From: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, memxor@gmail.com,
daniel@iogearbox.net, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/9] bpf: Upgrade scalar to PTR_TO_ARENA on arena pointer addition
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:57:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407045730.13359-2-emil@etsalapatis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407045730.13359-1-emil@etsalapatis.com>
The compiler sometimes stores the result of a PTR_TO_ARENA + SCALAR
addition into the scalar register rather than the pointer register.
Handle this case by upgrading the destination scalar register to
PTR_TO_ARENA, matching the existing handling when the destination is
already PTR_TO_ARENA.
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 8c1cf2eb6cbb..30bb71f90477 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -16297,11 +16297,34 @@ static int adjust_reg_min_max_vals(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
int err;
dst_reg = ®s[insn->dst_reg];
- src_reg = NULL;
+ if (BPF_SRC(insn->code) == BPF_X)
+ src_reg = ®s[insn->src_reg];
+ else
+ src_reg = NULL;
- if (dst_reg->type == PTR_TO_ARENA) {
+ /* Case where at least one operand is an arena. */
+ if (dst_reg->type == PTR_TO_ARENA || (src_reg && src_reg->type == PTR_TO_ARENA)) {
struct bpf_insn_aux_data *aux = cur_aux(env);
+ /* The compiler sometimes stores the result of a SCALAR/PTR_TO_ARENA
+ * operation into the scalar register. Properly mark the result as
+ * holding an arena pointer.
+ */
+ if (dst_reg->type != PTR_TO_ARENA) {
+ /* Can't do arena arithmetic with non-scalars. */
+ if (dst_reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE) {
+ verbose(env, "R%d pointer %s arena prohibited\n",
+ insn->dst_reg,
+ bpf_alu_string[opcode >> 4]);
+ return -EACCES;
+ }
+
+ /* We have a SCALAR_PTR_TO_ARENA operation,
+ * propagate the info to dst_reg. */
+ *dst_reg = *src_reg;
+ }
+
+
if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_ALU64)
/*
* 32-bit operations zero upper bits automatically.
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 4:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 4:57 [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/9] Introduce arena library and runtime Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 4:57 ` Emil Tsalapatis [this message]
2026-04-07 5:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/9] bpf: Upgrade scalar to PTR_TO_ARENA on arena pointer addition bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-07 5:52 ` Leon Hwang
2026-04-07 16:10 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/9] selftests/bpf: Add test for scalar/arena " Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 3/9] selftests/bpf: Move bpf_arena_spin_lock.h to the top level Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 4/9] selftests/bpf: Deduplicate WRITE_ONCE macro between headers Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 5/9] selftests/bpf: Add basic libarena scaffolding Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 16:21 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 6/9] selftests/bpf: Add arena ASAN runtime to libarena Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 16:39 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 7/9] selftests/bpf: Add ASAN support for libarena selftests Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 17:12 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 8/9] selftests/bpf: Add buddy allocator for libarena Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 5:43 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-07 17:07 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07 4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 9/9] selftests/bpf: Add selftests for libarena buddy allocator Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 17:14 ` Alexei Starovoitov
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