From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>,
Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@google.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>, Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
Itay Avraham <itayavr@nvidia.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
Chiara Meiohas <cmeiohas@nvidia.com>,
Maher Sanalla <msanalla@nvidia.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] RDMA/mlx5: Externally validate FW commands supplied in DEVX interface
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:56:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331-fw-lsm-hook-v2-3-78504703df1f@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331-fw-lsm-hook-v2-0-78504703df1f@nvidia.com>
From: Chiara Meiohas <cmeiohas@nvidia.com>
DEVX is an RDMA uverbs extension that allows userspace to submit
firmware command buffers. The driver inspects the command and then
passes the buffer through for firmware execution.
Call bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd() before dispatching firmware commands
through DEVX.
This allows BPF programs to implement custom policies and enforce
per-command security policy on user-triggered firmware commands.
For example, a BPF program could restrict specific firmware
operations to privileged users.
Signed-off-by: Chiara Meiohas <cmeiohas@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Maher Sanalla <msanalla@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 0066b2738ac89..b7a2e19987018 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include "devx.h"
#include "qp.h"
#include <linux/xarray.h>
+#include <linux/bpf_lsm.h>
#define UVERBS_MODULE_NAME mlx5_ib
#include <rdma/uverbs_named_ioctl.h>
@@ -1111,6 +1112,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OTHER)(
struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev;
void *cmd_in = uverbs_attr_get_alloced_ptr(
attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OTHER_CMD_IN);
+ int cmd_in_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
+ MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OTHER_CMD_IN);
int cmd_out_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OTHER_CMD_OUT);
void *cmd_out;
@@ -1135,9 +1138,12 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OTHER)(
return PTR_ERR(cmd_out);
MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, cmd_in, uid, uid);
- err = mlx5_cmd_do(dev->mdev, cmd_in,
- uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OTHER_CMD_IN),
- cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
+ err = bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd(cmd_in, cmd_in_len, &dev->ib_dev.dev,
+ FW_CMD_CLASS_UVERBS, RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = mlx5_cmd_do(dev->mdev, cmd_in, cmd_in_len, cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
if (err && err != -EREMOTEIO)
return err;
@@ -1570,6 +1576,11 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_CREATE)(
devx_set_umem_valid(cmd_in);
}
+ err = bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd(cmd_in, cmd_in_len, &dev->ib_dev.dev,
+ FW_CMD_CLASS_UVERBS, RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5);
+ if (err)
+ goto obj_free;
+
if (opcode == MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_DCT) {
obj->flags |= DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_DCT;
err = mlx5_core_create_dct(dev, &obj->core_dct, cmd_in,
@@ -1646,6 +1657,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY)(
struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs)
{
void *cmd_in = uverbs_attr_get_alloced_ptr(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY_CMD_IN);
+ int cmd_in_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
+ MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY_CMD_IN);
int cmd_out_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY_CMD_OUT);
struct ib_uobject *uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(attrs,
@@ -1676,10 +1689,12 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY)(
MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, cmd_in, uid, uid);
devx_set_umem_valid(cmd_in);
+ err = bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd(cmd_in, cmd_in_len, &mdev->ib_dev.dev,
+ FW_CMD_CLASS_UVERBS, RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
- err = mlx5_cmd_do(mdev->mdev, cmd_in,
- uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_MODIFY_CMD_IN),
- cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
+ err = mlx5_cmd_do(mdev->mdev, cmd_in, cmd_in_len, cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
if (err && err != -EREMOTEIO)
return err;
@@ -1693,6 +1708,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY)(
struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs)
{
void *cmd_in = uverbs_attr_get_alloced_ptr(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_CMD_IN);
+ int cmd_in_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
+ MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_CMD_IN);
int cmd_out_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_CMD_OUT);
struct ib_uobject *uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(attrs,
@@ -1722,9 +1739,12 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY)(
return PTR_ERR(cmd_out);
MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, cmd_in, uid, uid);
- err = mlx5_cmd_do(mdev->mdev, cmd_in,
- uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_CMD_IN),
- cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
+ err = bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd(cmd_in, cmd_in_len, &mdev->ib_dev.dev,
+ FW_CMD_CLASS_UVERBS, RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = mlx5_cmd_do(mdev->mdev, cmd_in, cmd_in_len, cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
if (err && err != -EREMOTEIO)
return err;
@@ -1832,6 +1852,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_ASYNC_QUERY)(
{
void *cmd_in = uverbs_attr_get_alloced_ptr(attrs,
MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_ASYNC_CMD_IN);
+ int cmd_in_len = uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
+ MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_ASYNC_CMD_IN);
struct ib_uobject *uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(
attrs,
MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_ASYNC_HANDLE);
@@ -1894,9 +1916,12 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_ASYNC_QUERY)(
async_data->ev_file = ev_file;
MLX5_SET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, cmd_in, uid, uid);
- err = mlx5_cmd_exec_cb(&ev_file->async_ctx, cmd_in,
- uverbs_attr_get_len(attrs,
- MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_QUERY_ASYNC_CMD_IN),
+ err = bpf_lsm_fw_validate_cmd(cmd_in, cmd_in_len, &mdev->ib_dev.dev,
+ FW_CMD_CLASS_UVERBS, RDMA_DRIVER_MLX5);
+ if (err)
+ goto free_async;
+
+ err = mlx5_cmd_exec_cb(&ev_file->async_ctx, cmd_in, cmd_in_len,
async_data->hdr.out_data,
async_data->cmd_out_len,
devx_query_callback, &async_data->cb_work);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 5:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 5:56 [PATCH v2 0/4] Firmware LSM hook Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-31 5:56 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] bpf: add firmware command validation hook Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-16 8:43 ` Matt Bobrowski
2026-03-31 5:56 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] selftests/bpf: add test cases for fw_validate_cmd hook Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-31 5:56 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2026-03-31 5:56 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] fwctl/mlx5: Externally validate FW commands supplied in fwctl Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-09 12:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Firmware LSM hook Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-09 12:27 ` Roberto Sassu
2026-04-09 12:45 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-09 21:04 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-12 9:00 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-13 1:38 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-13 15:53 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-04-13 16:42 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-04-13 17:36 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-13 19:09 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-13 22:36 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-13 23:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-04-14 17:05 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-14 19:09 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-14 20:09 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-14 20:44 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-14 22:42 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-15 21:03 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-15 21:21 ` Casey Schaufler
2026-04-14 20:27 ` Paul Moore
2026-04-15 13:47 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-04-15 21:40 ` Paul Moore
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