From: Ruslan Valiyev <linuxoid@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
memxor@gmail.com
Cc: song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add test for arena vma split and fork rejection
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 11:44:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603094428.2597058-1-linuxoid@gmail.com> (raw)
Verify that an arena map's mmap()ed VMA cannot be split with a partial
munmap() or inherited across fork().
Before commit 4fddde2a732d ("bpf: Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close
on fork") the arena VMA had no .may_split callback and was not marked
VM_DONTCOPY, so a splitting munmap() and a fork() both succeeded. The
fork() case left the child with a VMA whose vml->vma still pointed at
the parent, dangling after the parent unmapped and leading to a
use-after-free if the child freed arena pages.
The test creates an arena map, mmap()s it, and asserts that a splitting
munmap() fails with -EINVAL and that the child of a fork() does not
inherit the arena VMA.
Signed-off-by: Ruslan Valiyev <linuxoid@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_fork.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_fork.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_fork.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_fork.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3d5218c9e071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_fork.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+/* Regression test for commit 4fddde2a732d ("bpf: Fix use-after-free in
+ * arena_vm_close on fork"): an arena VMA must reject a splitting munmap()
+ * (.may_split) and must not be inherited across fork() (VM_DONTCOPY). On
+ * an unfixed kernel both operations succeed.
+ */
+
+#define NR_PAGES 3
+
+void test_arena_fork(void)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts, .map_flags = BPF_F_MMAPABLE);
+ long ps = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ size_t sz = (size_t)NR_PAGES * ps;
+ int fd, ret, status, err;
+ void *area;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA, "arena_fork", 0, 0, NR_PAGES, &opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(fd, "arena map create"))
+ return;
+
+ area = mmap(NULL, sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (!ASSERT_NEQ(area, MAP_FAILED, "mmap arena"))
+ goto close_fd;
+
+ /* A split of the arena VMA must be rejected (.may_split). */
+ ret = munmap((char *)area + ps, ps);
+ err = errno;
+ ASSERT_ERR(ret, "split munmap rejected");
+ ASSERT_EQ(err, EINVAL, "split munmap errno");
+
+ /* The child of a fork() must not inherit the arena VMA (VM_DONTCOPY);
+ * mincore() returns ENOMEM for the unmapped range.
+ */
+ pid = fork();
+ if (ASSERT_GE(pid, 0, "fork")) {
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ unsigned char vec;
+
+ _exit(mincore(area, ps, &vec) < 0 && errno == ENOMEM ? 0 : 1);
+ }
+ while ((ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0)) < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+ ;
+ if (ASSERT_EQ(ret, pid, "waitpid"))
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0,
+ "child must not inherit arena vma");
+ }
+
+ munmap(area, sz);
+close_fd:
+ close(fd);
+}
base-commit: 174914ea551314c52a61713b9c4bde9e42d48073
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-03 9:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-03 9:44 Ruslan Valiyev [this message]
2026-06-03 9:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add test for arena vma split and fork rejection sashiko-bot
2026-06-04 16:45 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-06-05 11:57 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add arena split and fork tests Ruslan Valiyev
2026-06-05 12:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-05 12:22 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-06-05 14:31 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-06-08 13:25 ` Ruslan Valiyev
2026-06-09 8:37 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add tests for arena vma split and fork Ruslan Valiyev
2026-06-09 18:40 ` Emil Tsalapatis
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