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 v10 13/24] bpf: Refuse a trampoline that calls a subprog that can unwind
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:15:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009041554.30730-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009041447.17092-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
bpf_unwind() walks up the stack rewriting return addresses. It expects
every frame up to the main function to be one of the program's own BPF
functions, and stops at the first frame that is not. A trampoline
attached to a subprog with fexit, fmod_ret or fsession is such a frame:
it calls the subprog, so it sits between the subprog and its caller:
main -> A -> trampoline -> B -> C C calls bpf_unwind()
The walk rewrites the return into B but stops at the trampoline, so B
returns through it to A after its call, instead of to A's pad or
epilogue: a path the verifier never walked for an unwind.
Refuse such an attachment to a subprog marked might_unwind, now copied
into each function's aux. Nothing else puts a frame between two of a
program's frames: fentry leaves none, a trampoline on main is above
where the walk stops, freplace is a program of its own whose unwind ends
as a normal return to its caller, a callback that can unwind is refused,
kprobes and fgraph cannot hook JIT code, and a tail call replaces a
frame.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/fixups.c | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 7f23f4efde01..1b3b6ee05c09 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1910,6 +1910,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
bool priv_stack_requested;
bool changes_pkt_data;
bool might_sleep;
+ bool might_unwind;
bool kprobe_write_ctx;
struct {
s32 keyring_serial;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
index c29e14ffc475..6f719e1b083e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,7 @@ static int jit_subprogs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
func[i]->aux->exception_cb = env->subprog_info[i].is_exception_cb;
func[i]->aux->changes_pkt_data = env->subprog_info[i].changes_pkt_data;
func[i]->aux->might_sleep = env->subprog_info[i].might_sleep;
+ func[i]->aux->might_unwind = env->subprog_info[i].might_unwind;
func[i]->aux->token = prog->aux->token;
if (!i)
func[i]->aux->exception_boundary = env->seen_exception;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 3d9ed6cb15e0..7354b8cc8b36 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -21600,6 +21600,23 @@ int bpf_check_attach_target(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
prog_extension ? "Extension" : "Tracing");
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /*
+ * A trampoline that calls its target stays as a frame between a
+ * subprog and its caller, and bpf_unwind() cannot walk past it:
+ * the frames above it would carry on after their calls rather
+ * than at their landing pads or epilogues. fentry leaves no
+ * frame, and the main program's caller is above where the walk
+ * stops.
+ */
+ if (aux->func && subprog && aux->func[subprog]->aux->might_unwind &&
+ (prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_FEXIT ||
+ prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_MODIFY_RETURN ||
+ prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_FSESSION)) {
+ bpf_log(log,
+ "Cannot attach fexit, fmod_ret or fsession to %s, which can unwind\n",
+ tname);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
conservative = aux->func_info_aux[subprog].unreliable;
if (prog_extension) {
if (conservative) {
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-09 4:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 4:14 [PATCH bpf-next v10 00/24] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_unwind() unwinds Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:14 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 01/24] bpf: Pack bpf_insn_aux_data flags into bit fields Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:14 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 02/24] bpf: Accept the compiler's exception cleanup table at program load Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 03/24] bpf: Add the bpf_unwind() and bpf_unwind_resume() kfuncs Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 04/24] bpf: Keep a call site's landing pad in insn_aux_data, add lookups Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 15:10 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 05/24] bpf: Mark covered call sites and check a program can take a table Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 15:13 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 06/24] bpf: Make exception landing pads reachable in the CFG Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 07/24] bpf: Verify an unwind through landing pads and epilogues Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 15:24 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 5:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-09 15:25 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 08/24] bpf: Refuse a callback that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 09/24] bpf: Refuse a landing pad that does not resume Yonghong Song
2026-10-10 15:08 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-11 18:26 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 10/24] bpf: Do not use a private stack for a program that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 15:38 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 11/24] bpf: Prepare JITed programs for dispatching cleanup pads Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 16:12 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 5:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-09 16:39 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 12/24] bpf: Dispatch cleanup pads by rewriting return addresses Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:15 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-10-09 4:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 14/24] bpf, x86: Dispatch exception cleanup pads at run time Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 16:51 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 15/24] bpf, arm64: " Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 16:55 ` Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 16/24] libbpf: Resolve the compiler's _Unwind_Resume to the kernel's kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 17/24] libbpf: Add cleanup_info to bpf_prog_load_opts Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 18/24] libbpf: Collect .bpf_cleanup records and pass them to the kernel Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 19/24] libbpf: Carry the exception cleanup table through the light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 20/24] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 21/24] selftests/bpf: Add end-to-end and negative .bpf_cleanup exception tests Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 22/24] selftests/bpf: Add __set_global() and __ret_global() test tags Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 23/24] selftests/bpf: Cover more accepted .bpf_cleanup exception shapes Yonghong Song
2026-10-09 4:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 24/24] selftests/bpf: Load an exception cleanup program from a light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-10-10 15:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v10 00/24] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_unwind() unwinds Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-11 17:30 ` Yonghong Song
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