21c25f3 ("bpf: Allow storing referenced kptr in map")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220521132620.1976921-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: fix potential 32-bit overflow when accessing ARRAY map element</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrii Nakryiko</name>
<email>andrii@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-15T05:31:43+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 87ac0d600943994444e24382a87aa19acc4cd3d4 ]

If BPF array map is bigger than 4GB, element pointer calculation can
overflow because both index and elem_size are u32. Fix this everywhere
by forcing 64-bit multiplication. Extract this formula into separate
small helper and use it consistently in various places.

Speculative-preventing formula utilizing index_mask trick is left as is,
but explicit u64 casts are added in both places.

Fixes: c85d69135a91 ("bpf: move memory size checks to bpf_map_charge_init()")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220715053146.1291891-2-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 87ac0d600943994444e24382a87aa19acc4cd3d4 ]

If BPF array map is bigger than 4GB, element pointer calculation can
overflow because both index and elem_size are u32. Fix this everywhere
by forcing 64-bit multiplication. Extract this formula into separate
small helper and use it consistently in various places.

Speculative-preventing formula utilizing index_mask trick is left as is,
but explicit u64 casts are added in both places.

Fixes: c85d69135a91 ("bpf: move memory size checks to bpf_map_charge_init()")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220715053146.1291891-2-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Wire up freeing of referenced kptr</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:55+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 14a324f6a67ef6a53e04362a70160a47eb8afffa ]

A destructor kfunc can be defined as void func(type *), where type may
be void or any other pointer type as per convenience.

In this patch, we ensure that the type is sane and capture the function
pointer into off_desc of ptr_off_tab for the specific pointer offset,
with the invariant that the dtor pointer is always set when 'kptr_ref'
tag is applied to the pointer's pointee type, which is indicated by the
flag BPF_MAP_VALUE_OFF_F_REF.

Note that only BTF IDs whose destructor kfunc is registered, thus become
the allowed BTF IDs for embedding as referenced kptr. Hence it serves
the purpose of finding dtor kfunc BTF ID, as well acting as a check
against the whitelist of allowed BTF IDs for this purpose.

Finally, wire up the actual freeing of the referenced pointer if any at
all available offsets, so that no references are leaked after the BPF
map goes away and the BPF program previously moved the ownership a
referenced pointer into it.

The behavior is similar to BPF timers, where bpf_map_{update,delete}_elem
will free any existing referenced kptr. The same case is with LRU map's
bpf_lru_push_free/htab_lru_push_free functions, which are extended to
reset unreferenced and free referenced kptr.

Note that unlike BPF timers, kptr is not reset or freed when map uref
drops to zero.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-8-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 14a324f6a67ef6a53e04362a70160a47eb8afffa ]

A destructor kfunc can be defined as void func(type *), where type may
be void or any other pointer type as per convenience.

In this patch, we ensure that the type is sane and capture the function
pointer into off_desc of ptr_off_tab for the specific pointer offset,
with the invariant that the dtor pointer is always set when 'kptr_ref'
tag is applied to the pointer's pointee type, which is indicated by the
flag BPF_MAP_VALUE_OFF_F_REF.

Note that only BTF IDs whose destructor kfunc is registered, thus become
the allowed BTF IDs for embedding as referenced kptr. Hence it serves
the purpose of finding dtor kfunc BTF ID, as well acting as a check
against the whitelist of allowed BTF IDs for this purpose.

Finally, wire up the actual freeing of the referenced pointer if any at
all available offsets, so that no references are leaked after the BPF
map goes away and the BPF program previously moved the ownership a
referenced pointer into it.

The behavior is similar to BPF timers, where bpf_map_{update,delete}_elem
will free any existing referenced kptr. The same case is with LRU map's
bpf_lru_push_free/htab_lru_push_free functions, which are extended to
reset unreferenced and free referenced kptr.

Note that unlike BPF timers, kptr is not reset or freed when map uref
drops to zero.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-8-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Populate pairs of btf_id and destructor kfunc in btf</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:54+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 5ce937d613a423ca3102f53d9f3daf4210c1b6e2 ]

To support storing referenced PTR_TO_BTF_ID in maps, we require
associating a specific BTF ID with a 'destructor' kfunc. This is because
we need to release a live referenced pointer at a certain offset in map
value from the map destruction path, otherwise we end up leaking
resources.

