From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
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>,
kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v9 09/23] bpf: Do not use a private stack for a program that can unwind
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 00:50:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008075045.2999417-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008074959.2993751-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
A private stack keeps its frame pointer in %r9 on x86-64, saved and
restored around every call. An unwind skips the restore: a frame resumed
at its pad then addresses its stack through a stale pointer, and one sent
to its epilogue pops its callee-saved registers one slot off.
So force NO_PRIV_STACK for a program that can unwind, with a table or
not, on every arch for now.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/exception.c | 10 ++++++++++
kernel/bpf/exception.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/exception.c b/kernel/bpf/exception.c
index 6155f5d73420..035eb4d87588 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/exception.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/exception.c
@@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ static void mark_call_sites(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
}
}
+bool bpf_prog_may_unwind(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
+{
+ u32 i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < env->subprog_cnt; i++)
+ if (env->subprog_info[i].might_unwind)
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
int bpf_exc_check_prog(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
{
int err;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/exception.h b/kernel/bpf/exception.h
index 1d7fc795619f..dea45c7e4925 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/exception.h
+++ b/kernel/bpf/exception.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ int bpf_exc_check_info(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const union bpf_attr *attr,
bpfptr_t uattr);
void bpf_exc_prepare(struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
int bpf_exc_check_prog(struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
+bool bpf_prog_may_unwind(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
int bpf_exc_pad_of_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 idx);
bool bpf_is_unwind_kfunc(const struct bpf_insn *insn);
bool bpf_is_unwind_resume_kfunc(const struct bpf_insn *insn);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 59b275bfc949..585be741c689 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5801,6 +5801,17 @@ static int check_max_stack_depth(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
}
}
+ /*
+ * A private stack keeps its frame pointer in %r9 on x86-64, restored
+ * by a pop after the call that an unwind skips. A frame resumed at a
+ * pad then addresses its stack through a stale pointer, and a frame
+ * sent to its epilogue instead pops its callee-saved registers one
+ * slot off. Refuse a private stack for any program that can unwind,
+ * on every arch for now.
+ */
+ if (env->cleanup_info_cnt || bpf_prog_may_unwind(env))
+ priv_stack_mode = NO_PRIV_STACK;
+
if (priv_stack_mode == PRIV_STACK_UNKNOWN)
priv_stack_mode = bpf_enable_priv_stack(env->prog);
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 7:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 7:49 [PATCH bpf-next v9 00/23] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_unwind() unwinds Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 01/23] bpf: Pack bpf_insn_aux_data flags into bit fields Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 02/23] bpf: Accept the compiler's exception cleanup table at program load Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 03/23] bpf: Add the bpf_unwind() and bpf_unwind_resume() kfuncs Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 04/23] bpf: Keep a call site's landing pad in insn_aux_data, add lookups Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 15:58 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 05/23] bpf: Mark covered call sites and check a program can take a table Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 06/23] bpf: Make exception landing pads reachable in the CFG Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 07/23] bpf: Verify an unwind through landing pads and epilogues Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:57 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-08 16:07 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 08/23] bpf: Refuse a landing pad that does not resume Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:57 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-08 16:11 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 10/23] bpf: Prepare JITed programs for dispatching cleanup pads Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 11/23] bpf: Dispatch cleanup pads by rewriting return addresses Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 12/23] bpf: Refuse a trampoline that calls a subprog that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 16:19 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 13/23] bpf, x86: Dispatch exception cleanup pads at run time Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 14/23] bpf, arm64: " Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:39 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-08 16:23 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 15/23] libbpf: Resolve the compiler's _Unwind_Resume to the kernel's kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 16/23] libbpf: Add cleanup_info to bpf_prog_load_opts Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 16:25 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 17/23] libbpf: Collect .bpf_cleanup records and pass them to the kernel Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 18/23] libbpf: Carry the exception cleanup table through the light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 19/23] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 8:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 16:26 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 20/23] selftests/bpf: Add end-to-end and negative .bpf_cleanup exception tests Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 21/23] selftests/bpf: Add __set_global() and __ret_global() test tags Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 22/23] selftests/bpf: Cover more accepted .bpf_cleanup exception shapes Yonghong Song
2026-10-08 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 23/23] selftests/bpf: Load an exception cleanup program from a light skeleton Yonghong Song
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