From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>,
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf v3 2/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:01:07 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831110314.150870-3-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831110314.150870-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
btf_modifier_show() resolves the modifier and then calls
btf_type_ops(t)->show() unconditionally. For the void type (type_id 0,
BTF_KIND_UNKN) kind_ops[] has no entry, so ->show is NULL.
The map dump path cannot reach a void type (a map key/value must have a
size and void has none), but bpf_snprintf_btf() takes a type_id straight
from the BPF program, and a "const void" (a modifier that resolves to
void, present in the vmlinux BTF) NULL-derefs there:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000028-0x000000000000002f]
RIP: 0010:btf_modifier_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:2914)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
btf_type_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8251)
btf_type_snprintf_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8321)
bpf_snprintf_btf (kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1047)
bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp (net/bpf/test_run.c:829)
__sys_bpf (kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4804)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
void has no size, so there is nothing to render - not even a byte length
to fall back to dumping as raw hex. btf_df_show() is already the ->show
for the other kinds that carry no value to print - FWD, FUNC, FUNC_PROTO,
FLOAT and DECL_TAG - and emits an "<unsupported kind:N>" placeholder;
void belongs to the same group and only lacks a show op because it has
no kind_ops[] entry at all. Fall back to btf_df_show() in
btf_modifier_show() when the resolved type has no show op, so a void type
prints that placeholder instead of crashing; bpf_snprintf_btf() then
returns the length as usual.
Fixes: c4d0bfb45068 ("bpf: Add bpf_snprintf_btf helper")
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 91b8ce77f699..6e267c4c4e1f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -2911,7 +2911,15 @@ static void btf_modifier_show(const struct btf *btf,
else
t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, type_id, NULL);
- btf_type_ops(t)->show(btf, t, type_id, data, bits_offset, show);
+ /*
+ * A modifier can resolve to the void type (e.g. "const void"), which
+ * has no show op (kind_ops[BTF_KIND_UNKN] is NULL). Print a placeholder
+ * instead of dereferencing NULL.
+ */
+ if (!btf_type_ops(t))
+ btf_df_show(btf, t, type_id, data, bits_offset, show);
+ else
+ btf_type_ops(t)->show(btf, t, type_id, data, bits_offset, show);
}
static void btf_var_show(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 11:01 [PATCH bpf v3 0/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-derefs when showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 1/5] bpf: Reject key-less BTF for hash maps Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 12:05 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:27 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:01 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-08-31 11:35 ` [PATCH bpf v3 2/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 12:23 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:48 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:48 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:06 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 3/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show() Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:08 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 4/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for key-less BTF hash map Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:48 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:54 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:12 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 5/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
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