Hence, introduce support for passing an array of btf_id, kfunc_btf_id
pairs that denote a BTF ID and its associated release function. Then,
add an accessor 'btf_find_dtor_kfunc' which can be used to look up the
destructor kfunc of a certain BTF ID. If found, we can use it to free
the object from the map free path.

The registration of these pairs also serve as a whitelist of structures
which are allowed as referenced PTR_TO_BTF_ID in a BPF map, because
without finding the destructor kfunc, we will bail and return an error.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-7-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 5ce937d613a423ca3102f53d9f3daf4210c1b6e2 ]

To support storing referenced PTR_TO_BTF_ID in maps, we require
associating a specific BTF ID with a 'destructor' kfunc. This is because
we need to release a live referenced pointer at a certain offset in map
value from the map destruction path, otherwise we end up leaking
resources.

Hence, introduce support for passing an array of btf_id, kfunc_btf_id
pairs that denote a BTF ID and its associated release function. Then,
add an accessor 'btf_find_dtor_kfunc' which can be used to look up the
destructor kfunc of a certain BTF ID. If found, we can use it to free
the object from the map free path.

The registration of these pairs also serve as a whitelist of structures
which are allowed as referenced PTR_TO_BTF_ID in a BPF map, because
without finding the destructor kfunc, we will bail and return an error.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-7-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Adapt copy_map_value for multiple offset case</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:53+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4d7d7f69f4b104b2ddeec6a1e7fcfd2d044ed8c4 ]

Since now there might be at most 10 offsets that need handling in
copy_map_value, the manual shuffling and special case is no longer going
to work. Hence, let's generalise the copy_map_value function by using
a sorted array of offsets to skip regions that must be avoided while
copying into and out of a map value.

When the map is created, we populate the offset array in struct map,
Then, copy_map_value uses this sorted offset array is used to memcpy
while skipping timer, spin lock, and kptr. The array is allocated as
in most cases none of these special fields would be present in map
value, hence we can save on space for the common case by not embedding
the entire object inside bpf_map struct.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-6-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4d7d7f69f4b104b2ddeec6a1e7fcfd2d044ed8c4 ]

Since now there might be at most 10 offsets that need handling in
copy_map_value, the manual shuffling and special case is no longer going
to work. Hence, let's generalise the copy_map_value function by using
a sorted array of offsets to skip regions that must be avoided while
copying into and out of a map value.

When the map is created, we populate the offset array in struct map,
Then, copy_map_value uses this sorted offset array is used to memcpy
while skipping timer, spin lock, and kptr. The array is allocated as
in most cases none of these special fields would be present in map
value, hence we can save on space for the common case by not embedding
the entire object inside bpf_map struct.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-6-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Allow storing referenced kptr in map</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:51+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c0a5a21c25f37c9fd7b36072f9968cdff1e4aa13 ]

Extending the code in previous commits, introduce referenced kptr
support, which needs to be tagged using 'kptr_ref' tag instead. Unlike
unreferenced kptr, referenced kptr have a lot more restrictions. In
addition to the type matching, only a newly introduced bpf_kptr_xchg
helper is allowed to modify the map value at that offset. This transfers
the referenced pointer being stored into the map, releasing the
references state for the program, and returning the old value and
creating new reference state for the returned pointer.

Similar to unreferenced pointer case, return value for this case will
also be PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL. The reference for the returned pointer
must either be eventually released by calling the corresponding release
function, otherwise it must be transferred into another map.

It is also allowed to call bpf_kptr_xchg with a NULL pointer, to clear
the value, and obtain the old value if any.

BPF_LDX, BPF_STX, and BPF_ST cannot access referenced kptr. A future
commit will permit using BPF_LDX for such pointers, but attempt at
making it safe, since the lifetime of object won't be guaranteed.

There are valid reasons to enforce the restriction of permitting only
bpf_kptr_xchg to operate on referenced kptr. The pointer value must be
consistent in face of concurrent modification, and any prior values
contained in the map must also be released before a new one is moved
into the map. To ensure proper transfer of this ownership, bpf_kptr_xchg
returns the old value, which the verifier would require the user to
either free or move into another map, and releases the reference held
for the pointer being moved in.

