From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: ast@kernel.org
Cc: kpsingh@kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com,
paul@paul-moore.com, bboscaccy@linux.microsoft.com,
memxor@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 4/5] selftests/bpf: Verify load-time signed loader metadata
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:03:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260610230329.727075-5-daniel@iogearbox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260610230329.727075-1-daniel@iogearbox.net>
The signed gen_loader no longer checks its metadata map from within
BPF; the kernel does it at BPF_PROG_LOAD by folding the loader's frozen
exclusive fd_array maps into the signature. Exercise that path end to
end. Extend with more test cases (e.g. map-less program, asserting the
LSM admission hook observes BPF_SIG_UNSIGNED and BPF_SIG_VERIFIED), and
retire the subtests that asserted the old in-loader check, which no
longer exists.
# LDLIBS=-static PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config --static' ./vmtest.sh -- ./test_progs -t signed_loader
[...]
[ 1.842848] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
#409/1 signed_loader/loadtime_no_map:OK
#409/2 signed_loader/loadtime_with_map:OK
#409/3 signed_loader/metadata_match:OK
#409/4 signed_loader/signature_enforced:OK
#409/5 signed_loader/signed_nonexcl_fd_array_rejected:OK
#409/6 signed_loader/signature_too_large:OK
#409/7 signed_loader/signature_bad_keyring:OK
#409/8 signed_loader/metadata_ctx_max_entries_ignored:OK
#409/9 signed_loader/metadata_ctx_initial_value_ignored:OK
#409/10 signed_loader/signature_authenticates_insns:OK
#409/11 signed_loader/hash_requires_frozen:OK
#409/12 signed_loader/no_update_after_freeze:OK
#409/13 signed_loader/freeze_writable_mmap:OK
#409/14 signed_loader/no_writable_mmap_frozen:OK
#409/15 signed_loader/map_hash_matches_libbpf:OK
#409/16 signed_loader/map_hash_multi_element:OK
#409/17 signed_loader/map_hash_bad_size:OK
#409/18 signed_loader/map_hash_unsupported_type:OK
#409/19 signed_loader/lsm_signature_verdict:OK
#409 signed_loader:OK
Summary: 1/19 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/signed_loader.c | 460 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 274 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/signed_loader.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/signed_loader.c
index 5fc417e31fc6..8a6a6ea4e093 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/signed_loader.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/signed_loader.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
#include "test_signed_loader_data.skel.h"
#include "test_signed_loader_lsm.skel.h"
-#define SIG_MATCH_INSNS 33 /* excl (5) + 4 * sha-dword (7) */
-
enum {
BPF_SIG_UNSIGNED = 0,
BPF_SIG_VERIFIED,
@@ -35,7 +33,8 @@ enum {
};
static int load_loader(const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz, int map_fd,
- const void *sig, __u32 sig_sz, __s32 keyring_id)
+ const void *sig, __u32 sig_sz, __s32 keyring_id,
+ __u32 fd_array_cnt)
{
union bpf_attr attr;
int fd;
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ static int load_loader(const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz, int map_fd,
attr.signature_size = sig_sz;
attr.keyring_id = keyring_id;
}
+ attr.fd_array_cnt = fd_array_cnt;
memcpy(attr.prog_name, "__loader.prog", sizeof("__loader.prog"));
fd = syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr,
offsetofend(union bpf_attr, keyring_id));
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@ static int run_gen_loader(const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz,
const void *data, __u32 data_sz,
const void *excl, __u32 excl_sz,
const void *sig, __u32 sig_sz,
- bool get_hash, void *ctx, __u32 ctx_sz, bool *loader_ran)
+ void *ctx, __u32 ctx_sz, bool *loader_ran)
{
LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, mopts,
.excl_prog_hash = excl,
