From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Hui Zhu" <hui.zhu@linux.dev>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach on update failure
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:17:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805041736.957931F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0276810360a8c0e57aab95a292ff6453242b969c.1785902527.git.zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
New issues:
- [Low] Multi-line comment opening `/*` is not on its own line.
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Incomplete fix: Use-After-Free of `bpf_prog` when `__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog()` fails.
- [High] Use-After-Free of trampoline image in `bpf_trampoline_multi_attach` error path.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach on update failure ---
commit 26ad7c4ab94aa890dec18cbc899359aabf65c015
Author: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach on update failure
The commit attempts to fix Use-After-Free issues in the error paths of
bpf_trampoline_multi_detach() by changing when old_image is freed and
introducing a rollback mechanism when ftrace updates fail. It pins the
bpf_prog onto the image to avoid freeing it while ftrace might still
direct calls to it.
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
> index ed7999ad6c66c..c08d1a09e6381 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -1719,11 +1760,11 @@ int bpf_trampoline_multi_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 *ids,
> return err;
> }
>
> -int bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog, struct bpf_tracing_multi_link *link)
> +void bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog, struct bpf_tracing_multi_link *link)
> {
> struct bpf_tracing_multi_data *data = &link->data;
> struct bpf_tracing_multi_node *mnode;
> - int i, err;
> + int i, err, err_unreg = 0, err_mod = 0;
>
> trampoline_lock_all();
>
> @@ -1735,13 +1776,65 @@ int bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog, struct bpf_tracing_multi_
> WARN_ONCE(err, "__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog failed: %d\n", err);
> }
>
> - if (ftrace_hash_count(data->unreg))
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(update_ftrace_direct_del(&direct_ops, data->unreg));
> - if (ftrace_hash_count(data->modify))
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(update_ftrace_direct_mod(&direct_ops, data->modify, true));
> + if (ftrace_hash_count(data->unreg)) {
> + err_unreg = update_ftrace_direct_del(&direct_ops, data->unreg);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(err_unreg);
> + }
> + if (ftrace_hash_count(data->modify)) {
> + err_mod = update_ftrace_direct_mod(&direct_ops, data->modify, true);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(err_mod);
> + }
>
> - for_each_mnode(mnode, link)
> - bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_free(mnode->trampoline);
> + for_each_mnode(mnode, link) {
> + struct bpf_trampoline *tr = mnode->trampoline;
> +
> + /* If the batch ftrace update failed for this mnode's path,
> + * ftrace still points to old_image. Use rollback to restore
[Severity: Low]
Does this multi-line comment violate the BPF subsystem guidelines? The
opening /* of a multi-line comment must be on its own line.
> + * cur_image to old_image (putting the new cur_image if any)
> + * so the trampoline keeps the image ftrace is calling.
[ ... ]
> + * image if the trampoline is torn down first instead (see
> + * bpf_trampoline_put()).
> + */
> + if (tr->multi_attach.old_image &&
> + tr->multi_attach.old_image != tr->cur_image &&
> + ((err_unreg && !tr->cur_image) ||
> + (err_mod && tr->cur_image))) {
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this incomplete fix lead to a
Use-After-Free of the bpf_prog structure if __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog()
fails?
When __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() fails, old_image equals cur_image,
so this condition evaluates to false, bypassing the logic to pin the
bpf_prog onto the retained image. This allows the caller to release its
reference to the bpf_prog and free it, even though the active ftrace
trampoline image still contains a direct machine-code call to the freed
prog.
A similar missing pinning logic exists in the non-multi caller of
__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() where it directly returns the failure of
bpf_trampoline_update() without pinning the prog:
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() {
...
bpf_trampoline_remove_prog(tr, node);
return bpf_trampoline_update(tr, true /* lock_direct_mutex */, ops, data);
}
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(tr->multi_attach.old_image->pinned_prog);
> + bpf_prog_inc(prog);
> + tr->multi_attach.old_image->pinned_prog = prog;
> + bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_rollback(tr);
> + } else {
> + bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_free(tr);
> + }
> + }
>
> trampoline_unlock_all();
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does the error path in
bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() cause a Use-After-Free of the trampoline
image?
If update_ftrace_direct_del() fails during rollback:
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() {
...
if (ftrace_hash_count(data->modify)) {
err = update_ftrace_direct_mod(&direct_ops, data->modify, true);
if (err) {
if (ftrace_hash_count(data->reg))
WARN_ON_ONCE(update_ftrace_direct_del(&direct_ops, data->reg));
goto rollback_unlink;
}
}
...
}
It proceeds blindly to rollback_unlink, which calls
bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_rollback():
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_rollback() {
...
if (tr->cur_image)
bpf_tramp_image_put(tr->cur_image);
...
}
Does this unconditionally free the newly allocated trampoline images even
when update_ftrace_direct_del() fails, leading to a UAF since ftrace
is still actively pointing to them?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1785902527.git.zhuhui@kylinos.cn?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 4:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 4:04 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach/detach on update failure Hui Zhu
2026-08-05 4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach " Hui Zhu
2026-08-05 4:17 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-08-05 4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] bpf: Fix prog UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() register-path rollback Hui Zhu
2026-08-05 4:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-05 4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/3] bpf: Fix prog UAF in __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() on update failure Hui Zhu
2026-08-05 4:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06 8:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach/detach " Jiri Olsa
2026-08-07 2:00 ` Hui Zhu
2026-08-07 8:19 ` Jiri Olsa
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