bpf: Fix issue in verifying allow_ptr_leaks
authorYafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Wed, 23 Aug 2023 02:07:02 +0000 (02:07 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:43:02 +0000 (09:43 +0200)
commitc96c67991aac6401b4c6996093bccb704bb2ea4b
tree374f60c42d0d2f0071c37294719a4b1cc45f3370
parentb23c96589ff7f25ad2232524f6c74e0067be2369
bpf: Fix issue in verifying allow_ptr_leaks

commit d75e30dddf73449bc2d10bb8e2f1a2c446bc67a2 upstream.

After we converted the capabilities of our networking-bpf program from
cap_sys_admin to cap_net_admin+cap_bpf, our networking-bpf program
failed to start. Because it failed the bpf verifier, and the error log
is "R3 pointer comparison prohibited".

A simple reproducer as follows,

SEC("cls-ingress")
int ingress(struct __sk_buff *skb)
{
struct iphdr *iph = (void *)(long)skb->data + sizeof(struct ethhdr);

if ((long)(iph + 1) > (long)skb->data_end)
return TC_ACT_STOLEN;
return TC_ACT_OK;
}

Per discussion with Yonghong and Alexei [1], comparison of two packet
pointers is not a pointer leak. This patch fixes it.

Our local kernel is 6.1.y and we expect this fix to be backported to
6.1.y, so stable is CCed.

[1]. https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAADnVQ+Nmspr7Si+pxWn8zkE7hX-7s93ugwC+94aXSy4uQ9vBg@mail.gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230823020703.3790-2-laoar.shao@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/bpf/verifier.c