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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Yi He <clangllvm@126.com>
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	song@kernel.org, yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
	kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@google.com, haoluo@google.com,
	jolsa@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
	davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, hawk@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a sysctl option to disable bpf offensive helpers.
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:18:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZIackaLpA3APFFvj@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230610152618.105518-1-clangllvm@126.com>

On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 03:26:18PM +0000, Yi He wrote:
> The default value of sysctl_offensive_bpf_disabled is 0, which means 
> all the five helpers are enabled. By setting sysctl_offensive_bpf_disabled 
> to 1, these helpers cannot be used util a reboot. By setting it to 2, 
> these helpers cannot be used but privieleged users can modify this flag
> to 0.

That's just a nightmare API.  The right thing is to not allow
program types that can use the helpers from anything but a global
fully privileged context.

And offensive is in this context a really weird term.  Nothing is
offensive here, invasive or allowing to change kernel state might be
better terms.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-12  4:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-10 15:26 [PATCH] Add a sysctl option to disable bpf offensive helpers Yi He
2023-06-12  4:18 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-06-12 15:01 ` KP Singh
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-06-10 11:05 Yi He
2023-06-10 15:07 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-06-10 15:37 ` Alexei Starovoitov

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