** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Disco)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Eoan)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Disco)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Tyler Hicks (tyhicks)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Eoan)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Tyler Hicks (tyhicks)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863234
Title:
Disabling bpf() syscall on kernel lockdown break apps when secure boot
is on
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux source package in Disco:
In Progress
Status in linux source package in Eoan:
In Progress
Bug description:
In disco and eoan, lockdown is automatically enforced when secure boot
is on [0]. Because lockdown was not in the mailine kernel at the time,
some disto-specific patches were added to the kernel, including one
that drastically restricts BPF usage by completely disabling the use
of the `bpf()` system call when lockdown is on [1].
A consequence of that decision is that no application relying on eBPF
can run on 19.04/19.10, unless secure boot / lockdown is disabled. For
example, Cilium (cilium.io) strongly relies on BPF programs to
implement its datapath and securing network connectivity between
containers. Other applications like Suricata or Sysdig also rely on
BPF to some extent. None of which will work by default on a EFI
machine with secure boot activated.
If I understand correctly, kernel 5.4 (to be used in focal) will have
a different, lighter restricton (comming from mainline Linux kernel)
[2], so `bpf()` for networking use cases should mostly work on 20.04.
Is my understanding correct? If so, could this patch be backported to
19.10 (and 19.04, if still supported) instead of completely disabling
the syscall on lockdown?
Links:
[0]
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/disco/commit/?id=d0db99473fc3bb8a5d03f99ed454ac7ca5e7d517
[1]
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/disco/commit/?id=2a68c65abae66d28e2acb3245cb156ae2ea6eb1d
[2]
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal/commit/?id=9d1f8be5cf42b497a3bddf1d523f2bb142e9318c
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