Re: [PATCH] bpf: reject blacklisted symbols in kprobe_multi to avoid recursive trap

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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 07:29:02AM -0700, Yonghong Song wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/11/23 10:53 PM, Ze Gao wrote:
> > Yes, Jiri. Thanks for pointing it out. It's true that not all probe
> > blacklisted functions should be banned from bpf_kprobe.
> > 
> > I tried some of them, and all kprobe blacklisted symbols I hooked
> > works fine except preempt_count_{sub, add}.
> > so the takeaway here is preempt_cout_{sub, add} must be rejected at
> > least for now since kprobe_multi_link_prog_run
> > ( i.e., the fprobe handler) and rethook_trampoline_handler( i.e. the
> > rethook handler) calls preempt_cout_{sub, add}.

check BTF_SET_START(btf_id_deny) list for functions that we do not allow to
attach for tracing programs.. the direct ftrace interface used by trampolines
has likely similar limitations as fptrace_ops API used by fprobe


> > 
> > I'm considering providing a general  fprobe_blacklist framework just
> > like what kprobe does to allow others to mark
> > functions used inside fprobe handler or rethook handler as NOFPROBE to
> > avoid potential stack recursion. But only after
> > I figure out how ftrace handles recursion problems currently and why
> > it fails in the case I ran into.
> 
> A fprobe_blacklist might make sense indeed as fprobe and kprobe are quite
> different... Thanks for working on this.

+1

jirka

> 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Ze
> > 
> > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 1:28 AM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 07:13:58AM -0700, Yonghong Song wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 5/10/23 5:20 AM, Ze Gao wrote:
> > > > > BPF_LINK_TYPE_KPROBE_MULTI attaches kprobe programs through fprobe,
> > > > > however it does not takes those kprobe blacklisted into consideration,
> > > > > which likely introduce recursive traps and blows up stacks.
> > > > > 
> > > > > this patch adds simple check and remove those are in kprobe_blacklist
> > > > > from one fprobe during bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach. And also
> > > > > check_kprobe_address_safe is open for more future checks.
> > > > > 
> > > > > note that ftrace provides recursion detection mechanism, but for kprobe
> > > > > only, we can directly reject those cases early without turning to ftrace.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ze Gao <zegao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >    kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >    1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> > > > > index 9a050e36dc6c..44c68bc06bbd 100644
> > > > > --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> > > > > +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> > > > > @@ -2764,6 +2764,37 @@ static int get_modules_for_addrs(struct module ***mods, unsigned long *addrs, u3
> > > > >      return arr.mods_cnt;
> > > > >    }
> > > > > +static inline int check_kprobe_address_safe(unsigned long addr)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +   if (within_kprobe_blacklist(addr))
> > > > > +           return -EINVAL;
> > > > > +   else
> > > > > +           return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +static int check_bpf_kprobe_addrs_safe(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +   int i, cnt;
> > > > > +   char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   for (i = 0; i < num; ++i) {
> > > > > +           if (check_kprobe_address_safe((unsigned long)addrs[i])) {
> > > > > +                   lookup_symbol_name(addrs[i], symname);
> > > > > +                   pr_warn("bpf_kprobe: %s at %lx is blacklisted\n", symname, addrs[i]);
> > > > 
> > > > So user request cannot be fulfilled and a warning is issued and some
> > > > of user requests are discarded and the rest is proceeded. Does not
> > > > sound a good idea.
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe we should do filtering in user space, e.g., in libbpf, check
> > > > /sys/kernel/debug/kprobes/blacklist and return error
> > > > earlier? bpftrace/libbpf-tools/bcc-tools all do filtering before
> > > > requesting kprobe in the kernel.
> > > 
> > > also fprobe uses ftrace drectly without paths in kprobe, so I wonder
> > > some of the kprobe blacklisted functions are actually safe
> > > 
> > > jirka
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > +                   /* mark blacklisted symbol for remove */
> > > > > +                   addrs[i] = 0;
> > > > > +           }
> > > > > +   }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   /* remove blacklisted symbol from addrs */
> > > > > +   for (i = 0, cnt = 0; i < num; ++i) {
> > > > > +           if (addrs[i])
> > > > > +                   addrs[cnt++]  = addrs[i];
> > > > > +   }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   return cnt;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > >    int bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
> > > > >    {
> > > > >      struct bpf_kprobe_multi_link *link = NULL;
> > > > > @@ -2859,6 +2890,12 @@ int bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *pr
> > > > >      else
> > > > >              link->fp.entry_handler = kprobe_multi_link_handler;
> > > > > +   cnt = check_bpf_kprobe_addrs_safe(addrs, cnt);
> > > > > +   if (!cnt) {
> > > > > +           err = -EINVAL;
> > > > > +           goto error;
> > > > > +   }
> > > > > +
> > > > >      link->addrs = addrs;
> > > > >      link->cookies = cookies;
> > > > >      link->cnt = cnt;




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