From: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net>
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 2015 12:06:03 +0200

> When sockets have a native eBPF program attached through
> setsockopt(sk, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ATTACH_BPF, ...), and then try to
> dump these over getsockopt(sk, SOL_SOCKET, SO_GET_FILTER, ...),
> the following panic appears:
> 
>   [49904.178642] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 
> (null)
>   [49904.178762] IP: [<ffffffff81610fd9>] sk_get_filter+0x39/0x90
>   [49904.182000] PGD 86fc9067 PUD 531a1067 PMD 0
>   [49904.185196] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>   [...]
>   [49904.224677] Call Trace:
>   [49904.226090]  [<ffffffff815e3d49>] sock_getsockopt+0x319/0x740
>   [49904.227535]  [<ffffffff812f59e3>] ? sock_has_perm+0x63/0x70
>   [49904.228953]  [<ffffffff815e2fc8>] ? release_sock+0x108/0x150
>   [49904.230380]  [<ffffffff812f5a43>] ? selinux_socket_getsockopt+0x23/0x30
>   [49904.231788]  [<ffffffff815dff36>] SyS_getsockopt+0xa6/0xc0
>   [49904.233267]  [<ffffffff8171b9ae>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x71
> 
> The underlying issue is the very same as in commit b382c0865600
> ("sock, diag: fix panic in sock_diag_put_filterinfo"), that is,
> native eBPF programs don't store an original program since this
> is only needed in cBPF ones.
> 
> However, sk_get_filter() wasn't updated to test for this at the
> time when eBPF could be attached. Just throw an error to the user
> to indicate that eBPF cannot be dumped over this interface.
> That way, it can also be known that a program _is_ attached (as
> opposed to just return 0), and a different (future) method needs
> to be consulted for a dump.
> 
> Fixes: 89aa075832b0 ("net: sock: allow eBPF programs to be attached to 
> sockets")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable.
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