core: work around btf_ctx_access() rejection of const void * in BPF LSM

Kernels before v6.16 (missing commit 1271a40eeafa "bpf: Allow access to
const void pointer arguments in tracing programs") have a bug in
btf_ctx_access() where const void * parameters in LSM hook signatures
are not recognized as void pointers. The function checks t->type == 0
to detect void *, but for const void * the BTF chain is PTR -> CONST ->
void, so t->type points to the CONST node rather than directly to
type_id 0. This causes the verifier to reject any BPF program that
reads the const void *value argument of bdev_setintegrity:

  func 'bpf_lsm_bdev_setintegrity' arg2 type UNKNOWN is not a struct
  invalid bpf_context access off=16 size=8

Work around this by providing a compat variant of the
bdev_setintegrity BPF program that avoids reading the const void *value
argument entirely. Instead it reads the size argument (a scalar integer)
directly from the raw BPF context (ctx[3]), which is not subject to the
broken type check. This is safe because dm-verity guarantees that value
and size are always in lockstep: both NULL/0 for unsigned devices, both
non-zero for signed devices.

The loader tries the full version first (which reads both value and size
for defense-in-depth) and falls back to the compat variant if loading
fails. bpf_program__set_autoload(false) disables whichever variant is
not needed so the verifier never sees it.

This compat logic can be removed once the minimum kernel baseline
includes the 1271a40eeafa fix.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Christian Brauner
2026-05-13 10:36:13 +02:00
parent 5439911f59
commit 4684df8f97
4 changed files with 81 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach_cgroup) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach_lsm) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__name) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__set_autoload) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(libbpf_set_print) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(ring_buffer__epoll_fd) = NULL;
DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(ring_buffer__free) = NULL;
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ int dlopen_bpf(int log_level) {
DLSYM_ARG_FORCE(bpf_program__attach_lsm),
#endif
DLSYM_ARG(bpf_program__name),
DLSYM_ARG(bpf_program__set_autoload),
DLSYM_ARG(libbpf_get_error),
DLSYM_ARG(libbpf_set_print),
DLSYM_ARG(ring_buffer__epoll_fd),
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@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach_cgroup);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__attach_lsm);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__name);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(bpf_program__set_autoload);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(libbpf_set_print);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(ring_buffer__epoll_fd);
extern DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(ring_buffer__free);