In the future, direct BPF_XCHG instruction may also be permitted to work
like bpf_kptr_xchg helper.

Note that process_kptr_func doesn't have to call
check_helper_mem_access, since we already disallow rdonly/wronly flags
for map, which is what check_map_access_type checks, and we already
ensure the PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE refers to kptr by obtaining its off_desc,
so check_map_access is also not required.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-4-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c0a5a21c25f37c9fd7b36072f9968cdff1e4aa13 ]

Extending the code in previous commits, introduce referenced kptr
support, which needs to be tagged using 'kptr_ref' tag instead. Unlike
unreferenced kptr, referenced kptr have a lot more restrictions. In
addition to the type matching, only a newly introduced bpf_kptr_xchg
helper is allowed to modify the map value at that offset. This transfers
the referenced pointer being stored into the map, releasing the
references state for the program, and returning the old value and
creating new reference state for the returned pointer.

Similar to unreferenced pointer case, return value for this case will
also be PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL. The reference for the returned pointer
must either be eventually released by calling the corresponding release
function, otherwise it must be transferred into another map.

It is also allowed to call bpf_kptr_xchg with a NULL pointer, to clear
the value, and obtain the old value if any.

BPF_LDX, BPF_STX, and BPF_ST cannot access referenced kptr. A future
commit will permit using BPF_LDX for such pointers, but attempt at
making it safe, since the lifetime of object won't be guaranteed.

There are valid reasons to enforce the restriction of permitting only
bpf_kptr_xchg to operate on referenced kptr. The pointer value must be
consistent in face of concurrent modification, and any prior values
contained in the map must also be released before a new one is moved
into the map. To ensure proper transfer of this ownership, bpf_kptr_xchg
returns the old value, which the verifier would require the user to
either free or move into another map, and releases the reference held
for the pointer being moved in.

In the future, direct BPF_XCHG instruction may also be permitted to work
like bpf_kptr_xchg helper.

Note that process_kptr_func doesn't have to call
check_helper_mem_access, since we already disallow rdonly/wronly flags
for map, which is what check_map_access_type checks, and we already
ensure the PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE refers to kptr by obtaining its off_desc,
so check_map_access is also not required.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-4-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Tag argument to be released in bpf_func_proto</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:50+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 8f14852e89113d738c99c375b4c8b8b7e1073df1 ]

Add a new type flag for bpf_arg_type that when set tells verifier that
for a release function, that argument's register will be the one for
which meta.ref_obj_id will be set, and which will then be released
using release_reference. To capture the regno, introduce a new field
release_regno in bpf_call_arg_meta.

This would be required in the next patch, where we may either pass NULL
or a refcounted pointer as an argument to the release function
bpf_kptr_xchg. Just releasing only when meta.ref_obj_id is set is not
enough, as there is a case where the type of argument needed matches,
but the ref_obj_id is set to 0. Hence, we must enforce that whenever
meta.ref_obj_id is zero, the register that is to be released can only
be NULL for a release function.

Since we now indicate whether an argument is to be released in
bpf_func_proto itself, is_release_function helper has lost its utitlity,
hence refactor code to work without it, and just rely on
meta.release_regno to know when to release state for a ref_obj_id.
Still, the restriction of one release argument and only one ref_obj_id
passed to BPF helper or kfunc remains. This may be lifted in the future.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8f14852e89113d738c99c375b4c8b8b7e1073df1 ]

Add a new type flag for bpf_arg_type that when set tells verifier that
for a release function, that argument's register will be the one for
which meta.ref_obj_id will be set, and which will then be released
using release_reference. To capture the regno, introduce a new field
release_regno in bpf_call_arg_meta.

This would be required in the next patch, where we may either pass NULL
or a refcounted pointer as an argument to the release function
bpf_kptr_xchg. Just releasing only when meta.ref_obj_id is set is not
enough, as there is a case where the type of argument needed matches,
but the ref_obj_id is set to 0. Hence, we must enforce that whenever
meta.ref_obj_id is zero, the register that is to be released can only
be NULL for a release function.

