On 05/02, Andrii Nakryiko wrote: > Make each bpf() syscall command a bit more self-contained, making it > easier to further enhance it. We move sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled > handling down to map_create() and bpf_prog_load(), two special commands > in this regard. > > Also swap the order of checks, calling bpf_capable() only if > sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled is true, avoiding unnecessary audit > messages. > > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c > index 14f39c1e573e..d5009fafe0f4 100644 > --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c > +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c > @@ -1132,6 +1132,17 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr) > int f_flags; > int err; [..] > + /* Intent here is for unprivileged_bpf_disabled to block key object > + * creation commands for unprivileged users; other actions depend > + * of fd availability and access to bpffs, so are dependent on > + * object creation success. Capabilities are later verified for > + * operations such as load and map create, so even with unprivileged > + * BPF disabled, capability checks are still carried out for these > + * and other operations. > + */ > + if (sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled && !bpf_capable()) > + return -EPERM; > + Does it make sense to have something like unpriv_bpf_capable() to avoid the copy-paste?