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To: tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com,bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,linux-mm@kvack.org,linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,brauner@kernel.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org,david@kernel.org,ast@kernel.org,daniel@iogearbox.net,andrii@kernel.org,eddyz87@gmail.com,memxor@gmail.com,kpsingh@kernel.org,matt@bobrowski.net,song@kernel.org,utilityemal77@gmail.com,tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com,ast@kernel.org,andrii@kernel.org,daniel@iogearbox.net,martin.lau@kernel.org,eddyz87@gmail.com,yonghong.song@linux.dev,clm@meta.com,ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for linux_binprm
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:21:34 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1355a0a05ef4ae8bf73f6f0392604df78e2d64995cb5e54cea3be01d2cd5e454@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820131801.68759-3-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>

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> bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for linux_binprm
>
> When security_bprm_check runs, the arg and env strings for the exec have
> been copied into bprm->mm. The new address space has not been associated
> yet with a task_struct until exec_mmap(), so existing BPF user memory
> helpers can only read from the calling task's old address space.
>
> This patch adds bpf_copy_from_user_bprm() and
> bpf_copy_from_user_bprm_str() kfuncs. Both use the mm_struct provided by
> struct linux_binprm.

This isn't a bug, but could the opener be reworded to avoid "This patch
adds"? Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst asks for imperative mood
("Add bpf_copy_from_user_bprm() ...").

> Register these kfuncs on both MMU and NOMMU systems. On NOMMU systems,
> exec arguments are staged in bprm->page[] rather than mapped in bprm->mm,
> so the kfuncs return -EOPNOTSUPP.
>
> bpf_copy_from_user_bprm() has similar semantics as
> bpf_copy_from_user_task(). bpf_copy_from_user_bprm_str() copies one
> NUL-terminated string and returns its size including the NUL terminator.
> It accepts BPF_F_PAD_ZEROS to clear unused destination bytes on success.
>
> This patch registers both kfuncs with KF_SLEEPABLE because accessing the
> remote address space can fault. This allows BPF LSM programs attached to
> security_bprm_check to read arguments beginning at bprm->p and reject an
> exec based on its command-line arguments.

Same for "This patch registers" here -- would "Register both kfuncs with
KF_SLEEPABLE ..." fit better?

> Signed-off-by: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>


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  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-20 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-20 13:17 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] " Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-20 13:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] mm: Add copy_remote_mm_str() Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-20 14:05   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-21 19:52   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-08-20 13:18 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for linux_binprm Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-20 14:21   ` bot+bpf-ci [this message]
2026-08-21 19:51   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-08-24 10:49     ` [PATCH bpf-next " Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-24 20:01       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-08-31  9:25         ` Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-20 13:18 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/3] selftests/bpf: Test linux_binprm user memory kfuncs Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-08-20 14:21   ` bot+bpf-ci

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