From 94dacdbd5d2dfa2cffd308f128d78c99f855f5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:01:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bpf: Tighten the requirements for preallocated hash maps The assumption that only programs attached to perf NMI events can deadlock on memory allocators is wrong. Assume the following simplified callchain: kmalloc() from regular non BPF context cache empty freelist empty lock(zone->lock); tracepoint or kprobe BPF() update_elem() lock(bucket) kmalloc() cache empty freelist empty lock(zone->lock); <- DEADLOCK There are other ways which do not involve locking to create wreckage: kmalloc() from regular non BPF context local_irq_save(); ... obj = slab_first(); kprobe() BPF() update_elem() lock(bucket) kmalloc() local_irq_save(); ... obj = slab_first(); <- Same object as above ... So preallocation _must_ be enforced for all variants of intrusive instrumentation. Unfortunately immediate enforcement would break backwards compatibility, so for now such programs still are allowed to run, but a one time warning is emitted in dmesg and the verifier emits a warning in the verifier log as well so developers are made aware about this and can fix their programs before the enforcement becomes mandatory. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200224145642.540542802@linutronix.de --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 6d15dfbd4b88..532b7b0320ba 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -8143,26 +8143,43 @@ static bool is_tracing_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type type) } } +static bool is_preallocated_map(struct bpf_map *map) +{ + if (!check_map_prealloc(map)) + return false; + if (map->inner_map_meta && !check_map_prealloc(map->inner_map_meta)) + return false; + return true; +} + static int check_map_prog_compatibility(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_map *map, struct bpf_prog *prog) { - /* Make sure that BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT programs only use - * preallocated hash maps, since doing memory allocation - * in overflow_handler can crash depending on where nmi got - * triggered. + /* + * Validate that trace type programs use preallocated hash maps. + * + * For programs attached to PERF events this is mandatory as the + * perf NMI can hit any arbitrary code sequence. + * + * All other trace types using preallocated hash maps are unsafe as + * well because tracepoint or kprobes can be inside locked regions + * of the memory allocator or at a place where a recursion into the + * memory allocator would see inconsistent state. + * + * For now running such programs is allowed for backwards + * compatibility reasons, but warnings are emitted so developers are + * made aware of the unsafety and can fix their programs before this + * is enforced. */ - if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT) { - if (!check_map_prealloc(map)) { + if (is_tracing_prog_type(prog->type) && !is_preallocated_map(map)) { + if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT) { verbose(env, "perf_event programs can only use preallocated hash map\n"); return -EINVAL; } - if (map->inner_map_meta && - !check_map_prealloc(map->inner_map_meta)) { - verbose(env, "perf_event programs can only use preallocated inner hash map\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } + WARN_ONCE(1, "trace type BPF program uses run-time allocation\n"); + verbose(env, "trace type programs with run-time allocated hash maps are unsafe. Switch to preallocated hash maps.\n"); } if ((is_tracing_prog_type(prog->type) ||