Re: [PATCH V32 22/27] bpf: Restrict bpf when kernel lockdown is in confidentiality mode

From: Jann Horn
Date: Tue Apr 30 2019 - 15:19:56 EST


+bpf list

On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:34 PM Matthew Garrett
<matthewgarrett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are some bpf functions can be used to read kernel memory:
> bpf_probe_read, bpf_probe_write_user and bpf_trace_printk. These allow
> private keys in kernel memory (e.g. the hibernation image signing key) to
> be read by an eBPF program and kernel memory to be altered without
> restriction. Disable them if the kernel has been locked down in
> confidentiality mode.
>
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc: Chun-Yi Lee <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
> cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index 8b068adb9da1..9e8eda605b5e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_probe_read, void *, dst, u32, size, const void *, unsafe_ptr)
> {
> int ret;
>
> + if (kernel_is_locked_down("BPF", LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> ret = probe_kernel_read(dst, unsafe_ptr, size);
> if (unlikely(ret < 0))
> memset(dst, 0, size);

This looks wrong. bpf_probe_read_proto is declared with an
ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM argument, so if you don't do a "memset(dst, 0,
size);" like in the probe_kernel_read() error path, the BPF program
can read uninitialized memory.