From: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com, andrii@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
ameryhung@gmail.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 05/18] bpf: Check helper and kfunc mem+size arguments identically
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:07:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260723050806.1158442-6-ameryhung@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260723050806.1158442-1-ameryhung@gmail.com>
Helper ARG_CONST_SIZE and kfunc KF_ARG_PTR_TO_MEM_SIZE memory
arguments already share check_mem_size_reg(), but only the kfunc wrapper
check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() ran mark_ptr_not_null_reg() on a possibly-NULL
pointer before the access check. That call does more than clearing
PTR_MAYBE_NULL: it converts special map-value-or-null registers to their
real non-NULL type, e.g. a map-in-map value to CONST_PTR_TO_MAP. Without
it the register keeps base type PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE and check_map_access()
treats it as raw data.
Because the helper path skipped that step, an un-narrowed map-of-maps
value could be passed to a nullable helper mem argument (e.g.
bpf_csum_diff()) and read as bytes, leaking the inner map descriptor (a
kernel pointer). The kfunc path already rejected the same program.
Handle the possibly-NULL pointer in the shared mem-argument checking so
helper and kfunc arguments are verified the same way, and drop the now
redundant check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() wrapper. Both paths now reject an
un-narrowed map-in-map value used as memory.
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 29d45636c28b..6520742d51b5 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6873,7 +6873,14 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
bool zero_size_allowed,
struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
{
- int err;
+ bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(mem_reg->type);
+ struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (may_be_null) {
+ saved_reg = *mem_reg;
+ mark_ptr_not_null_reg(mem_reg);
+ }
/* This is used to refine r0 return value bounds for helpers
* that enforce this value as an upper bound on return values.
@@ -6910,8 +6917,14 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
reg_arg_name(env, size_argno));
return -EACCES;
}
- err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
- access_type, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+
+ if (access_type & BPF_READ)
+ err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
+ BPF_READ, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+ if (!err && access_type & BPF_WRITE)
+ err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
+ BPF_WRITE, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+
if (!err) {
int regno = reg_from_argno(size_argno);
@@ -6920,6 +6933,10 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
else
err = mark_stack_arg_precision(env, arg_idx_from_argno(size_argno));
}
+
+ if (may_be_null)
+ *mem_reg = saved_reg;
+
return err;
}
@@ -6993,28 +7010,6 @@ static int process_const_alloc_mem_size(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf
return 0;
}
-static int check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *mem_reg,
- struct bpf_reg_state *size_reg, argno_t mem_argno,
- argno_t size_argno, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
-{
- bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(mem_reg->type);
- struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
- int err;
-
- if (may_be_null) {
- saved_reg = *mem_reg;
- mark_ptr_not_null_reg(mem_reg);
- }
-
- err = check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_READ, true, meta);
- err = err ?: check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
-
- if (may_be_null)
- *mem_reg = saved_reg;
-
- return err;
-}
-
enum {
PROCESS_SPIN_LOCK = (1 << 0),
PROCESS_RES_LOCK = (1 << 1),
@@ -12421,8 +12416,8 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
argno_t next_argno = argno_from_arg(i + 2);
if (!bpf_register_is_null(buff_reg) || !is_kfunc_arg_nullable(meta->btf, buff_arg)) {
- ret = check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(env, buff_reg, size_reg,
- argno, next_argno, meta);
+ ret = check_mem_size_reg(env, buff_reg, size_reg, argno, next_argno,
+ BPF_READ | BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
if (ret < 0) {
verbose(env, "%s and ", reg_arg_name(env, argno));
verbose(env, "%s memory, len pair leads to invalid memory access\n",
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-23 5:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-23 5:07 [PATCH bpf-next v1 00/18] Generate bpf_func_proto for kfunc Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 01/18] bpf: Drop process_timer_func wrappers Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 02/18] bpf: Unify const map ptr argument checking for helpers and kfuncs Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 03/18] bpf: Split kfunc map argument into __const_map and __map Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 04/18] bpf: Pass kfunc meta to mem and mem_size check Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` Amery Hung [this message]
2026-07-23 5:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 05/18] bpf: Check helper and kfunc mem+size arguments identically sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 06/18] selftests/bpf: Add tests for helper and kfunc mem+size arguments Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 07/18] bpf: Check fixed-size mem args of helpers and kfuncs the same way Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 08/18] bpf: Express ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO as ARG_CONST_SIZE | SCALAR_MAYBE_ZERO Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 09/18] bpf: Rename ARG_CONST_SIZE{,_OR_ZERO} to ARG_MEM_SIZE{,_OR_ZERO} Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 10/18] bpf: Fold __szk const size handling into the scalar arg path Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 11/18] bpf: Classify kfunc mem_size args from BTF without register state Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 12/18] bpf: Handle NULL kfunc pointer args without a KF_ARG_PTR_TO_NULL type Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 13/18] bpf: Distinguish fixed- and variable-size kfunc mem args with MEM_FIXED_SIZE Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 14/18] bpf: Check helper mem+size in ARG_PTR_TO_MEM case Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 15/18] bpf: Classify kfunc pointer arguments from BTF, resolve type against the register Amery Hung
2026-07-23 7:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 16/18] bpf: Tag nullable kfunc pointer args with PTR_MAYBE_NULL Amery Hung
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 17/18] bpf: Classify scalar kfunc arguments from BTF Amery Hung
2026-07-23 8:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 5:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 18/18] bpf: Generate kfunc argument prototype at add-call time Amery Hung
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