From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>,
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 v1 07/10] bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 16:44:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903144433.1716731-8-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903144433.1716731-1-memxor@gmail.com>
do_wait() passes wo->wo_pid to the sched_process_wait tracepoint.
kernel_wait4() leaves wo_pid NULL for wait4(-1), and
kernel_waitid_prepare() does likewise for waitid(P_ALL).
btf_ctx_access() currently types argument 0 as PTR_TO_BTF_ID |
PTR_TRUSTED. Without PTR_MAYBE_NULL, the verifier accepts an unchecked
dereference. Trusted pointer loads have no fault protection, so a wait for
any child can then cause a NULL pointer dereference in JITed BPF code.
Add sched_process_wait to raw_tp_null_args[] with argument 0 marked
nullable. The verifier rejects an unchecked dereference while preserving
access after the program checks the pointer for NULL.
Fixes: 838a10bd2ebf ("bpf: Augment raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL")
Reported-by: Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>
Suggested-by: Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index d6d243c262ea..41764356d2d3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6657,6 +6657,10 @@ struct bpf_raw_tp_null_args {
static const struct bpf_raw_tp_null_args raw_tp_null_args[] = {
/* sched */
{ "sched_pi_setprio", 0x10 },
+ /*
+ * do_wait() passes NULL for wait4(-1) and waitid(P_ALL).
+ */
+ { "sched_process_wait", 0x1 },
/* ... from sched_numa_pair_template event class */
{ "sched_stick_numa", 0x100 },
{ "sched_swap_numa", 0x100 },
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 14:44 [PATCH bpf v1 00/10] Misc bug fixes - part 1 Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 01/10] bpf: Mark signal tracepoint siginfo arguments as scalar Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:52 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-03 16:47 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 02/10] selftests/bpf: Cover signal tracepoint siginfo sentinels Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:52 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 03/10] bpf: Reject tail calls directly from callback frames Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-03 15:36 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 04/10] selftests/bpf: Test direct tail calls from callbacks Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 05/10] bpf: Reject resilient lock operations in rbtree callbacks Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-03 15:36 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 06/10] selftests/bpf: Reject resilient unlock in rbtree callback Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:52 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-03 14:44 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-09-03 15:52 ` [PATCH bpf v1 07/10] bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 08/10] selftests/bpf: Test sched_process_wait nullable argument Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 09/10] bpf: Mark syscall helpers as sleepable Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-03 15:54 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 15:52 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-03 14:44 ` [PATCH bpf v1 10/10] selftests/bpf: Check syscall helpers in timer callbacks Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-03 16:50 ` [PATCH bpf v1 00/10] Misc bug fixes - part 1 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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