From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: eddyz87@gmail.com
Cc: memxor@gmail.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/6] bpf: Treat a fault prone PTR_TO_MEM as a pointer type mismatch
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:52:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814215301.709827-2-daniel@iogearbox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814215301.709827-1-daniel@iogearbox.net>
reg_type_mismatch_ok() enumerates the pointer types which must not
silently share a BPF_LDX with a different one, since the type recorded
for the insn drives a rewrite in bpf_convert_ctx_accesses().
f2362a57aeff ("bpf: allow void* cast using bpf_rdonly_cast()") added
PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY | PTR_UNTRUSTED as another type in need of one,
namely the BPF_PROBE_MEM rewrite, but did not add it there. Fix it by
adding the missing case to reg_type_mismatch_ok(), so that a PTR_TO_MEM
which may fault on deref is not mismatch ok anymore. The triage in
save_aux_ptr_type() then merges them.
Fixes: f2362a57aeff ("bpf: allow void* cast using bpf_rdonly_cast()")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
---
v1 -> v2:
- new patch to address PTR_TO_MEM case differently (Eduard)
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a3d165e92175..2e6992569187 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -16974,6 +16974,8 @@ static bool reg_type_mismatch_ok(enum bpf_reg_type type)
case PTR_TO_BTF_ID:
case PTR_TO_ARENA:
return false;
+ case PTR_TO_MEM:
+ return !bpf_may_fault_on_deref(type);
default:
return true;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-14 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 21:52 [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] bpf: Keep fault protection when merging pointer types Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 21:52 ` Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2026-08-14 21:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/6] bpf: Reject a store through a fault prone pointer Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 22:40 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 23:26 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 21:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/6] bpf: Rewrite any fault prone load out of a mem or btf_id pointer Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 21:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests for pointer type merge at a shared load Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 22:56 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 23:35 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 21:53 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests for fault prone loads out of RCU pointers Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 22:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 22:28 ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-14 22:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] bpf: Keep fault protection when merging pointer types sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 22:19 ` Daniel Borkmann
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