.excl_prog_hash_size = excl_sz);
- __u8 hbuf[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
- struct bpf_map_info info;
- __u32 ilen = sizeof(info), key = 0;
+ __u32 key = 0;
union bpf_attr attr;
int map_fd, prog_fd, ret;
@@ -87,15 +85,6 @@ static int run_gen_loader(const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz,
ret = -errno;
goto out_map;
}
- if (get_hash) {
- memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
- info.hash = ptr_to_u64(hbuf);
- info.hash_size = sizeof(hbuf);
- if (bpf_map_get_info_by_fd(map_fd, &info, &ilen)) {
- ret = -errno;
- goto out_map;
- }
- }
memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
attr.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL;
@@ -108,6 +97,7 @@ static int run_gen_loader(const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz,
attr.signature = ptr_to_u64(sig);
attr.signature_size = sig_sz;
attr.keyring_id = KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING;
+ attr.fd_array_cnt = 1;
}
memcpy(attr.prog_name, "__loader.prog", sizeof("__loader.prog"));
prog_fd = syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr,
@@ -236,79 +226,6 @@ static int sign_buf(const char *dir, const void *buf, __u32 len,
return ret;
}
-static void check_sig_match_shape(const struct bpf_insn *in, int n)
-{
- int a = -1, cleanup = -1, i, base, t, br[5], nb = 0;
-
- /* BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_IDX (the struct bpf_map * form) is used only here. */
- for (i = 0; i + 1 < n; i++) {
- if (in[i].code == (BPF_LD | BPF_IMM | BPF_DW) &&
- in[i].src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_IDX) {
- a = i;
- break;
- }
- }
- if (!ASSERT_GE(a, 0, "emit_signature_match present"))
- return;
- if (!ASSERT_LE(a + SIG_MATCH_INSNS, n, "block fits in program"))
- return;
-
- /* excl check: r2 = *(u32 *)(map + 32); if r2 != 1 goto cleanup */
- ASSERT_EQ(in[a + 2].code, (BPF_LDX | BPF_MEM | BPF_W), "excl load width");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[a + 2].off, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH, "excl field offset");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[a + 4].code, (BPF_JMP | BPF_JNE | BPF_K), "excl branch op");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[a + 4].imm, 1, "excl compared to 1");
- br[nb++] = a + 4;
-
- /* 4 sha-dword checks: r2 = *(u64 *)(map + i*8); if r2 != r3 goto cleanup */
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
- base = a + 5 + i * 7;
- ASSERT_EQ(in[base + 2].code, (BPF_LDX | BPF_MEM | BPF_DW), "sha load width");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[base + 2].off, i * 8, "sha dword offset");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[base + 3].code, (BPF_LD | BPF_IMM | BPF_DW), "sha imm64 (H_meta)");
- ASSERT_EQ(in[base + 6].code, (BPF_JMP | BPF_JNE | BPF_X), "sha branch op");
- br[nb++] = base + 6;
- }
-
- /*
- * Locate the real cleanup label so we can pin the exact jump target,
- * not just "some backward label". bpf_gen__init() emits the cleanup
- * block as a prog-fd close loop whose first instruction is the label
- * every error branch jumps to.
- */
- for (i = 0; i + 2 < a; i++) {
- if (in[i].code == (BPF_LDX | BPF_MEM | BPF_W) &&
- in[i].dst_reg == BPF_REG_1 && in[i].src_reg == BPF_REG_10 &&
- in[i + 1].code == (BPF_JMP | BPF_JSLE | BPF_K) &&
- in[i + 1].dst_reg == BPF_REG_1 && in[i + 1].imm == 0 &&
- in[i + 1].off == 1 &&
- in[i + 2].code == (BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL) &&
- in[i + 2].imm == BPF_FUNC_sys_close) {
- cleanup = i;
- break;
- }
- }
- if (!ASSERT_GE(cleanup, 0, "cleanup label located"))
- return;
- for (i = 0; i < nb; i++) {
- t = br[i] + 1 + in[br[i]].off;
- ASSERT_EQ(t, cleanup, "sig-match lands on cleanup");
- }
- /*
- * Same invariant for every other cleanup-bound jump in the program:
- * emit_check_err() is the only source of "if (r7 < 0) goto cleanup",
- * so each of those must also resolve exactly to cleanup.
