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    bpf: Prevent tail call between progs attached to different hooks · 28ead3ea
    Xu Kuohai authored
    bpf progs can be attached to kernel functions, and the attached functions
    can take different parameters or return different return values. If
    prog attached to one kernel function tail calls prog attached to another
    kernel function, the ctx access or return value verification could be
    bypassed.
    
    For example, if prog1 is attached to func1 which takes only 1 parameter
    and prog2 is attached to func2 which takes two parameters. Since verifier
    assumes the bpf ctx passed to prog2 is constructed based on func2's
    prototype, verifier allows prog2 to access the second parameter from
    the bpf ctx passed to it. The problem is that verifier does not prevent
    prog1 from passing its bpf ctx to prog2 via tail call. In this case,
    the bpf ctx passed to prog2 is constructed from func1 instead of func2,
    that is, the assumption for ctx access verification is bypassed.
    
    Another example, if BPF LSM prog1 is attached to hook file_alloc_security,
    and BPF LSM prog2 is attached to hook bpf_lsm_audit_rule_known. Verifier
    knows the return value rules for these two hooks, e.g. it is legal for
    bpf_lsm_audit_rule_known to return positive number 1, and it is illegal
    for file_alloc_security to return positive number. So verifier allows
    prog2 to return positive number 1, but does not allow prog1 to return
    positive number. The problem is that verifier does not prevent prog1
    from calling prog2 via tail call. In this case, prog2's return value 1
    will be used as the return value for prog1's hook file_alloc_security.
    That is, the return value rule is bypassed.
    
    This patch adds restriction for tail call to prevent such bypasses.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarXu Kuohai <xukuohai@huawei.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240719110059.797546-4-xukuohai@huaweicloud.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
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