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Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:23:59 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To:     Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
        Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] seccomp: allow BPF_MOD ALU instructions
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 04:36:46PM +0000, Anton Protopopov wrote:
> The BPF_MOD ALU instructions could be utilized by seccomp classic BPF filters,
> but were missing from the explicit list of allowed calls since its introduction
> in the original e2cfabdfd075 ("seccomp: add system call filtering using BPF")
> commit.  Add support for these instructions by adding them to the allowed list
> in the seccomp_check_filter function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>

This has been suggested in the past, but was deemed ultimately redundant:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/201908121035.06695C79F@keescook/

Is there a strong reason it's needed?

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  kernel/seccomp.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
> index b6ea3dcb57bf..cae7561b44d4 100644
> --- a/kernel/seccomp.c
> +++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
> @@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ static int seccomp_check_filter(struct sock_filter *filter, unsigned int flen)
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_MUL | BPF_X:
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_DIV | BPF_K:
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_DIV | BPF_X:
> +		case BPF_ALU | BPF_MOD | BPF_K:
> +		case BPF_ALU | BPF_MOD | BPF_X:
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_AND | BPF_K:
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_AND | BPF_X:
>  		case BPF_ALU | BPF_OR | BPF_K:
> -- 
> 2.19.1

-- 
Kees Cook