- */
- for (i = 0, t = 0; i < n; i++) {
- if (in[i].code != (BPF_JMP | BPF_JSLT | BPF_K) ||
- in[i].dst_reg != BPF_REG_7 || in[i].imm != 0 || in[i].off >= 0)
- continue;
- ASSERT_EQ(i + 1 + in[i].off, cleanup, "err-check lands on cleanup");
- t++;
- }
- ASSERT_GT(t, 0, "found emit_check_err jumps");
-}
-
struct gen_loader_fixture {
struct test_signed_loader *skel;
struct gen_loader_opts gopts;
@@ -372,16 +289,6 @@ static void gen_loader_fixture_fini(struct gen_loader_fixture *f)
test_signed_loader__destroy(f->skel);
}
-static void metadata_check_shape(void)
-{
- struct gen_loader_fixture f;
-
- if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0)
- check_sig_match_shape((const struct bpf_insn *)f.gopts.insns,
- f.gopts.insns_sz / sizeof(struct bpf_insn));
- gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
-}
-
static void metadata_match(void)
{
struct gen_loader_fixture f;
@@ -391,94 +298,58 @@ static void metadata_match(void)
if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0) {
r = run_gen_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, f.blob,
f.data_sz, f.excl, sizeof(f.excl), NULL, 0,
- true, f.ctx, f.ctx_sz, &ran);
+ f.ctx, f.ctx_sz, &ran);
ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran");
ASSERT_EQ(r, 0, "honest loader retval");
}
gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
}
-static void metadata_sha_mismatch(void)
-{
- struct gen_loader_fixture f;
- bool ran;
- int r;
-
- if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0) {
- /*
- * blob[0] lives in the loader's fd_array scratch (first add_data in
- * bpf_gen__init); a 0-map program never reads it, so flipping it
- * changes only map->sha. The metadata check is the only thing that
- * can notice -> isolates emit_signature_match.
- */
- f.blob[0] ^= 0xff;
- r = run_gen_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, f.blob,
- f.data_sz, f.excl, sizeof(f.excl), NULL, 0,
- true, f.ctx, f.ctx_sz, &ran);
- ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran");
- ASSERT_EQ(r, -EINVAL, "tampered blob rejected by emit_signature_match");
- }
- gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
-}
-
-static void metadata_not_exclusive(void)
-{
- struct gen_loader_fixture f;
- bool ran;
- int r;
-
- if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0) {
- /*
- * Correct blob but a non-exclusive metadata map: the verifier does
- * not reject (excl_prog_sha unset), so the runtime map->excl == 1
- * check in the loader must.
- */
- r = run_gen_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, f.blob,
- f.data_sz, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, true, f.ctx,
- f.ctx_sz, &ran);
- ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran");
- ASSERT_EQ(r, -EINVAL, "non-exclusive metadata map rejected");
- }
- gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
-}
-
-static void metadata_hash_not_computed(void)
+static void signature_enforced(void)
{
+ static const __u8 junk[64] = { 0x30, 0x42, 0x13, 0x37, };
struct gen_loader_fixture f;
- bool ran;
- int r;
+ int fd;
if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0) {
/*
- * Correct, exclusive, frozen map, but its hash was never computed
- * (no OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD), so map->sha stays zero. The loader must
- * fail closed rather than treat an unset hash as a match.
+ * A present-but-invalid signature (the cert bytes are not a
+ * PKCS#7 signature) must be rejected at load: the signature
+ * path is honored, not ignored. (The valid path is covered by
+ * the signed lskels.)
*/
- r = run_gen_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, f.blob,
- f.data_sz, f.excl, sizeof(f.excl), NULL, 0,
- false, f.ctx, f.ctx_sz, &ran);
- ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran");
- ASSERT_EQ(r, -EINVAL, "uncomputed metadata hash rejected");
+ fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, -1, junk,
+ sizeof(junk), KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 0);
+ ASSERT_LT(fd, 0, "invalid signature rejected at load");
}
gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
}
-static void signature_enforced(void)
+static void signed_nonexcl_fd_array_rejected(void)
{
static const __u8 junk[64] = { 0x30, 0x42, 0x13, 0x37, };
struct gen_loader_fixture f;
- int fd;
+ int map_fd, fd;
if (gen_loader_fixture_init(&f) == 0) {
/*
- * A present-but-invalid signature (the cert bytes are not a
- * PKCS#7 signature) must be rejected at load: the signature
- * path is honored, not ignored. (The valid path is covered by
- * the signed lskels.)
