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 v2 06/13] bpf: Reject callbacks returning more than 8 bytes
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:35:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804203553.1873415-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804203522.1869244-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
A callback handed to a helper or a kfunc (bpf_loop(),
bpf_timer_set_callback(), bpf_for_each_map_elem(), ...) is invoked
through bpf_callback_t, and an exception callback is invoked by
bpf_throw() through
u64 (*bpf_exception_cb)(u64 cookie, u64 sp, u64 bp, u64, u64);
Both prototypes yield a single u64 in R0, and neither caller has any
notion of a second return register, so a callback returning a value in
the R0:R2 pair would have the upper half of its return value silently
dropped.
Reject both at load time:
- check_ld_imm(): a callback is materialized as PTR_TO_FUNC by an
ld_imm64 pointing at its subprogram, so the subprogram's return
convention can be checked where the callback pointer is created,
before it ever reaches a helper or kfunc argument.
- do_check_common(): an exception callback is not referenced by a
PTR_TO_FUNC, it is named by a BTF decl_tag and verified on its own,
so check it as its frame is set up, next to the existing "cannot
return void" and single-argument checks.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 282aee7fc44c..5584178a0e1c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -16426,6 +16426,11 @@ static int check_ld_imm(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn)
verbose(env, "callback function not static\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (bpf_ret_reg_pair(env, subprogno)) {
+ verbose(env,
+ "callback function with >8-byte return value is not supported\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
dst_reg->type = PTR_TO_FUNC;
dst_reg->subprogno = subprogno;
@@ -18650,6 +18655,12 @@ static int do_check_common(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
+ if (bpf_ret_reg_pair(env, subprog)) {
+ verbose(env,
+ "exception cb cannot return value larger than 8 bytes\n");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
/* Also ensure the callback only has a single scalar argument. */
if (sub->arg_cnt != 1 || sub->args[0].arg_type != ARG_ANYTHING) {
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 20:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 20:35 [PATCH v2 00/13] bpf: Support aggregate return values up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/13] bpf: Factor check_global_ret_scalar_reg() out of the global return check Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/13] bpf: Add helpers to describe the R0:R2 return register pair Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 03/13] bpf: Wire up JIT support for 16-byte kfunc returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 04/13] bpf: Track R2 of register-pair returns in precision backtracking Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/13] bpf: Account R2 of register-pair returns in live register analysis Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 21:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 20:35 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-08-04 21:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 06/13] bpf: Reject callbacks returning more than 8 bytes bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-04 20:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 07/13] bpf: Add verifier support for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 08/13] bpf: Reject register-pair returns when the subprog BTF is unreliable Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 09/13] bpf: Enable aggregate return types up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/13] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 11/13] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm and subprog tests for R0:R2 returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 12/13] selftests/bpf: Add tests for callbacks returning more than 8 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-04 20:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 13/13] Documentation/bpf: Document up to 16-byte kfunc return values in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
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