Re: [PATCH v5 bpf 1/4] lwt: fix return values of BPF ops

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On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 9:54 PM Yan Zhai <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> BPF encap ops can return different types of positive values, such like
> NET_RX_DROP, NET_XMIT_CN, NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and so on, from function
> skb_do_redirect and bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute. At the xmit hook, such return
> values would be treated implicitly as LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE in
> ip(6)_finish_output2. When this happens, skbs that have been freed would
> continue to the neighbor subsystem, causing use-after-free bug and
> kernel crashes.
>
> To fix the incorrect behavior, skb_do_redirect return values can be
> simply discarded, the same as tc-egress behavior. On the other hand,
> bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute returns useful errors to local senders, e.g. PMTU
> information. Thus convert its return values to avoid the conflict with
> LWTUNNEL_XMIT_CONTINUE.
>
> Fixes: 3a0af8fd61f9 ("bpf: BPF for lightweight tunnel infrastructure")
> Suggested-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Jordan Griege <jgriege@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhai <yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> * v5: discards skb_do_redirect return instead; convert
>       bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute return;
> * v4: minor commit message changes
> * v3: converts skb_do_redirect statuses from both ingress and egress
> * v2: code style amend
> ---
>  net/core/lwt_bpf.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/lwt_bpf.c b/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
> index 8b6b5e72b217..4a0797f0a154 100644
> --- a/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
> +++ b/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
> @@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ static int run_lwt_bpf(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bpf_lwt_prog *lwt,
>                         ret = BPF_OK;
>                 } else {
>                         skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
> -                       ret = skb_do_redirect(skb);
> -                       if (ret == 0)
> -                               ret = BPF_REDIRECT;
> +                       skb_do_redirect(skb);
> +                       ret = BPF_REDIRECT;
>                 }
>                 break;
>
> @@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ static int bpf_lwt_xmit_reroute(struct sk_buff *skb)
>
>         err = dst_output(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), skb->sk, skb);
>         if (unlikely(err))
> -               return err;
> +               return net_xmit_errno(err);
>
>         /* ip[6]_finish_output2 understand LWTUNNEL_XMIT_DONE */
>         return LWTUNNEL_XMIT_DONE;
> --
> 2.30.2
>

no idea why this one would appear nested and without subject on the
lore link. Let me double check what goes wrong with my mutt setting :(

--
Yan




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