bpf: reject program if a __user tagged memory accessed in kernel way

BPF verifier supports direct access, e.g., a->b. If "a" is a pointer
pointing to kernel memory, bpf verifier will allow user to write
code in C like a->b and bpf verifier will translate it to a kernel
load properly. If "a" is a pointer to user memory, it is expected
that bpf developer should be bpf_probe_read_user() helper to
get the value a->b. In the current mechanism, if "a" is a user pointer,
a->b access may trigger a page fault and the verifier generated
code will simulate bpf_probe_read() and return 0 for a->b, which
may not be correct value.

Now BTF contains __user information, it can check whether the
pointer points to a user memory or not. If it is, the verifier
can reject the program and force users to use bpf_probe_read_user()
helper explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

Author: yonghong-song

include/linux/bpf.h

@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ struct bpf_insn_access_aux {
 		struct {
 			struct btf *btf;
 			u32 btf_id;
+			bool is_user;
 		};
 	};
 	struct bpf_verifier_log *log; /* for verbose logs */

include/linux/bpf_verifier.h

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct bpf_reg_state {
 		struct {
 			struct btf *btf;
 			u32 btf_id;
+			bool is_user;
 		};
 
 		u32 mem_size; /* for PTR_TO_MEM | PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL */

include/linux/btf.h

@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ static inline bool btf_type_is_var(const struct btf_type *t)
 	return BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info) == BTF_KIND_VAR;
 }
 
+static inline bool btf_type_is_type_tag(const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	return BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info) == BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG;
+}
+
 /* union is only a special case of struct:
  * all its offsetof(member) == 0
  */

kernel/bpf/btf.c

@@ -4999,6 +4999,14 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
 	info->btf = btf;
 	info->btf_id = t->type;
 	t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type);
+
+	if (btf_type_is_type_tag(t)) {
+		const char *tag_value = __btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+
+		if (strcmp(tag_value, "user") == 0)
+			info->is_user = true;
+	}
+
 	/* skip modifiers */
 	while (btf_type_is_modifier(t)) {
 		info->btf_id = t->type;
@@ -5010,8 +5018,9 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
 			tname, arg, btf_kind_str[BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info)]);
 		return false;
 	}
-	bpf_log(log, "func '%s' arg%d has btf_id %d type %s '%s'\n",
-		tname, arg, info->btf_id, btf_kind_str[BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info)],
+	bpf_log(log, "func '%s' arg%d has btf_id %d is_user %d type %s '%s'\n",
+		tname, arg, info->btf_id, info->is_user,
+		btf_kind_str[BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info)],
 		__btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off));
 	return true;
 }

kernel/bpf/verifier.c

@@ -647,7 +647,8 @@ static void print_verifier_state(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			if (t == PTR_TO_BTF_ID ||
 			    t == PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL ||
 			    t == PTR_TO_PERCPU_BTF_ID)
-				verbose(env, "%s", kernel_type_name(reg->btf, reg->btf_id));
+				verbose(env, "%s,is_user=%d", kernel_type_name(reg->btf, reg->btf_id),
+					reg->is_user);
 			verbose(env, "(id=%d", reg->id);
 			if (reg_type_may_be_refcounted_or_null(t))
 				verbose(env, ",ref_obj_id=%d", reg->ref_obj_id);
@@ -3551,7 +3552,7 @@ static int check_packet_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno, int off,
 /* check access to 'struct bpf_context' fields.  Supports fixed offsets only */
 static int check_ctx_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int off, int size,
 			    enum bpf_access_type t, enum bpf_reg_type *reg_type,
-			    struct btf **btf, u32 *btf_id)
+			    struct btf **btf, u32 *btf_id, bool *is_user)
 {
 	struct bpf_insn_access_aux info = {
 		.reg_type = *reg_type,
@@ -3572,6 +3573,7 @@ static int check_ctx_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int off,
 		if (*reg_type == PTR_TO_BTF_ID || *reg_type == PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL) {
 			*btf = info.btf;
 			*btf_id = info.btf_id;
+			*is_user = info.is_user;
 		} else {
 			env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].ctx_field_size = info.ctx_field_size;
 		}
@@ -4116,6 +4118,13 @@ static int check_ptr_to_btf_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
+	if (reg->is_user) {
+		verbose(env,
+			"R%d is ptr_%s access user memory: off=%d\n",
+			regno, tname, off);
+		return -EACCES;
+	}
+
 	if (env->ops->btf_struct_access) {
 		ret = env->ops->btf_struct_access(&env->log, reg->btf, t,
 						  off, size, atype, &btf_id);
@@ -4374,7 +4383,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regn
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
-		err = check_ctx_access(env, insn_idx, off, size, t, &reg_type, &btf, &btf_id);
+		err = check_ctx_access(env, insn_idx, off, size, t, &reg_type, &btf, &btf_id, &is_user);
 		if (err)
 			verbose_linfo(env, insn_idx, "; ");
 		if (!err && t == BPF_READ && value_regno >= 0) {
@@ -4399,6 +4408,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regn
 				    reg_type == PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL) {
 					regs[value_regno].btf = btf;
 					regs[value_regno].btf_id = btf_id;
+					regs[value_regno].is_user = is_user;
 				}
 			}
 			regs[value_regno].type = reg_type;