Since we now indicate whether an argument is to be released in
bpf_func_proto itself, is_release_function helper has lost its utitlity,
hence refactor code to work without it, and just rely on
meta.release_regno to know when to release state for a ref_obj_id.
Still, the restriction of one release argument and only one ref_obj_id
passed to BPF helper or kfunc remains. This may be lifted in the future.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Allow storing unreferenced kptr in map</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-24T21:48:49+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 ]

This commit introduces a new pointer type 'kptr' which can be embedded
in a map value to hold a PTR_TO_BTF_ID stored by a BPF program during
its invocation. When storing such a kptr, BPF program's PTR_TO_BTF_ID
register must have the same type as in the map value's BTF, and loading
a kptr marks the destination register as PTR_TO_BTF_ID with the correct
kernel BTF and BTF ID.

Such kptr are unreferenced, i.e. by the time another invocation of the
BPF program loads this pointer, the object which the pointer points to
may not longer exist. Since PTR_TO_BTF_ID loads (using BPF_LDX) are
patched to PROBE_MEM loads by the verifier, it would safe to allow user
to still access such invalid pointer, but passing such pointers into
BPF helpers and kfuncs should not be permitted. A future patch in this
series will close this gap.

The flexibility offered by allowing programs to dereference such invalid
pointers while being safe at runtime frees the verifier from doing
complex lifetime tracking. As long as the user may ensure that the
object remains valid, it can ensure data read by it from the kernel
object is valid.

The user indicates that a certain pointer must be treated as kptr
capable of accepting stores of PTR_TO_BTF_ID of a certain type, by using
a BTF type tag 'kptr' on the pointed to type of the pointer. Then, this
information is recorded in the object BTF which will be passed into the
kernel by way of map's BTF information. The name and kind from the map
value BTF is used to look up the in-kernel type, and the actual BTF and
BTF ID is recorded in the map struct in a new kptr_off_tab member. For
now, only storing pointers to structs is permitted.

An example of this specification is shown below:

	#define __kptr __attribute__((btf_type_tag("kptr")))

	struct map_value {
		...
		struct task_struct __kptr *task;
		...
	};

Then, in a BPF program, user may store PTR_TO_BTF_ID with the type
task_struct into the map, and then load it later.

Note that the destination register is marked PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL, as
the verifier cannot know whether the value is NULL or not statically, it
must treat all potential loads at that map value offset as loading a
possibly NULL pointer.

Only BPF_LDX, BPF_STX, and BPF_ST (with insn-&gt;imm = 0 to denote NULL)
are allowed instructions that can access such a pointer. On BPF_LDX, the
destination register is updated to be a PTR_TO_BTF_ID, and on BPF_STX,
it is checked whether the source register type is a PTR_TO_BTF_ID with
same BTF type as specified in the map BTF. The access size must always
be BPF_DW.

For the map in map support, the kptr_off_tab for outer map is copied
from the inner map's kptr_off_tab. It was chosen to do a deep copy
instead of introducing a refcount to kptr_off_tab, because the copy only
needs to be done when paramterizing using inner_map_fd in the map in map
case, hence would be unnecessary for all other users.

It is not permitted to use MAP_FREEZE command and mmap for BPF map
having kptrs, similar to the bpf_timer case. A kptr also requires that
BPF program has both read and write access to the map (hence both
BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG and BPF_F_WRONLY_PROG are disallowed).

Note that check_map_access must be called from both
check_helper_mem_access and for the BPF instructions, hence the kptr
check must distinguish between ACCESS_DIRECT and ACCESS_HELPER, and
reject ACCESS_HELPER cases. We rename stack_access_src to bpf_access_src
and reuse it for this purpose.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 ]

This commit introduces a new pointer type 'kptr' which can be embedded
in a map value to hold a PTR_TO_BTF_ID stored by a BPF program during
its invocation. When storing such a kptr, BPF program's PTR_TO_BTF_ID
register must have the same type as in the map value's BTF, and loading
a kptr marks the destination register as PTR_TO_BTF_ID with the correct
kernel BTF and BTF ID.

Such kptr are unreferenced, i.e. by the time another invocation of the
BPF program loads this pointer, the object which the pointer points to
may not longer exist. Since PTR_TO_BTF_ID loads (using BPF_LDX) are
patched to PROBE_MEM loads by the verifier, it would safe to allow user
to still access such invalid pointer, but passing such pointers into
BPF helpers and kfuncs should not be permitted. A future patch in this
series will close this gap.

