bpf: Add a ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR argument type

This type provides the guarantee that an argument is going to be a const
pointer to somewhere in a read-only map value. It also checks that this
pointer is followed by a zero character before the end of the map value.

Signed-off-by: Florent Revest <revest@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210419155243.1632274-3-revest@chromium.org

include/linux/bpf.h

@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
 	ARG_PTR_TO_PERCPU_BTF_ID,	/* pointer to in-kernel percpu type */
 	ARG_PTR_TO_FUNC,	/* pointer to a bpf program function */
 	ARG_PTR_TO_STACK_OR_NULL,	/* pointer to stack or NULL */
+	ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR,	/* pointer to a null terminated read-only string */
 	__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX,
 };
 

kernel/bpf/verifier.c

@@ -4787,6 +4787,7 @@ static const struct bpf_reg_types spin_lock_types = { .types = { PTR_TO_MAP_VALU
 static const struct bpf_reg_types percpu_btf_ptr_types = { .types = { PTR_TO_PERCPU_BTF_ID } };
 static const struct bpf_reg_types func_ptr_types = { .types = { PTR_TO_FUNC } };
 static const struct bpf_reg_types stack_ptr_types = { .types = { PTR_TO_STACK } };
+static const struct bpf_reg_types const_str_ptr_types = { .types = { PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE } };
 
 static const struct bpf_reg_types *compatible_reg_types[__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX] = {
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY]		= &map_key_value_types,
@@ -4817,6 +4818,7 @@ static const struct bpf_reg_types *compatible_reg_types[__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX] = {
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_PERCPU_BTF_ID]	= &percpu_btf_ptr_types,
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_FUNC]		= &func_ptr_types,
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_STACK_OR_NULL]	= &stack_ptr_types,
+	[ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR]		= &const_str_ptr_types,
 };
 
 static int check_reg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno,
@@ -5067,6 +5069,45 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		err = check_ptr_alignment(env, reg, 0, size, true);
+	} else if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR) {
+		struct bpf_map *map = reg->map_ptr;
+		int map_off;
+		u64 map_addr;
+		char *str_ptr;
+
+		if (reg->type != PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE || !map ||
+		    !bpf_map_is_rdonly(map)) {
+			verbose(env, "R%d does not point to a readonly map'\n", regno);
+			return -EACCES;
+		}
+
+		if (!tnum_is_const(reg->var_off)) {
+			verbose(env, "R%d is not a constant address'\n", regno);
+			return -EACCES;
+		}
+
+		if (!map->ops->map_direct_value_addr) {
+			verbose(env, "no direct value access support for this map type\n");
+			return -EACCES;
+		}
+
+		err = check_map_access(env, regno, reg->off,
+				       map->value_size - reg->off, false);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		map_off = reg->off + reg->var_off.value;
+		err = map->ops->map_direct_value_addr(map, &map_addr, map_off);
+		if (err) {
+			verbose(env, "direct value access on string failed\n");
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		str_ptr = (char *)(long)(map_addr);
+		if (!strnchr(str_ptr + map_off, map->value_size - map_off, 0)) {
+			verbose(env, "string is not zero-terminated\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return err;