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[89.40.234.69]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-b07c6110c27sm1027530466b.66.2025.09.16.14.52.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:52:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jiri Olsa X-Google-Original-From: Jiri Olsa Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:52:11 +0200 To: Andrii Nakryiko Cc: Oleg Nesterov , Masami Hiramatsu , Peter Zijlstra , Andrii Nakryiko , bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Song Liu , Yonghong Song , John Fastabend , Hao Luo , Steven Rostedt , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 perf/core 1/6] bpf: Allow uprobe program to change context registers Message-ID: References: <20250909123857.315599-1-jolsa@kernel.org> <20250909123857.315599-2-jolsa@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 12:41:36PM -0400, Andrii Nakryiko wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM Jiri Olsa wrote: > > > > Currently uprobe (BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) program can't write to the > > context registers data. While this makes sense for kprobe attachments, > > for uprobe attachment it might make sense to be able to change user > > space registers to alter application execution. > > > > Since uprobe and kprobe programs share the same type (BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE), > > we can't deny write access to context during the program load. We need > > to check on it during program attachment to see if it's going to be > > kprobe or uprobe. > > > > Storing the program's write attempt to context and checking on it > > during the attachment. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa > > --- > > include/linux/bpf.h | 1 + > > kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++++ > > kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 7 +++++-- > > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h > > index cc700925b802..404a30cde84e 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/bpf.h > > +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h > > @@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux { > > bool priv_stack_requested; > > bool changes_pkt_data; > > bool might_sleep; > > + bool kprobe_write_ctx; > > u64 prog_array_member_cnt; /* counts how many times as member of prog_array */ > > struct mutex ext_mutex; /* mutex for is_extended and prog_array_member_cnt */ > > struct bpf_arena *arena; > > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c > > index 28de3baff792..c3f37b266fc4 100644 > > --- a/kernel/events/core.c > > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c > > @@ -11238,6 +11238,10 @@ static int __perf_event_set_bpf_prog(struct perf_event *event, > > if (prog->kprobe_override && !is_kprobe) > > return -EINVAL; > > > > + /* Writing to context allowed only for uprobes. */ > > + if (prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx && !is_uprobe) > > + return -EINVAL; > > + > > if (is_tracepoint || is_syscall_tp) { > > int off = trace_event_get_offsets(event->tp_event); > > > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c > > index 3ae52978cae6..dfb19e773afa 100644 > > --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c > > +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c > > @@ -1521,8 +1521,6 @@ static bool kprobe_prog_is_valid_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type > > { > > if (off < 0 || off >= sizeof(struct pt_regs)) > > return false; > > - if (type != BPF_READ) > > - return false; > > if (off % size != 0) > > return false; > > /* > > @@ -1532,6 +1530,7 @@ static bool kprobe_prog_is_valid_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type > > if (off + size > sizeof(struct pt_regs)) > > return false; > > > > + prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx |= type == BPF_WRITE; > > nit: minor preference for > > if (type == BPF_WRITE) > prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx = true; ok, will change jirka > > > > return true; > > } > > > > @@ -2913,6 +2912,10 @@ int bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *pr > > if (!is_kprobe_multi(prog)) > > return -EINVAL; > > > > + /* Writing to context is not allowed for kprobes. */ > > + if (prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx) > > + return -EINVAL; > > + > > flags = attr->link_create.kprobe_multi.flags; > > if (flags & ~BPF_F_KPROBE_MULTI_RETURN) > > return -EINVAL; > > -- > > 2.51.0 > >