From: Rongguang Wei <clementwei90@163.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, jasowangio@gmail.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
Rongguang Wei <weirongguang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net v7 1/2] tun: keep a kernel copy of the socket filter program
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:22:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023092239.186665-2-clementwei90@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023092239.186665-1-clementwei90@163.com>
From: Rongguang Wei <weirongguang@kylinos.cn>
TUNATTACHFILTER copies only the sock_fprog header, so tun->fprog.filter
stays a pointer into the address space of the process that issued the
ioctl. tun_attach() reads it again whenever a queue is attached to the
persistent device later on.
Rebuilding the filter from that pointer is not reliable. With the inverted
check below, a failure of the attach was not fatal: -EFAULT for an unmapped
address, -EINVAL for bytes that are not a valid classic BPF program, -EPERM
for a locked filter and -ENOMEM all ended up in "err = 0" for a new tfile,
so the queue was attached without a filter. And when the read succeeded,
the early return meant the queue was never published at all.
Keep the program in the kernel instead: tun->fprog_kern holds the
instructions, and each queue gets its own program built from it with the
new sk_attach_filter_kern(), the kernel memory counterpart of
sk_attach_filter(). The copy is freed when the filter is detached or
replaced and with the device, and tun->fprog is left untouched so
TUNGETFILTER keeps its uapi behaviour.
Also fix the inverted check, which made tun_attach() return early when
sk_attach_filter_kern() succeeded instead of when it failed. Neither change
works on its own: with only the kernel copy, every re-attach returns 0
without publishing the queue; with only the check fixed, a re-attach that
used to succeed without installing a filter would start to fail.
sk_attach_filter_kern() builds the program with bpf_prog_create(), which
does not keep an original program, so SO_GET_FILTER returns -EACCES and
sock_diag omits the filter for sockets that use it. tun sockets are not
exposed as file descriptors, so this is not user visible.
The header and the instructions are checked in tun_copy_filter() before
anything is replaced: a TUNATTACHFILTER that no verifier would accept now
fails early and leaves the previously attached filter in place. The
instructions are verified with the new bpf_prog_validate_classic(), which
runs the same checks as bpf_prog_create() on the copied program. Before
this series the check only happened per queue in tun_attach_filter(),
which never ran when no queue was attached, so an invalid program could be
stored; with the corrected error check, every later attach of such a
program would then fail with -EINVAL.
The inverted check was discovered by manual code inspection first, and the
review of v1 reported the other things.
Fixes: 54f968d6efdb ("tuntap: move socket to tun_file")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179027275318.2160803.4185895144088175048@kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Rongguang Wei <weirongguang@kylinos.cn>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
include/linux/filter.h | 2 ++
net/core/filter.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 242899f7fd071..e7d9f4480a89f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ struct tun_struct {
int sndbuf;
struct tap_filter txflt;
struct sock_fprog fprog;
+ struct sock_fprog_kern fprog_kern;
/* protected by rtnl lock */
bool filter_attached;
u32 msg_enable;
@@ -722,12 +723,61 @@ static void tun_force_wake_queue(struct tun_struct *tun,
spin_unlock_bh(&tfile->tx_ring.consumer_lock);
}
+/* Copy the filter that @argp points at into the kernel, so that it can be
+ * installed again later, independent of the ioctl caller's address space.
+ * tun->fprog and tun->fprog_kern are updated only once the copy succeeded.
+ */
+static int tun_copy_filter(struct tun_struct *tun, struct sock_fprog __user *argp)
+{
+ struct sock_fprog fprog;
+ struct sock_filter *insns;
+ int err;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&fprog, argp, sizeof(fprog)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ if (!fprog.len || fprog.len > BPF_MAXINSNS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ insns = kmalloc_array(fprog.len, sizeof(struct sock_filter),
+ GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (!insns)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(insns, fprog.filter,
+ fprog.len * sizeof(struct sock_filter))) {
+ kfree(insns);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+
+ /* The instructions are only verified when a program is built from
+ * them, which tun_attach_filter() does once per attached queue.
+ * Check them here as well: with no queue attached that would not
+ * happen at all, and, now that tun_attach() treats that error as
+ * fatal, every later attach would fail with -EINVAL instead of
+ * rejecting the program now.
+ */
+ err = bpf_prog_validate_classic(insns, fprog.len);
+ if (err) {
+ kfree(insns);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ kfree(tun->fprog_kern.filter);
+ tun->fprog_kern.len = fprog.len;
+ tun->fprog_kern.filter = insns;
+ tun->fprog = fprog;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file,
bool skip_filter, bool napi, bool napi_frags,
bool publish_tun)
{
struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
struct net_device *dev = tun->dev;
+ bool rollback_filter = false;
int err;
err = security_tun_dev_attach(tfile->socket.sk, tun->security);
@@ -752,10 +802,11 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file,
/* Re-attach the filter to persist device */
if (!skip_filter && (tun->filter_attached == true)) {
lock_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
- err = sk_attach_filter(&tun->fprog, tfile->socket.sk);
+ err = sk_attach_filter_kern(&tun->fprog_kern, tfile->socket.sk);
release_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
- if (!err)
+ if (err)
goto out;
+ rollback_filter = true;
}
if (!tfile->detached &&
@@ -817,6 +868,17 @@ static int tun_attach(struct tun_struct *tun, struct file *file,
WRITE_ONCE(tun->numqueues, tun->numqueues + 1);
tun_set_real_num_queues(tun);
out:
+ if (err && rollback_filter) {
+ /* The filter was installed before the rest of the attach
+ * ran, so drop it again if a later step failed. The
+ * program it replaced is already gone: this leaves the
+ * queue without a filter rather than restoring the
+ * previous one. Best effort, the filter may be locked.