+ * A signed program may only bind exclusive maps through fd_array
+ * (their contents are folded into the signature). Binding a
+ * non-exclusive map is rejected, before the signature is even
+ * examined.
*/
- fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, -1, junk,
- sizeof(junk), KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING);
- ASSERT_LT(fd, 0, "invalid signature rejected at load");
+ map_fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, "nonexcl", 4,
+ f.data_sz, 1, NULL);
+ if (ASSERT_OK_FD(map_fd, "nonexcl_map")) {
+ fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, map_fd,
+ junk, sizeof(junk),
+ KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(fd, -EINVAL,
+ "non-exclusive map in signed fd_array rejected");
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ close(fd);
+ close(map_fd);
+ }
}
gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
}
@@ -495,7 +366,7 @@ static void signature_too_large(void)
* is rejected before the buffer is read.
*/
fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, -1, junk,
- 64 << 20, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING);
+ 64 << 20, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(fd, -EINVAL, "oversized signature rejected");
}
gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
@@ -515,7 +386,7 @@ static void signature_bad_keyring(void)
* large positive serial takes the user-keyring path and won't exist.
*/
fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, -1, junk,
- sizeof(junk), INT_MAX);
+ sizeof(junk), INT_MAX, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(fd, -EINVAL, "signature with bad keyring_id rejected");
}
gen_loader_fixture_fini(&f);
@@ -575,7 +446,7 @@ static void metadata_ctx_max_entries_ignored(void)
memcpy(blob, gopts.data, data_sz);
r = run_gen_loader(gopts.insns, gopts.insns_sz, blob, data_sz,
- excl, sizeof(excl), NULL, 0, true, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
+ excl, sizeof(excl), NULL, 0, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
if (!ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran") ||
!ASSERT_EQ(r, 0, "loader retval"))
goto free_blob;
@@ -661,7 +532,7 @@ static void metadata_ctx_initial_value_ignored(void)
memcpy(blob, gopts.data, data_sz);
r = run_gen_loader(gopts.insns, gopts.insns_sz, blob, data_sz,
- excl, sizeof(excl), NULL, 0, true, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
+ excl, sizeof(excl), NULL, 0, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
if (!ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran") ||
!ASSERT_EQ(r, 0, "loader retval"))
goto free_blob;
@@ -714,6 +585,7 @@ static void signature_authenticates_insns(void)
__u8 excl[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH], sig[8192];
__u32 sig_sz = sizeof(sig), insns_sz, data_sz, ctx_sz;
unsigned char *insns = NULL, *tampered = NULL, *blob = NULL;
+ unsigned char *signbuf = NULL;
int nr_maps = 0, nr_progs = 0, r;
struct bpf_program *p;
struct bpf_map *m;
@@ -760,13 +632,19 @@ static void signature_authenticates_insns(void)
memcpy(blob, gopts.data, data_sz);
libbpf_sha256(insns, insns_sz, excl);
- if (!ASSERT_OK(sign_buf(dir, insns, insns_sz, sig, &sig_sz), "sign-file"))
+ signbuf = malloc((size_t)insns_sz + data_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(signbuf, "signbuf"))
+ goto cleanup;
+ memcpy(signbuf, insns, insns_sz);
+ memcpy(signbuf + insns_sz, blob, data_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(sign_buf(dir, signbuf, insns_sz + data_sz, sig, &sig_sz),
+ "sign-file"))
goto cleanup;
memset(ctx, 0, ctx_sz);
((struct bpf_loader_ctx *)ctx)->sz = ctx_sz;
r = run_gen_loader(insns, insns_sz, blob, data_sz, excl, sizeof(excl),
- sig, sig_sz, true, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
+ sig, sig_sz, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "valid signature: loader loaded and ran");
ASSERT_EQ(r, 0, "valid signature accepted");
close_loader_ctx_fds(ctx, nr_maps, nr_progs);
@@ -776,13 +654,14 @@ static void signature_authenticates_insns(void)
memset(ctx, 0, ctx_sz);
((struct bpf_loader_ctx *)ctx)->sz = ctx_sz;
r = run_gen_loader(tampered, insns_sz, blob, data_sz, excl, sizeof(excl),
