From: Blaise Boscaccy <bboscaccy@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] hornet: adjustments for the updated bpf_map_ops::map_get_hash() API
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:50:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ldcwyb54.fsf@microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602183658.161744-2-paul@paul-moore.com>
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> writes:
> Commit c48c3a7e7d5b ("bpf: Drop redundant hash_buf from map_get_hash
> operation") changed the map_get_hash() API to only take a single
> parameter, the bpf_map instance; this commit updates the Hornet code
> accordingly.
>
> Beyond the basic map_get_hash() usage change, this commit also removes
> the remaining SHA-256 specific code from Hornet, instead relying on the
> size of the bpf_map::sha field to determine the appropriate digest size.
> While Hornet remains tied to SHA-256 because it is hardcoded into the
> BPF subsystem, the Hornet code itself should now be fairly agile with
> respect to hash algorithms. The only area where Hornet does appear to
> hardcode a hash algorithm is in the MAP_DIGEST_SIZE macro where the
> bpf_map::sha field is referenced, but that is purely a field name and
> if the BPF subsystem changes the name to something more generic it will
> be easily caught and corrected at build time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
> ---
> security/hornet/hornet_lsm.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/hornet/hornet_lsm.c b/security/hornet/hornet_lsm.c
> index eeb422db1092..a1cb2e130323 100644
> --- a/security/hornet/hornet_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/hornet/hornet_lsm.c
> @@ -17,16 +17,17 @@
> #include <linux/sort.h>
> #include <linux/asn1_decoder.h>
> #include <linux/oid_registry.h>
> +#include <linux/stddef.h>
> #include "hornet.asn1.h"
>
> #define MAX_USED_MAPS 64
>
> -/* The only hashing algorithm available is SHA256 due to it be hardcoded
> - * in the bpf subsystem.
> - */
> +/* Use the hash alg hardcoded into the bpf subsystem, currently sha256 */
> +#define MAP_DIGEST_SIZE (sizeof_field(struct bpf_map, sha))
> +
> struct hornet_prog_security_struct {
> int signed_hash_count;
> - unsigned char signed_hashes[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE * MAX_USED_MAPS];
> + unsigned char signed_hashes[MAP_DIGEST_SIZE * MAX_USED_MAPS];
> };
>
> struct hornet_parse_context {
> @@ -60,12 +61,12 @@ int hornet_map_hash(void *context, size_t hdrlen,
> {
> struct hornet_parse_context *ctx = (struct hornet_parse_context *)context;
>
> - if (vlen != SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE && vlen != 0)
> + if (vlen != MAP_DIGEST_SIZE && vlen != 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> if (ctx->security->signed_hash_count >= MAX_USED_MAPS)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - memcpy(&ctx->security->signed_hashes[ctx->security->signed_hash_count * SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE],
> + memcpy(&ctx->security->signed_hashes[ctx->security->signed_hash_count * MAP_DIGEST_SIZE],
> value, vlen);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -188,7 +189,6 @@ static int hornet_bpf_prog_load_integrity(struct bpf_prog *prog, union bpf_attr
> static int hornet_check_prog_maps(struct bpf_prog *prog)
> {
> struct hornet_prog_security_struct *security;
> - unsigned char hash[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
> struct bpf_map *map;
> int i, j;
> bool found;
> @@ -209,12 +209,12 @@ static int hornet_check_prog_maps(struct bpf_prog *prog)
> if (!READ_ONCE(map->frozen) || !map->ops->map_get_hash)
> continue;
>
> - if (map->ops->map_get_hash(map, SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE, hash))
> + if (map->ops->map_get_hash(map))
> continue;
>
> - if (memcmp(hash,
> - &security->signed_hashes[i * SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE],
> - SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE) == 0) {
> + if (memcmp(map->sha,
> + &security->signed_hashes[i * MAP_DIGEST_SIZE],
> + MAP_DIGEST_SIZE) == 0) {
> found = true;
> break;
> }
> --
> 2.54.0
Acked-by: Blaise Boscaccy <bboscaccy@linux.microsoft.com>
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2026-06-02 18:36 [RFC PATCH] hornet: adjustments for the updated bpf_map_ops::map_get_hash() API Paul Moore
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