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filter: add a security check at install time
We added some security checks in commit 57fe93b (filter: make sure filters dont read uninitialized memory) to close a potential leak of kernel information to user. This added a potential extra cost at run time, while we can perform a check of the filter itself, to make sure a malicious user doesnt try to abuse us. This patch adds a check_loads() function, whole unique purpose is to make this check, allocating a temporary array of mask. We scan the filter and propagate a bitmask information, telling us if a load M(K) is allowed because a previous store M(K) is guaranteed. (So that sk_run_filter() can possibly not read unitialized memory) Note: this can uncover application bug, denying a filter attach, previously allowed. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com> Cc: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> Acked-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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