- sig, sig_sz, true, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
+ sig, sig_sz, ctx, ctx_sz, &ran);
ASSERT_FALSE(ran, "tampered loader rejected before run");
ASSERT_EQ(r, -EKEYREJECTED, "signature is bound to the instructions");
cleanup:
free(insns);
free(tampered);
free(blob);
+ free(signbuf);
free(ctx);
test_signed_loader__destroy(skel);
run_setup("cleanup", dir);
@@ -1007,10 +886,11 @@ static void lsm_signature_verdict(void)
{
char dir_tmpl[] = "/tmp/signed_loader_lsmXXXXXX", *dir = NULL;
struct test_signed_loader_lsm *lsm = NULL;
+ __u32 sig_sz = 8192, msig_sz = 8192;
int map_fd = -1, prog_fd = -1;
bool have_fixture = false;
struct gen_loader_fixture f;
- __u32 sig_sz = 8192;
+ unsigned char *buf;
__s32 ses_serial;
__u8 sig[8192];
@@ -1029,7 +909,7 @@ static void lsm_signature_verdict(void)
if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(map_fd, "meta_map_unsigned"))
goto out;
lsm->bss->seen = 0;
- prog_fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, map_fd, NULL, 0, 0);
+ prog_fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, map_fd, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
close(map_fd);
map_fd = -1;
if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(prog_fd, "unsigned loader load"))
@@ -1062,22 +942,51 @@ static void lsm_signature_verdict(void)
goto out;
lsm->bss->seen = 0;
prog_fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, map_fd, sig,
- sig_sz, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING);
+ sig_sz, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 0);
close(map_fd);
map_fd = -1;
- if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(prog_fd, "signed loader load"))
- goto out;
- close(prog_fd);
+ ASSERT_EQ(prog_fd, -EACCES, "unfolded metadata rejected");
+ if (prog_fd >= 0)
+ close(prog_fd);
prog_fd = -1;
ses_serial = syscall(__NR_keyctl, KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID,
KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 0);
ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->seen, 1, "signed: one observed load");
- ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->sig_verdict, BPF_SIG_VERIFIED, "signed verdict");
+ ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->sig_verdict, BPF_SIG_VERIFIED,
+ "admission saw a valid signature");
ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->sig_keyring_type, BPF_SIG_KEYRING_USER, "signed keyring type");
ASSERT_GT(ses_serial, 0, "session keyring serial resolved");
ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->sig_keyring_serial, ses_serial,
"signed: validated against session keyring");
+
+ buf = malloc((size_t)f.gopts.insns_sz + f.data_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(buf, "meta_signbuf"))
+ goto out;
+ memcpy(buf, f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz);
+ memcpy(buf + f.gopts.insns_sz, f.blob, f.data_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(sign_buf(dir, buf, f.gopts.insns_sz + f.data_sz,
+ sig, &msig_sz), "sign insns||metadata")) {
+ free(buf);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ free(buf);
+
+ map_fd = setup_meta_map(&f);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(map_fd, "meta_map_bound"))
+ goto out;
+ lsm->bss->seen = 0;
+ prog_fd = load_loader(f.gopts.insns, f.gopts.insns_sz, map_fd, sig,
+ msig_sz, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, 1);
+ close(map_fd);
+ map_fd = -1;
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(prog_fd, "metadata-bound loader load"))
+ goto out;
+ close(prog_fd);
+ prog_fd = -1;
+ ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->seen, 1, "metadata: one observed load");
+ ASSERT_EQ(lsm->bss->sig_verdict, BPF_SIG_VERIFIED,
+ "metadata-bound verdict");
out:
if (map_fd >= 0)
close(map_fd);
@@ -1090,20 +999,199 @@ static void lsm_signature_verdict(void)
test_signed_loader_lsm__destroy(lsm);
}
+/*
+ * Load-time metadata verification: the kernel folds the frozen metadata map
+ * into the signature (insns || metadata) and checks it at BPF_PROG_LOAD via
+ * fd_array_cnt, rather than the loader checking from within BPF. Sign that
+ * concatenation, hand the kernel the map, and confirm the signed loader loads,
+ * runs, and installs its target.
