Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: add signature

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Fri Dec 03 2021 - 17:20:42 EST


On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:06 PM Luca Boccassi <bluca@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 11:37 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 11:36 AM Matteo Croce
> > <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:22 PM Alexei Starovoitov
> > > <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 11:18 AM Matteo Croce
> > > > <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > This series add signature verification for BPF files.
> > > > > The first patch implements the signature validation in the
> > > > > kernel,
> > > > > the second patch optionally makes the signature mandatory,
> > > > > the third adds signature generation to bpftool.
> > > >
> > > > Matteo,
> > > >
> > > > I think I already mentioned that it's no-go as-is.
> > > > We've agreed to go with John's suggestion.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > my previous attempt was loading a whole ELF file and parsing it in
> > > kernel.
> > > In this series I just validate the instructions against a
> > > signature,
> > > as with kernel CO-RE libbpf doesn't need to mangle it.
> > >
> > > Which suggestion? I think I missed this one..
> >
> > This talk and discussion:
> > https://linuxplumbersconf.org/event/11/contributions/947/
>
> Thanks for the link - but for those of us who don't have ~5 hours to
> watch a video recording, would you mind sharing a one line summary,
> please? Is there an alternative patch series implementing BPF signing
> that you can link us so that we can look at it? Just a link or
> googlable reference would be more than enough.

It's not 5 hours and you have to read slides and watch
John's presentation to follow the conversation.