The flexibility offered by allowing programs to dereference such invalid
pointers while being safe at runtime frees the verifier from doing
complex lifetime tracking. As long as the user may ensure that the
object remains valid, it can ensure data read by it from the kernel
object is valid.

The user indicates that a certain pointer must be treated as kptr
capable of accepting stores of PTR_TO_BTF_ID of a certain type, by using
a BTF type tag 'kptr' on the pointed to type of the pointer. Then, this
information is recorded in the object BTF which will be passed into the
kernel by way of map's BTF information. The name and kind from the map
value BTF is used to look up the in-kernel type, and the actual BTF and
BTF ID is recorded in the map struct in a new kptr_off_tab member. For
now, only storing pointers to structs is permitted.

An example of this specification is shown below:

	#define __kptr __attribute__((btf_type_tag("kptr")))

	struct map_value {
		...
		struct task_struct __kptr *task;
		...
	};

Then, in a BPF program, user may store PTR_TO_BTF_ID with the type
task_struct into the map, and then load it later.

Note that the destination register is marked PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL, as
the verifier cannot know whether the value is NULL or not statically, it
must treat all potential loads at that map value offset as loading a
possibly NULL pointer.

Only BPF_LDX, BPF_STX, and BPF_ST (with insn-&gt;imm = 0 to denote NULL)
are allowed instructions that can access such a pointer. On BPF_LDX, the
destination register is updated to be a PTR_TO_BTF_ID, and on BPF_STX,
it is checked whether the source register type is a PTR_TO_BTF_ID with
same BTF type as specified in the map BTF. The access size must always
be BPF_DW.

For the map in map support, the kptr_off_tab for outer map is copied
from the inner map's kptr_off_tab. It was chosen to do a deep copy
instead of introducing a refcount to kptr_off_tab, because the copy only
needs to be done when paramterizing using inner_map_fd in the map in map
case, hence would be unnecessary for all other users.

It is not permitted to use MAP_FREEZE command and mmap for BPF map
having kptrs, similar to the bpf_timer case. A kptr also requires that
BPF program has both read and write access to the map (hence both
BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG and BPF_F_WRONLY_PROG are disallowed).

Note that check_map_access must be called from both
check_helper_mem_access and for the BPF instructions, hence the kptr
check must distinguish between ACCESS_DIRECT and ACCESS_HELPER, and
reject ACCESS_HELPER cases. We rename stack_access_src to bpf_access_src
and reuse it for this purpose.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220424214901.2743946-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>bpf: Move check_ptr_off_reg before check_map_access</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-15T16:03:43+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e9147b4422e1f35b9c229c980c596ccf03d61562 ]

Some functions in next patch want to use this function, and those
functions will be called by check_map_access, hence move it before
check_map_access.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Joanne Koong &lt;joannelkoong@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220415160354.1050687-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit e9147b4422e1f35b9c229c980c596ccf03d61562 ]

Some functions in next patch want to use this function, and those
functions will be called by check_map_access, hence move it before
check_map_access.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Joanne Koong &lt;joannelkoong@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220415160354.1050687-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Make btf_find_field more generic</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:41:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-15T16:03:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 42ba1308074d9046386d58b56e793604be48ce22 ]

Next commit introduces field type 'kptr' whose kind will not be struct,
but pointer, and it will not be limited to one offset, but multiple
ones. Make existing btf_find_struct_field and btf_find_datasec_var
functions amenable to use for finding kptrs in map value, by moving
spin_lock and timer specific checks into their own function.

The alignment, and name are checked before the function is called, so it
is the last point where we can skip field or return an error before the
next loop iteration happens. Size of the field and type is meant to be
checked inside the function.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220415160354.1050687-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 42ba1308074d9046386d58b56e793604be48ce22 ]

Next commit introduces field type 'kptr' whose kind will not be struct,
but pointer, and it will not be limited to one offset, but multiple
ones. Make existing btf_find_struct_field and btf_find_datasec_var
functions amenable to use for finding kptrs in map value, by moving
spin_lock and timer specific checks into their own function.

The alignment, and name are checked before the function is called, so it
is the last point where we can skip field or return an error before the
next loop iteration happens. Size of the field and type is meant to be
checked inside the function.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220415160354.1050687-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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