Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for link_create

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- [Medium] bpf: incorrect attach_type and prog_type error logging in link_create()
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commit 6e1b9a1ad09acdb6c859fd328c7f20b775a8136a
Author: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>

bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for link_create

This commit adds syscall common attributes support to BPF_LINK_CREATE,
creating and finalizing a verifier log instance to report error messages
for invalid prog_fd, attach_type, and prog_type.

Links:
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260514004634.3DA09C19425@smtp.kernel.org/

> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> index 849bc9136299d..201658b75ab77 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> @@ -5856,8 +5856,11 @@ static int bpf_map_do_batch(const union bpf_attr *attr,
>  }
>  
>  #define BPF_LINK_CREATE_LAST_FIELD link_create.uprobe_multi.path_fd
> -static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr)
> +static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_attr *attr_common,
> +		       bpfptr_t uattr_common, u32 size_common)
>  {
> +	struct bpf_verifier_log *log;
> +	struct bpf_log_attr attr_log;
>  	struct bpf_prog *prog;
>  	int ret;
>  
> @@ -5867,14 +5870,28 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr)
>  	if (attr->link_create.attach_type == BPF_STRUCT_OPS)
>  		return bpf_struct_ops_link_create(attr);
>  
> +	log = bpf_log_attr_create_vlog(&attr_log, attr_common, uattr_common, size_common);
> +	if (IS_ERR(log))
> +		return PTR_ERR(log);
> +
>  	prog = bpf_prog_get(attr->link_create.prog_fd);
> -	if (IS_ERR(prog))
> -		return PTR_ERR(prog);
> +	if (IS_ERR(prog)) {
> +		bpf_log(log, "Invalid prog_fd.\n");
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(prog);
> +		prog = NULL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type(prog,
>  						attr->link_create.attach_type);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret) {
> +		bpf_log(log, "Invalid attach_type.\n");
>  		goto out;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = bpf_log_attr_report_size(&attr_log, 0);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto put_prog;
>  
>  	switch (prog->type) {
>  	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB:
> @@ -5953,12 +5970,22 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr)
>  			ret = bpf_uprobe_multi_link_attach(attr, prog);
>  		break;
>  	default:
> +		bpf_log(log, "Invalid prog type.\n");
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  	}

[Severity: Medium]
Can calling bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() before checking
prog->type cause inaccurate or missing log messages in link_create()?

First, in kernel/bpf/syscall.c:bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type():

	default:
		ptype = attach_type_to_prog_type(attach_type);
		if (ptype == BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC || ptype != prog->type)
			return -EINVAL;
		return 0;

Because attach_type_to_prog_type() only maps attach types to a subset of
program types, most program types not supported by link_create() (such
as BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT,
BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT, or BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL) fail in
bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() with -EINVAL and log
"Invalid attach_type.\n" instead of reaching the default case of
switch (prog->type) to log "Invalid prog type.\n".

Second, bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() also performs a permission
check for BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB:

	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB:
		if (!bpf_token_capable(prog->aux->token, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
			/* cg-skb progs can be loaded by unpriv user.
			 * check permissions at attach time.
			 */
			return -EPERM;

When an unprivileged caller fails this CAP_NET_ADMIN check with a valid
attach_type, link_create() logs "Invalid attach_type.\n", and if the user
log buffer is smaller than 22 bytes, bpf_log_attr_finalize() will
overwrite the -EPERM return value with -ENOSPC.

Third, for BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING and BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM,
bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() only verifies that
attach_type_to_prog_type(attach_type) == prog->type, while the check against
prog->expected_attach_type happens later inside switch (prog->type) in
link_create():

	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM:
	case BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING:
		if (attr->link_create.attach_type != prog->expected_attach_type) {
			ret = -EINVAL;
			goto out;
		}

If a tracing or LSM program is passed a mismatched tracing or LSM
attach_type (for example, BPF_TRACE_FEXIT for a BPF_TRACE_FENTRY
program), bpf_prog_attach_check_attach_type() returns 0,
bpf_log_attr_report_size(&attr_log, 0) runs, and the check in
switch (prog->type) jumps to out without logging "Invalid attach_type.\n".

>  
>  out:
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	if (ret < 0) {
> +		int err = bpf_log_attr_finalize(&attr_log, log);
> +
> +		ret = err ? err : ret;
> +	}
> +
> +put_prog:
> +	if (ret < 0 && prog)
>  		bpf_prog_put(prog);
> +
> +	kfree(log);
>  	return ret;
>  }

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