From: Abhinav Madake <abhinavmadake@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Abhinav Madake <abhinavmadake@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Return -EINVAL from btf__align_of() for unknown type ID
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:12:29 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919164229.95154-1-abhinavmadake@gmail.com> (raw)
btf__align_of() passes the result of btf__type_by_id() straight to
btf_kind() without checking for NULL, so an unknown type ID
dereferences a NULL pointer instead of returning an error like the
other btf__*() lookups do.
BTF parsed from raw data cannot trigger this, since btf_sanity_check()
rejects dangling references. BTF built with the btf__add_*() API can:
those only check the ID range, so a forward reference to a type that
was never added, followed by btf__align_of() on it (directly, or
through the recursive struct/array/typedef cases), crashes.
Check for NULL and return -EINVAL, matching btf__type_by_id().
Link: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/983
Signed-off-by: Abhinav Madake <abhinavmadake@gmail.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 908bd3442..d15bc09ac 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -986,8 +986,12 @@ done:
int btf__align_of(const struct btf *btf, __u32 id)
{
const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
- __u16 kind = btf_kind(t);
+ __u16 kind;
+ if (!t)
+ return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+ kind = btf_kind(t);
switch (kind) {
case BTF_KIND_INT:
case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
--
2.47.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-19 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-19 16:42 Abhinav Madake [this message]
2026-09-19 16:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Return -EINVAL from btf__align_of() for unknown type ID sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 17:45 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2] libbpf: Check for unknown type ID in btf__align_of() Abhinav Madake
2026-09-19 18:44 ` Alexei Starovoitov
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