It's currently not possible to access timewait or request sockets
from eBPF, since there is no way to return a PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON
from a helper. Introduce RET_PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON to enable this
behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index f02367faa58d..f62897198844 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ enum bpf_return_type {
RET_PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL, /* returns a pointer to map elem value or NULL */
RET_PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, /* returns a pointer to a socket or NULL */
RET_PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK_OR_NULL, /* returns a pointer to a tcp_sock or NULL */
+ RET_PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON_OR_NULL, /* returns a pointer to a sock_common or NULL */
};
/* eBPF function prototype used by verifier to allow BPF_CALLs from eBPF programs
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a52e723c8e5d..f60d9df4e00a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -3148,6 +3148,10 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int func_id, int insn
mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, BPF_REG_0);
regs[BPF_REG_0].type = PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL;
regs[BPF_REG_0].id = ++env->id_gen;
+ } else if (fn->ret_type == RET_PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON_OR_NULL) {
+ mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, BPF_REG_0);
+ regs[BPF_REG_0].type = PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON_OR_NULL;
+ regs[BPF_REG_0].id = ++env->id_gen;
} else if (fn->ret_type == RET_PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK_OR_NULL) {
mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, BPF_REG_0);
regs[BPF_REG_0].type = PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK_OR_NULL;
--
2.19.1
