From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Feng Yang <yangfeng@kylinos.cn>,
Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>,
Toke Hoiland-Jorgensen <toke@redhat.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:17:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326141718.17731-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326141718.17731-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>
uprobe programs are allowed to modify struct pt_regs.
Since the actual program type of uprobe is KPROBE, it can be abused to
modify struct pt_regs via kprobe+freplace when the kprobe attaches to
kernel functions.
For example,
SEC("?kprobe")
int kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return 0;
}
SEC("?freplace")
int freplace_kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
regs->di = 0;
return 0;
}
freplace_kprobe prog will attach to kprobe prog.
kprobe prog will attach to a kernel function.
Without this patch, when the kernel function runs, its first arg will
always be set as 0 via the freplace_kprobe prog.
To fix the abuse of kprobe_write_ctx=true via kprobe+freplace, disallow
attaching freplace programs on kprobe programs with different
kprobe_write_ctx values.
Fixes: 7384893d970e ("bpf: Allow uprobe program to change context registers")
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 51ade3cde8bb..1dd2ea076d8b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -3733,6 +3733,11 @@ static int bpf_tracing_prog_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog,
tr = prog->aux->dst_trampoline;
tgt_prog = prog->aux->dst_prog;
}
+ if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT &&
+ prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx != tgt_prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
err = bpf_link_prime(&link->link.link, &link_primer);
if (err)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 14:17 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace Leon Hwang
2026-03-26 14:17 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-03-27 21:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] " Song Liu
2026-03-30 5:38 ` Leon Hwang
2026-03-30 16:43 ` Song Liu
2026-03-30 17:09 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-30 17:20 ` Song Liu
2026-03-30 9:28 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-03-30 13:52 ` Leon Hwang
2026-03-26 14:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add test to verify the fix of kprobe_write_ctx abuse Leon Hwang
2026-03-30 9:28 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-03-30 13:55 ` Leon Hwang
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