+ */
+static int loadtime_drive(const char *dir, const void *insns, __u32 insns_sz,
+ const void *data, __u32 data_sz, const __u8 *excl,
+ void *ctx, __u32 ctx_sz, int *load_ret, bool *ran)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, mopts,
+ .excl_prog_hash = excl,
+ .excl_prog_hash_size = SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH);
+ __u32 sig_sz = 8192, key = 0;
+ unsigned char *buf = NULL;
+ int map_fd, prog_fd, ret = 0;
+ union bpf_attr attr;
+ __u8 sig[8192];
+
+ *ran = false;
+ *load_ret = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Metadata map, bound to the loader digest and frozen, exactly as
+ * skel_internal.h's bpf_load_and_run() sets it up.
+ */
+ map_fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, "__loader.map", 4,
+ data_sz, 1, &mopts);
+ if (map_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ if (bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &key, data, 0) || bpf_map_freeze(map_fd)) {
+ ret = -errno;
+ goto out_map;
+ }
+
+ /* Sign insns || metadata, the same bytes the kernel reconstructs. */
+ buf = malloc((size_t)insns_sz + data_sz);
+ if (!buf) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_map;
+ }
+ memcpy(buf, insns, insns_sz);
+ memcpy(buf + insns_sz, data, data_sz);
+ ret = sign_buf(dir, buf, insns_sz + data_sz, sig, &sig_sz);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_map;
+
+ memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+ attr.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL;
+ attr.insns = ptr_to_u64(insns);
+ attr.insn_cnt = insns_sz / sizeof(struct bpf_insn);
+ attr.license = ptr_to_u64("Dual BSD/GPL");
+ attr.prog_flags = BPF_F_SLEEPABLE;
+ attr.fd_array = ptr_to_u64(&map_fd);
+ attr.signature = ptr_to_u64(sig);
+ attr.signature_size = sig_sz;
+ attr.keyring_id = KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING;
+ attr.fd_array_cnt = 1;
+ memcpy(attr.prog_name, "__loader.prog", sizeof("__loader.prog"));
+ prog_fd = syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr,
+ offsetofend(union bpf_attr, keyring_id));
+ if (prog_fd < 0) {
+ *load_ret = -errno;
+ ret = -errno;
+ goto out_map;
+ }
+
+ memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+ attr.test.prog_fd = prog_fd;
+ attr.test.ctx_in = ptr_to_u64(ctx);
+ attr.test.ctx_size_in = ctx_sz;
+ if (syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_RUN, &attr,
+ offsetofend(union bpf_attr, test)) < 0) {
+ ret = -errno;
+ goto out_prog;
+ }
+ *ran = true;
+ ret = (int)attr.test.retval;
+out_prog:
+ close(prog_fd);
+out_map:
+ free(buf);
+ close(map_fd);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void loadtime_verify(struct bpf_object *obj, int expect_maps)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(gen_loader_opts, gopts, .gen_hash = true);
+ char dir_tmpl[] = "/tmp/signed_loader_ltXXXXXX", *dir = NULL;
+ int nr_maps = 0, nr_progs = 0, load_ret = 0, r;
+ __u8 excl[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];
+ struct bpf_prog_desc *pd;
+ struct bpf_map_desc *md;
+ unsigned char *blob = NULL;
+ struct bpf_program *p;
+ struct bpf_map *m;
+ __u32 ctx_sz, data_sz;
+ void *ctx = NULL;
+ bool ran = false;
+
+ syscall(__NR_request_key, "keyring", "_uid.0", NULL,
+ KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING);
+ dir = mkdtemp(dir_tmpl);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(dir, "mkdtemp"))
