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Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/12] bpf: rewrite value tracking in verifier

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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 02:46:16 +0200

> On 08/07/2017 04:21 PM, Edward Cree wrote:
>> This series simplifies alignment tracking, generalises bounds tracking
>> and
>>   fixes some bounds-tracking bugs in the BPF verifier.  Pointer
>>   arithmetic on
>>   packet pointers, stack pointers, map value pointers and context
>>   pointers has
>>   been unified, and bounds on these pointers are only checked when the
>>   pointer
>>   is dereferenced.
>> Operations on pointers which destroy all relation to the original
>> pointer
>>   (such as multiplies and shifts) are disallowed if
>>   !env->allow_ptr_leaks,
>>   otherwise they convert the pointer to an unknown scalar and feed it to
>>   the
>>   normal scalar arithmetic handling.
>> Pointer types have been unified with the corresponding
>> adjusted-pointer types
>>   where those existed (e.g. PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE[_ADJ] or FRAME_PTR vs
>>   PTR_TO_STACK); similarly, CONST_IMM and UNKNOWN_VALUE have been
>>   unified into
>>   SCALAR_VALUE.
>> Pointer types (except CONST_PTR_TO_MAP, PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL and
>>   PTR_TO_PACKET_END, which do not allow arithmetic) have a 'fixed
>>   offset' and
>>   a 'variable offset'; the former is used when e.g. adding an immediate
>>   or a
>>   known-constant register, as long as it does not overflow.  Otherwise
>>   the
>>   latter is used, and any operation creating a new variable offset
>>   creates a
>>   new 'id' (and, for PTR_TO_PACKET, clears the 'range').
>> SCALAR_VALUEs use the 'variable offset' fields to track the range of
>> possible
>>   values; the 'fixed offset' should never be set on a scalar.
> 
> Been testing and reviewing the series over the last several days,
> looks
> reasonable to me as far as I can tell. Thanks for all the hard work on
> unifying this, Edward!
> 
> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

Series applied, thanks everyone!

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[PATCH v5 net-next 00/12] bpf: rewrite value tracking in verifier Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 07/12] selftests/bpf: add test for bogus  operations on pointers Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 03/12] bpf/verifier: more concise register state  logs for constant var_off Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 05/12] selftests/bpf: rewrite test_align Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 06/12] selftests/bpf: add a test to test_align Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 08/12] selftests/bpf: don't try to access past  MAX_PACKET_OFF in test_verifier Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 04/12] selftests/bpf: change test_verifier  expectations Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 09/12] selftests/bpf: add tests for subtraction &  negative numbers Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:30 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 11/12] Documentation: describe the new eBPF  verifier value tracking behaviour Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 12/12] bpf/verifier: increase complexity limit to  128k Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:40 +0200
  [PATCH v5 net-next 10/12] selftests/bpf: variable offset negative  tests Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-08-07 16:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/12] bpf: rewrite value tracking in verifier Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2017-08-08 02:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 00/12] bpf: rewrite value tracking in  verifier David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-08-09 03:00 +0200

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