[PATCH bpf-next v6 8/8] bpf: lsm: Add Documentation

KP Singh
2020-03-25T15:27:01Z

From: KP Singh <kpsingh@google.com>

Document how eBPF programs (BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM) can be loaded and
attached (BPF_LSM_MAC) to the LSM hooks.

Signed-off-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Florent Revest <revest@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>
---
Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/bpf/index.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a2c3b4a74d4
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 Google LLC.
+
+================
+LSM BPF Programs
+================
+
+These BPF programs allow runtime instrumentation of the LSM hooks by privileged
+users to implement system-wide MAC (Mandatory Access Control) and Audit
+policies using eBPF. Since these program end up modifying the MAC policies of
+the system, they require both ``CAP_MAC_ADMIN`` and also require
+``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` for the loading of BPF programs.
+
+Structure
+---------
+
+The example shows an eBPF program that can be attached to the ``file_mprotect``
+LSM hook:
+
+.. c:function:: int file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long reqprot, unsigned long prot);
+
+Other LSM hooks which can be instrumented can be found in
+``include/linux/lsm_hooks.h``.
+
+eBPF programs that use :doc:`/bpf/btf` do not need to include kernel headers
+for accessing information from the attached eBPF program's context. They can
+simply declare the structures in the eBPF program and only specify the fields
+that need to be accessed.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct mm_struct {
+ unsigned long start_brk, brk, start_stack;
+ } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
+
+ struct vm_area_struct {
+ unsigned long start_brk, brk, start_stack;
+ unsigned long vm_start, vm_end;
+ struct mm_struct *vm_mm;
+ } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
+
+
+.. note:: Only the size and the names of the fields must match the type in the
+ kernel and the order of the fields is irrelevant.
+
+This can be further simplified (if one has access to the BTF information at
+build time) by generating the ``vmlinux.h`` with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # bpftool dump file <path-to-btf-vmlinux> format c > vmlinux.h
+
+.. note:: ``path-to-btf-vmlinux`` can be ``/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux`` if the
+ build environment matches the environment the BPF programs are
+ deployed in.
+
+The ``vmlinux.h`` can then simply be included in the BPF programs without
+requiring the definition of the types.
+
+The eBPF programs can be declared using the``BPF_PROG``
+macros defined in `tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h`_. In this
+example:
+
+ * ``"lsm/file_mprotect"`` indicates the LSM hook that the program must
+ be attached to
+ * ``mprotect_audit`` is the name of the eBPF program
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ SEC("lsm/file_mprotect")
+ int BPF_PROG(mprotect_audit, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long reqprot, unsigned long prot, int ret)
+ {
+ /* Ret is the return value from the previous BPF program
+ * or 0 if it's the first hook.
+ */
+ if (ret != 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ int is_heap;
+
+ is_heap = (vma->vm_start >= vma->vm_mm->start_brk &&
+ vma->vm_end <= vma->vm_mm->brk);
+
+ /* Return an -EPERM or write information to the perf events buffer
+ * for auditing
+ */
+ }
+
+The ``__attribute__((preserve_access_index))`` is a clang feature that allows
+the BPF verifier to update the offsets for the access at runtime using the
+:doc:`/bpf/btf` information. Since the BPF verifier is aware of the types, it
+also validates all the accesses made to the various types in the eBPF program.
+
+Loading
+-------
+
+eBPF programs can be loaded with the :manpage:`bpf(2)` syscall's
+``BPF_PROG_LOAD`` operation or more simply by using the the libbpf helper
+``bpf_prog_load_xattr``:
+
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct bpf_prog_load_attr attr = {
+ .file = "./prog.o",
+ };
+ struct bpf_object *prog_obj;
+ struct bpf_program *prog;
+ int prog_fd;
+
+ bpf_prog_load_xattr(&attr, &prog_obj, &prog_fd);
+
+Attachment to LSM Hooks
+-----------------------
+
+The LSM allows attachment of eBPF programs as LSM hooks using :manpage:`bpf(2)`
+syscall's ``BPF_PROG_ATTACH`` operation or more simply by
+using the libbpf helper ``bpf_program__attach_lsm``. In the code shown below
+``prog`` is the eBPF program loaded using ``BPF_PROG_LOAD``:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct bpf_link *link;
+
+ link = bpf_program__attach_lsm(prog);
+
+The program can be detached from the LSM hook by *destroying* the ``link``
+link returned by ``bpf_program__attach_lsm``:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ link->destroy();
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+An example eBPF programs can be found in
+`tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c`_ and the corresponding
+userspace code in `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_lsm.c`_
+
+.. Links
+.. _tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h:
+ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h
+.. _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c:
+ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c
+.. _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm_void_hook.c:
+ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm_void_hook.c
+.. _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_lsm.c:
+ https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_lsm.c
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
index 4f5410b61441..2c3d3c0cb7bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Program types
prog_cgroup_sockopt
prog_cgroup_sysctl
prog_flow_dissector
+ bpf_lsm

Testing BPF
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2.20.1