From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf v2 6/8] selftests/bpf: Reject graph kptr use after RCU unlock
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:43:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904084325.52250-7-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904084325.52250-1-memxor@gmail.com>
Add a sleepable verifier test that loads a graph-node local kptr in an
explicit RCU read-side critical section, then passes its node to
bpf_rbtree_remove() after the section ends.
Before the verifier fix, the stale NON_OWN_REF flag makes the node look like
a live borrowed reference and the program is accepted. After the fix, the
pointer is demoted without NON_OWN_REF and the graph kfunc argument is
rejected.
Also exercise a graph kptr loaded while a spin lock provides implicit RCU
protection. The pointer must be invalidated when the lock is released, which
guards the required ordering between non-owning-reference invalidation and
RCU demotion.
Update the existing fault-protected load test state description. The
post-unlock pointer no longer carries NON_OWN_REF, but remains readable
because the load is rewritten to use BPF_PROBE_MEM.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c | 6 +-
.../bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr_fail.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c
index 31d4081c3a9f..cdb255addbc3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ int non_own_ref_untrusted_ld(void *ctx)
}
bpf_rcu_read_unlock();
/*
- * The unlock leaves node as PTR_TO_BTF_ID | MEM_ALLOC | PTR_UNTRUSTED
- * | NON_OWN_REF, and the load below has to get the BPF_PROBE_MEM
- * rewrite for it, otherwise a bad address panics the kernel.
+ * The unlock leaves node as PTR_TO_BTF_ID | MEM_ALLOC | PTR_UNTRUSTED,
+ * and the load below has to get the BPF_PROBE_MEM rewrite for it,
+ * otherwise a bad address panics the kernel.
*/
non_own_ref_key = node->key;
return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr_fail.c
index 7d2f8897e5ad..f787ecf189d8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr_fail.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr_fail.c
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ struct map_value_refcount_only {
struct node_refcount_only __kptr *node;
};
+struct rcu_graph_node {
+ struct bpf_rb_node node;
+ long data;
+};
+
+struct rcu_graph_node *just_here_because_btf_bug;
+
+struct map_value_rcu_graph {
+ struct rcu_graph_node __kptr *node;
+};
+
extern void bpf_rcu_read_lock(void) __ksym;
extern void bpf_rcu_read_unlock(void) __ksym;
@@ -36,6 +47,8 @@ private(A) struct bpf_spin_lock glock;
private(A) struct bpf_rb_root groot __contains(node_acquire, node);
private(B) struct bpf_spin_lock lock;
private(B) struct bpf_list_head head __contains(node_refcounted, list);
+private(C) struct bpf_spin_lock graph_lock;
+private(C) struct bpf_rb_root graph_root __contains(rcu_graph_node, node);
struct {
__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
@@ -44,6 +57,13 @@ struct {
__uint(max_entries, 1);
} stashed_refcount_only SEC(".maps");
+struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
+ __type(key, int);
+ __type(value, struct map_value_rcu_graph);
+ __uint(max_entries, 1);
+} stashed_rcu_graph SEC(".maps");
+
static bool less(struct bpf_rb_node *a, const struct bpf_rb_node *b)
{
struct node_acquire *node_a;
@@ -137,6 +157,61 @@ long refcount_acquire_rcu_map_kptr_unchecked_drop(void *ctx)
return 0;
}
+SEC("?syscall")
+__failure
+__msg("bpf_rbtree_remove can only take non-owning or refcounted "
+ "bpf_rb_node pointer")
+long rbtree_remove_after_rcu_unlock(void *ctx)
+{
+ struct map_value_rcu_graph *mapval;
+ struct bpf_rb_node *rb_node;
+ struct rcu_graph_node *node;
+ int idx = 0;
+
+ mapval = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&stashed_rcu_graph, &idx);
+ if (!mapval)
+ return 0;
+
+ bpf_rcu_read_lock();
+ node = mapval->node;
+ if (!node) {
+ bpf_rcu_read_unlock();
+ return 0;
+ }
+ bpf_rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ bpf_spin_lock(&graph_lock);
+ rb_node = bpf_rbtree_remove(&graph_root, &node->node);
+ bpf_spin_unlock(&graph_lock);
+ if (rb_node)
+ bpf_obj_drop(container_of(rb_node, struct rcu_graph_node, node));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("?syscall")
+__failure __msg("invalid mem access 'scalar'")
+long graph_kptr_after_spin_unlock(void *ctx)
+{
+ struct map_value_rcu_graph *mapval;
+ struct rcu_graph_node *node;
+ int idx = 0;
+
+ mapval = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&stashed_rcu_graph, &idx);
+ if (!mapval)
+ return 0;
+
+ bpf_spin_lock(&graph_lock);
+ node = mapval->node;
+ if (!node) {
+ bpf_spin_unlock(&graph_lock);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ bpf_spin_unlock(&graph_lock);
+
+ return node->data;
+}
+
SEC("?tc")
__failure __msg("Unreleased reference id=3 alloc_insn={{[0-9]+}}")
long rbtree_refcounted_node_ref_escapes_owning_input(void *ctx)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 8:43 [PATCH bpf v2 0/8] Misc bug fixes - part 3 Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 1/8] bpf: Require MEM_PERCPU for percpu kptr stores Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 2/8] selftests/bpf: Reject non-percpu values in percpu kptr fields Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 3/8] bpf: Keep refcount_acquire nullable for borrowed RCU kptrs Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 4/8] selftests/bpf: Test borrowed refcount acquisition nullability Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 9:47 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 5/8] bpf: Clear NON_OWN_REF after RCU protection ends Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 7/8] bpf: Reject untrusted allocated-object pointers Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 8:43 ` [PATCH bpf v2 8/8] selftests/bpf: Reject refcount acquisition after RCU unlock Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-04 15:00 ` [PATCH bpf v2 0/8] Misc bug fixes - part 3 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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