+ */
+ lock_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
+ sk_detach_filter(tfile->socket.sk);
+ release_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
+ }
return err;
}
@@ -2400,6 +2462,7 @@ static void tun_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
security_tun_dev_free_security(tun->security);
__tun_set_ebpf(tun, &tun->steering_prog, NULL);
__tun_set_ebpf(tun, &tun->filter_prog, NULL);
+ kfree(tun->fprog_kern.filter);
}
static void tun_setup(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -3064,6 +3127,9 @@ static void tun_detach_filter(struct tun_struct *tun, int n)
release_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
}
+ kfree(tun->fprog_kern.filter);
+ tun->fprog_kern.filter = NULL;
+ tun->fprog_kern.len = 0;
tun->filter_attached = false;
}
@@ -3075,7 +3141,7 @@ static int tun_attach_filter(struct tun_struct *tun)
for (i = 0; i < tun->numqueues; i++) {
tfile = rtnl_dereference(tun->tfiles[i]);
lock_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
- ret = sk_attach_filter(&tun->fprog, tfile->socket.sk);
+ ret = sk_attach_filter_kern(&tun->fprog_kern, tfile->socket.sk);
release_sock(tfile->socket.sk);
if (ret) {
tun_detach_filter(tun, i);
@@ -3423,8 +3489,8 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
ret = -EINVAL;
if ((tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) != IFF_TAP)
break;
- ret = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_from_user(&tun->fprog, argp, sizeof(tun->fprog)))
+ ret = tun_copy_filter(tun, argp);
+ if (ret)
break;
ret = tun_attach_filter(tun);
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 39decde7fc730..e6f8506de3e2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1216,8 +1216,10 @@ int bpf_prog_create(struct bpf_prog **pfp, struct sock_fprog_kern *fprog);
int bpf_prog_create_from_user(struct bpf_prog **pfp, struct sock_fprog *fprog,
bpf_aux_classic_check_t trans, bool save_orig);
void bpf_prog_destroy(struct bpf_prog *fp);
+int bpf_prog_validate_classic(const struct sock_filter *insns, unsigned int len);
int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk);
+int sk_attach_filter_kern(struct sock_fprog_kern *fprog, struct sock *sk);
int sk_attach_bpf(u32 ufd, struct sock *sk);
int sk_reuseport_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk);
int sk_reuseport_attach_bpf(u32 ufd, struct sock *sk);
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 70dc621672f2e..bcc7906353fef 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,27 @@ void bpf_prog_destroy(struct bpf_prog *fp)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_prog_destroy);
+/**
+ * bpf_prog_validate_classic - verify a classic BPF program in kernel memory
+ * @insns: instruction array
+ * @len: number of instructions in @insns
+ *
+ * Run the same checks that bpf_prog_create() performs on a classic BPF
+ * program, without allocating a struct bpf_prog. Callers that already hold
+ * the instructions in kernel memory can use this to reject a program when it
+ * is configured instead of when it is attached to a socket.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if the program is valid, otherwise -EINVAL.
+ */
+int bpf_prog_validate_classic(const struct sock_filter *insns, unsigned int len)
+{
+ if (!bpf_check_basics_ok(insns, len))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return bpf_check_classic(insns, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_prog_validate_classic);
+
static int __sk_attach_prog(struct bpf_prog *prog, struct sock *sk)
{
struct sk_filter *fp, *old_fp;
@@ -1567,6 +1588,47 @@ int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_attach_filter);
+/**
+ * sk_attach_filter_kern - attach a classic BPF filter held in kernel memory
+ * @fprog: program to attach, with @fprog->filter pointing at kernel memory
+ * @sk: socket to attach the filter to
+ *
+ * Attach a copy of a classic BPF program that the kernel already holds, the
+ * way sk_attach_filter() does for one that still lives in user space. The
+ * caller must hold the socket lock; SOCK_FILTER_LOCKED is checked here.
+ *
+ * The program is built by bpf_prog_create(), which does not keep an original
+ * copy of the instructions, so sk_get_filter() returns -EACCES and sock_diag
+ * omits the filter for a socket that uses this helper.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, or a negative errno: -EPERM if @sk has
+ * SOCK_FILTER_LOCKED set, otherwise whatever bpf_prog_create() or
+ * __sk_attach_prog() returned (for example -EINVAL for an invalid classic
+ * BPF program, -ENOMEM, or -ENOTSUPP when a JIT is required but is not
+ * available).
+ */
+int sk_attach_filter_kern(struct sock_fprog_kern *fprog, struct sock *sk)
+{
+ struct bpf_prog *prog;
+ int err;
+
+ if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_FILTER_LOCKED))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ err = bpf_prog_create(&prog, fprog);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = __sk_attach_prog(prog, sk);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ __bpf_prog_release(prog);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_attach_filter_kern);
+
int sk_reuseport_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk)
{
struct bpf_prog *prog = __get_filter(fprog, sk);
--
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 9:22 [PATCH net v7 0/2] tun: fix re-attaching the socket filter Rongguang Wei
2026-10-23 9:22 ` Rongguang Wei [this message]
2026-10-23 22:21 ` [PATCH net v7 1/2] tun: keep a kernel copy of the socket filter program Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-27 10:09 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-27 14:05 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-23 9:22 ` [PATCH net v7 2/2] selftests: net: add TAP socket filter attach tests Rongguang Wei
2026-10-23 22:22 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-27 10:09 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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