RE: [PATCH 1/6] bpf: Allow ctx access for pointers to scalar

[John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>]

Jiri Olsa wrote:
> When accessing the context we allow access to arguments with
> scalar type and pointer to struct. But we omit pointer to scalar
> type, which is the case for many functions and same case as
> when accessing scalar.
> 
> Adding the check if the pointer is to scalar type and allow it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/btf.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> index 832b5d7fd892..207ae554e0ce 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
>  		    const struct bpf_prog *prog,
>  		    struct bpf_insn_access_aux *info)
>  {
> -	const struct btf_type *t = prog->aux->attach_func_proto;
> +	const struct btf_type *tp, *t = prog->aux->attach_func_proto;
>  	struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog = prog->aux->linked_prog;
>  	struct btf *btf = bpf_prog_get_target_btf(prog);
>  	const char *tname = prog->aux->attach_func_name;
> @@ -3730,6 +3730,17 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
>  		 */
>  		return true;
>  
> +	tp = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type);
> +	/* skip modifiers */
> +	while (btf_type_is_modifier(tp))
> +		tp = btf_type_by_id(btf, tp->type);
> +
> +	if (btf_type_is_int(tp) || btf_type_is_enum(tp))
> +		/* This is a pointer scalar.
> +		 * It is the same as scalar from the verifier safety pov.
> +		 */
> +		return true;
> +
>  	/* this is a pointer to another type */
>  	info->reg_type = PTR_TO_BTF_ID;
>  

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>