+ return;
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(run_setup("setup", dir), "verify_sig_setup")) {
+ rmdir(dir);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(bpf_object__gen_loader(obj, &gopts), "gen_loader"))
+ goto out;
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(bpf_object__load(obj), "gen_load"))
+ goto out;
+
+ bpf_object__for_each_program(p, obj)
+ nr_progs++;
+ bpf_object__for_each_map(m, obj)
+ nr_maps++;
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(nr_maps, expect_maps, "fixture map count"))
+ goto out;
+
+ ctx_sz = sizeof(struct bpf_loader_ctx) +
+ nr_maps * sizeof(struct bpf_map_desc) +
+ nr_progs * sizeof(struct bpf_prog_desc);
+ ctx = calloc(1, ctx_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(ctx, "ctx_alloc"))
+ goto out;
+ ((struct bpf_loader_ctx *)ctx)->sz = ctx_sz;
+
+ data_sz = gopts.data_sz;
+ blob = malloc(data_sz);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(blob, "blob_alloc"))
+ goto out;
+ memcpy(blob, gopts.data, data_sz);
+
+ /* excl_prog_hash = SHA256(loader insns) == the loader's prog->digest. */
+ libbpf_sha256(gopts.insns, gopts.insns_sz, excl);
+
+ r = loadtime_drive(dir, gopts.insns, gopts.insns_sz, blob, data_sz,
+ excl, ctx, ctx_sz, &load_ret, &ran);
+ ASSERT_OK(load_ret, "signed loader loaded (insns || metadata)");
+ ASSERT_TRUE(ran, "loader ran");
+ ASSERT_EQ(r, 0, "loader installed its target");
+
+ md = (struct bpf_map_desc *)((char *)ctx + sizeof(struct bpf_loader_ctx));
+ pd = (struct bpf_prog_desc *)(md + nr_maps);
+ ASSERT_GT(pd[0].prog_fd, 0, "target program installed");
+ if (nr_maps)
+ ASSERT_GT(md[0].map_fd, 0, "target map installed");
+
+ close_loader_ctx_fds(ctx, nr_maps, nr_progs);
+out:
+ free(blob);
+ free(ctx);
+ if (dir)
+ run_setup("cleanup", dir);
+}
+
+static void loadtime_no_map(void)
+{
+ struct test_signed_loader *skel = test_signed_loader__open();
+
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_open"))
+ return;
+ loadtime_verify(skel->obj, 0);
+ test_signed_loader__destroy(skel);
+}
+
+static void loadtime_with_map(void)
+{
+ struct test_signed_loader_map *skel = test_signed_loader_map__open();
+
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_open"))
+ return;
+ loadtime_verify(skel->obj, 1);
+ test_signed_loader_map__destroy(skel);
+}
+
void test_signed_loader(void)
{
- if (test__start_subtest("metadata_check_shape"))
- metadata_check_shape();
+ if (test__start_subtest("loadtime_no_map"))
+ loadtime_no_map();
+ if (test__start_subtest("loadtime_with_map"))
+ loadtime_with_map();
if (test__start_subtest("metadata_match"))
metadata_match();
- if (test__start_subtest("metadata_sha_mismatch"))
- metadata_sha_mismatch();
- if (test__start_subtest("metadata_not_exclusive"))
- metadata_not_exclusive();
- if (test__start_subtest("metadata_hash_not_computed"))
- metadata_hash_not_computed();
if (test__start_subtest("signature_enforced"))
signature_enforced();
+ if (test__start_subtest("signed_nonexcl_fd_array_rejected"))
+ signed_nonexcl_fd_array_rejected();
if (test__start_subtest("signature_too_large"))
signature_too_large();
if (test__start_subtest("signature_bad_keyring"))
--
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2026-06-10 23:03 [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] Verify BPF signed loader at load time Daniel Borkmann
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