From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/5] bpf: Preserve unique-field state across nested structs
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:36:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260719153634.2908692-3-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260719153634.2908692-1-memxor@gmail.com>
btf_find_struct_field() initializes a fresh seen mask for every recursive
descent. Unique special fields in different levels of the same aggregate
therefore do not see one another. The duplicate fields can reach
btf_parse_fields(), where they trigger an invariant WARN_ON_ONCE(). A
crafted user BTF can consequently trigger the warning before map creation
checks capabilities.
Initialize the seen mask once in btf_find_field() and pass the same pointer
through struct, datasec, and nested-struct walks. This gives the entire field
traversal one shared uniqueness state.
Fixes: 64e8ee814819 ("bpf: look into the types of the fields of a struct type recursively.")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index e7d4e9ba24e2..c577f00e9d88 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ static int btf_repeat_fields(struct btf_field_info *info, int info_cnt,
static int btf_find_struct_field(const struct btf *btf,
const struct btf_type *t, u32 field_mask,
struct btf_field_info *info, int info_cnt,
- u32 level);
+ u32 level, u32 *seen_mask);
/* Find special fields in the struct type of a field.
*
@@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ static int btf_find_struct_field(const struct btf *btf,
static int btf_find_nested_struct(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
u32 off, u32 nelems,
u32 field_mask, struct btf_field_info *info,
- int info_cnt, u32 level)
+ int info_cnt, u32 level, u32 *seen_mask)
{
int ret, err, i;
@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@ static int btf_find_nested_struct(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *
if (level >= MAX_RESOLVE_DEPTH)
return -E2BIG;
- ret = btf_find_struct_field(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, level);
+ ret = btf_find_struct_field(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, level, seen_mask);
if (ret <= 0)
return ret;
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@ static int btf_find_field_one(const struct btf *btf,
if (expected_size && expected_size != sz * nelems)
return 0;
ret = btf_find_nested_struct(btf, var_type, off, nelems, field_mask,
- &info[0], info_cnt, level);
+ &info[0], info_cnt, level, seen_mask);
return ret;
}
@@ -3892,11 +3892,11 @@ static int btf_find_field_one(const struct btf *btf,
static int btf_find_struct_field(const struct btf *btf,
const struct btf_type *t, u32 field_mask,
struct btf_field_info *info, int info_cnt,
- u32 level)
+ u32 level, u32 *seen_mask)
{
int ret, idx = 0;
const struct btf_member *member;
- u32 i, off, seen_mask = 0;
+ u32 i, off;
for_each_member(i, t, member) {
const struct btf_type *member_type = btf_type_by_id(btf,
@@ -3910,7 +3910,7 @@ static int btf_find_struct_field(const struct btf *btf,
ret = btf_find_field_one(btf, t, member_type, i,
off, 0,
- field_mask, &seen_mask,
+ field_mask, seen_mask,
&info[idx], info_cnt - idx, level);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -3921,11 +3921,11 @@ static int btf_find_struct_field(const struct btf *btf,
static int btf_find_datasec_var(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
u32 field_mask, struct btf_field_info *info,
- int info_cnt, u32 level)
+ int info_cnt, u32 level, u32 *seen_mask)
{
int ret, idx = 0;
const struct btf_var_secinfo *vsi;
- u32 i, off, seen_mask = 0;
+ u32 i, off;
for_each_vsi(i, t, vsi) {
const struct btf_type *var = btf_type_by_id(btf, vsi->type);
@@ -3933,7 +3933,7 @@ static int btf_find_datasec_var(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
off = vsi->offset;
ret = btf_find_field_one(btf, var, var_type, -1, off, vsi->size,
- field_mask, &seen_mask,
+ field_mask, seen_mask,
&info[idx], info_cnt - idx,
level);
if (ret < 0)
@@ -3947,10 +3947,12 @@ static int btf_find_field(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
u32 field_mask, struct btf_field_info *info,
int info_cnt)
{
+ u32 seen_mask = 0;
+
if (__btf_type_is_struct(t))
- return btf_find_struct_field(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, 0);
+ return btf_find_struct_field(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, 0, &seen_mask);
else if (btf_type_is_datasec(t))
- return btf_find_datasec_var(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, 0);
+ return btf_find_datasec_var(btf, t, field_mask, info, info_cnt, 0, &seen_mask);
return -EINVAL;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-19 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-19 15:36 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/5] Fix unique field logic in BTF Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/5] bpf: Fix offset warn check for bpf_res_spin_lock Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 15:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-19 15:50 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 16:17 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-19 15:36 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-07-19 15:49 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/5] bpf: Preserve unique-field state across nested structs sashiko-bot
2026-07-19 15:50 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/5] bpf: Mark bpf_refcount field as unique Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/5] selftests/bpf: Test duplicate unique fields in nested structs Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-19 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/5] selftests/bpf: Test duplicate bpf_refcount fields Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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