From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
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martin.lau@kernel.org, mason@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v3 2/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:48:51 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <334976a1-b8f3-416d-b5c6-588c25ab5a03@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <116308d606e3bff21d07c01feb8741702547d1c32b1eafaad6f3628a776828fc@mail.kernel.org>
在 8/31/26 7:48 PM, bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org 写道:
>> bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type
>>
>> 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:
> Is this statement about the map dump path accurate? Looking at
> map_check_btf() in kernel/bpf/syscall.c, a map key isn't required to
> have a size:
>
> /* Some maps allow key to be unspecified. */
> if (btf_key_id) {
> key_type = btf_type_id_size(btf, &btf_key_id, &key_size);
> if (!key_type || key_size != map->key_size)
> return -EINVAL;
> } else {
> key_type = btf_type_by_id(btf, 0);
> if (!map->ops->map_check_btf)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> When btf_key_id is 0, key_type is set to the void type, and
> map->btf_key_type_id is stored as 0. array_map_check_btf() even has a
> dedicated keyless exception ("One exception for keyless BTF:
> .bss/.data/.rodata/.percpu map").
>
> The preceding patch in this series, commit 55f5ad8f45a5 ("bpf: Reject
> key-less BTF for hash maps"), documents a syzbot NULL-ptr-deref where a
> void key reached the map dump path through htab_map_seq_show_elem() ->
> btf_type_seq_show_flags() -> btf_type_show() -> kind_ops[BTF_KIND_UNKN]
> == NULL. That patch closed the path by adding btf_type_is_void(key_type)
> rejections in htab_map_check_btf() and rhtab_map_check_btf().
>
> Would it be more accurate to say the map dump path is closed by the
> preceding patch and by existing btf_key_type_id guards, rather than by
> a size requirement?
I still think I am correct.
A "const void" (a nonzero-id modifier) is rejected as key/value by
map_check_btf()'s size check;
your key-less case is a bare void key (id 0) on a different path,
already handled by
patch 1 — so the size reasoning holds here.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 12:49 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 ` [PATCH bpf v3 2/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 12:23 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:48 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:48 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
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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