Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Extend test fs_kfuncs to cover security.bpf xattr names

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 05:21:48AM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
> >> Extend test_progs fs_kfuncs to cover different xattr names. Specifically:
> >> xattr name "user.kfuncs", "security.bpf", and "security.bpf.xxx" can be
> >> read from BPF program with kfuncs bpf_get_[file|dentry]_xattr(); while
> >> "security.bpfxxx" and "security.selinux" cannot be read.
> > 
> > So you read code from untrusted user.* xattrs?  How can you carve out
> > that space and not known any pre-existing userspace cod uses kfuncs
> > for it's own purpose?
> 
> I don't quite follow the comment here. 
> 
> Do you mean user.* xattrs are untrusted (any user can set it), so we 
> should not allow BPF programs to read them? Or do you mean xattr 
> name "user.kfuncs" might be taken by some use space?

All of the above.





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