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From: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com, andrii@kernel.org,
	daniel@iogearbox.net, eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
	ameryhung@gmail.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/18] bpf: Check helper and kfunc mem+size arguments identically
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:07:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724190813.1458271-6-ameryhung@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260724190813.1458271-1-ameryhung@gmail.com>

Helper ARG_CONST_SIZE and kfunc KF_ARG_PTR_TO_MEM_SIZE memory
arguments already share check_mem_size_reg(), but only the kfunc wrapper
check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() ran mark_ptr_not_null_reg() on a possibly-NULL
pointer before the access check. That call does more than clearing
PTR_MAYBE_NULL: it converts special map-value-or-null registers to their
real non-NULL type, e.g. a map-in-map value to CONST_PTR_TO_MAP. Without
it the register keeps base type PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE and check_map_access()
treats it as raw data.

Because the helper path skipped that step, an un-narrowed map-of-maps
value could be passed to a nullable helper mem argument (e.g.
bpf_csum_diff()) and read as bytes, leaking the inner map descriptor (a
kernel pointer). The kfunc path already rejected the same program.

Handle the possibly-NULL pointer in the shared mem-argument checking so
helper and kfunc arguments are verified the same way, and drop the now
redundant check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() wrapper. Both paths now reject an
un-narrowed map-in-map value used as memory.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 468702b09c50..2e56f726c12a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6873,7 +6873,14 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			      bool zero_size_allowed,
 			      struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
 {
-	int err;
+	bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(mem_reg->type);
+	struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (may_be_null) {
+		saved_reg = *mem_reg;
+		mark_ptr_not_null_reg(mem_reg);
+	}
 
 	/* This is used to refine r0 return value bounds for helpers
 	 * that enforce this value as an upper bound on return values.
@@ -6910,8 +6917,14 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			reg_arg_name(env, size_argno));
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
-	err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
-				      access_type, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+
+	if (access_type & BPF_READ)
+		err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
+					      BPF_READ, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+	if (!err && access_type & BPF_WRITE)
+		err = check_helper_mem_access(env, mem_reg, mem_argno, reg_umax(size_reg),
+					      BPF_WRITE, zero_size_allowed, meta);
+
 	if (!err) {
 		int regno = reg_from_argno(size_argno);
 
@@ -6920,6 +6933,10 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		else
 			err = mark_stack_arg_precision(env, arg_idx_from_argno(size_argno));
 	}
+
+	if (may_be_null)
+		*mem_reg = saved_reg;
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -6993,28 +7010,6 @@ static int process_const_alloc_mem_size(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *mem_reg,
-				    struct bpf_reg_state *size_reg, argno_t mem_argno,
-				    argno_t size_argno, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
-{
-	bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(mem_reg->type);
-	struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
-	int err;
-
-	if (may_be_null) {
-		saved_reg = *mem_reg;
-		mark_ptr_not_null_reg(mem_reg);
-	}
-
-	err = check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_READ, true, meta);
-	err = err ?: check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
-
-	if (may_be_null)
-		*mem_reg = saved_reg;
-
-	return err;
-}
-
 enum {
 	PROCESS_SPIN_LOCK = (1 << 0),
 	PROCESS_RES_LOCK  = (1 << 1),
@@ -12415,8 +12410,8 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 			argno_t next_argno = argno_from_arg(i + 2);
 
 			if (!bpf_register_is_null(buff_reg) || !is_kfunc_arg_nullable(meta->btf, buff_arg)) {
-				ret = check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(env, buff_reg, size_reg,
-							       argno, next_argno, meta);
+				ret = check_mem_size_reg(env, buff_reg, size_reg, argno, next_argno,
+							 BPF_READ | BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
 				if (ret < 0) {
 					verbose(env, "%s and ", reg_arg_name(env, argno));
 					verbose(env, "%s memory, len pair leads to invalid memory access\n",
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-24 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-24 19:07 [PATCH bpf-next v2 00/18] Generate bpf_func_proto for kfunc Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/18] bpf: Drop process_timer_func wrappers Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/18] bpf: Unify const map ptr argument checking for helpers and kfuncs Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 20:49     ` Amery Hung
2026-07-24 21:29       ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-24 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 03/18] bpf: Split kfunc map argument into __const_map and __map Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 04/18] bpf: Pass kfunc meta to mem and mem_size check Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:07 ` Amery Hung [this message]
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 06/18] selftests/bpf: Add tests for helper and kfunc mem+size arguments Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:25   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 07/18] bpf: Check fixed-size mem args of helpers and kfuncs the same way Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:32   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 20:39     ` Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 08/18] bpf: Express ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO as ARG_CONST_SIZE | SCALAR_MAYBE_ZERO Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 09/18] bpf: Rename ARG_CONST_SIZE{,_OR_ZERO} to ARG_MEM_SIZE{,_OR_ZERO} Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/18] bpf: Fold __szk const size handling into the scalar arg path Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 11/18] bpf: Classify kfunc mem_size args from BTF without register state Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:38   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 22:52     ` Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 12/18] bpf: Handle NULL kfunc pointer args without a KF_ARG_PTR_TO_NULL type Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 13/18] bpf: Distinguish fixed- and variable-size kfunc mem args with MEM_FIXED_SIZE Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 14/18] bpf: Check helper mem+size in ARG_PTR_TO_MEM case Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:47   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 21:10     ` Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 15/18] bpf: Classify kfunc pointer arguments from BTF, resolve type against the register Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 16/18] bpf: Tag nullable kfunc pointer args with PTR_MAYBE_NULL Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:38   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 17/18] bpf: Classify scalar kfunc arguments from BTF Amery Hung
2026-07-24 19:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 18/18] bpf: Generate kfunc argument prototype at add-call time Amery Hung

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