Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] bpf: enable non-root eBPF programs

On 10/5/15 3:02 PM, Kees Cook wrote:

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the array maps that hold FDs (BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY and

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BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY) don't have lookup/update accessors
from the program side, so programs cannot see or manipulate
those pointers.
For the former only bpf_tail_call() is allowed that takes integer
index and jumps to it. And the latter map accessed with

Okay, so I can't take a pointer, put it on the stack, take it back any
part of it as an integer and use it for a tail call?

not quite.
you can store a pointer to stack and read it as 8 byte load back into
another register, but reading <8 byte of it will be rejected.
That's the test:
unpriv: read pointer from stack in small chunks
we obviously want to avoid hiding pointer in integers.
After reading it back from stack as a pointer you cannnot use
this register to pass as index into bpf_tail_call().
That's the test:
unpriv: pass pointer to helper function

please keep shooting everything that comes to mind.