Re: [PATCH bpf 3/4] bpf: sockmap, strparser, and tls are reusing qdisc_skb_cb and colliding

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On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 09:16 PM CEST, John Fastabend wrote:
> Strparser is reusing the qdisc_skb_cb struct to stash the skb message
> handling progress, e.g. offset and length of the skb. First this is
> poorly named and inherits a struct from qdisc that doesn't reflect the
> actual usage of cb[] at this layer.
>
> But, more importantly strparser is using the following to access its
> metadata.
>
> (struct _strp_msg *)((void *)skb->cb + offsetof(struct qdisc_skb_cb, data))
>
> Where _strp_msg is defined as,
>
>  struct _strp_msg {
>         struct strp_msg            strp;                 /*     0     8 */
>         int                        accum_len;            /*     8     4 */
>
>         /* size: 12, cachelines: 1, members: 2 */
>         /* last cacheline: 12 bytes */
>  };
>
> So we use 12 bytes of ->data[] in struct. However in BPF code running
> parser and verdict the user has read capabilities into the data[]
> array as well. Its not too problematic, but we should not be
> exposing internal state to BPF program. If its really needed then we can
> use the probe_read() APIs which allow reading kernel memory. And I don't
> believe cb[] layer poses any API breakage by moving this around because
> programs can't depend on cb[] across layers.
>
> In order to fix another issue with a ctx rewrite we need to stash a temp
> variable somewhere. To make this work cleanly this patch builds a cb
> struct for sk_skb types called sk_skb_cb struct. Then we can use this
> consistently in the strparser, sockmap space. Additionally we can
> start allowing ->cb[] write access after this.
>
> Fixes: 604326b41a6fb ("bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface"
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/net/strparser.h   | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  net/core/filter.c         | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/strparser/strparser.c | 10 +---------
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/strparser.h b/include/net/strparser.h
> index 1d20b98493a1..bec1439bd3be 100644
> --- a/include/net/strparser.h
> +++ b/include/net/strparser.h
> @@ -54,10 +54,24 @@ struct strp_msg {
>  	int offset;
>  };
>
> +struct _strp_msg {
> +	/* Internal cb structure. struct strp_msg must be first for passing
> +	 * to upper layer.
> +	 */
> +	struct strp_msg strp;
> +	int accum_len;
> +};
> +
> +struct sk_skb_cb {
> +#define SK_SKB_CB_PRIV_LEN 20

Nit: Would consider reusing BPF_SKB_CB_LEN from linux/filter.h.
net/bpf/test_run.c should probably use it too, instead of
QDISC_CB_PRIV_LEN.

> +	unsigned char data[SK_SKB_CB_PRIV_LEN];
> +	struct _strp_msg strp;
> +};
> +
>  static inline struct strp_msg *strp_msg(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  {
>  	return (struct strp_msg *)((void *)skb->cb +
> -		offsetof(struct qdisc_skb_cb, data));
> +		offsetof(struct sk_skb_cb, strp));
>  }
>
>  /* Structure for an attached lower socket */

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Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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