Thread (146 messages) 146 messages, 15 authors, 2017-12-07

[PATCH 18/27] bpf: Restrict kernel image access functions when the kernel is locked down

From: Alexei Starovoitov <hidden>
Date: 2017-10-19 23:31:16
Also in: linux-efi, lkml, netdev

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:48:34PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
Alexei Starovoitov [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
quoted
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_probe_read, void *, dst, u32, size, const void *, unsafe_ptr)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (kernel_is_locked_down("BPF")) {
+		memset(dst, 0, size);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
That doesn't help the lockdown purpose.
If you don't trust the root the only way to prevent bpf read
memory is to disable the whole thing.
Have a single check in sys_bpf() to disallow everything if kernel_is_locked_down()
and don't add overhead to critical path like bpf_probe_read().
TBH, I've no idea how bpf does anything, so I can't say whether this is
better, overkill or insufficient.
ok. To make it clear:
Nacked-by: Alexei Starovoitov [off-list ref]
For the current patch.
Unnecessary checks for no good reason in performance critical
functions are not acceptable.

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