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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 v11 09/26] bpf: Refuse a landing pad that does not resume
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:02:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015040229.859168-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015040143.854070-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>

A cleanup pad runs drop glue and calls bpf_unwind_resume(), so its frame
returns and the unwind goes on. A catch pad carries on in its frame
instead. Only the first is supported: bpf_unwind() rewrites every frame's
return address in one pass, so a catch pad's caller would still resume
at a pad.

Nothing in the record says which kind a pad is, but the code does: a
cleanup pad reaches _Unwind_Resume, a catch pad a return. So the unwind
marks the frame whose pad it enters, and refuses in the marked code:

  refused                                  where
  ---------------------------------------  ----------------------------
  an exit: how a catch pad ends            the pad's own frame
  a tail call: it replaces the frame       the pad's own frame
  a BPF_LD_[ABS|IND]: it leaves through    the pad's own frame
    an exit on a failed load
  an indirect jump: nothing a compiler     the pad's own frame
    frontend emits in a pad needs one
  a bpf_unwind(), a call to a global       the pad and its callees
    subprog that might_unwind
  a bpf_unwind_resume() outside a pad      any program

The first three are refused only in the pad's own frame: a subprog the
pad calls may do them and still come back.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/bpf_verifier.h |  1 +
 kernel/bpf/exception.c       | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/bpf/exception.h       |  1 +
 kernel/bpf/states.c          |  3 ++
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c        | 16 +++++++++-
 5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index cc95d2ad015c..4ca943c37e3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ struct bpf_func_state {
 	bool in_async_callback_fn;
 	bool in_exception_callback_fn;
 	bool no_stack_arg_load;
+	bool in_pad;
 	/* For callback calling functions that limit number of possible
 	 * callback executions (e.g. bpf_loop) keeps track of current
 	 * simulated iteration number.
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/exception.c b/kernel/bpf/exception.c
index 316ae9e4d7c7..43e01d0be44f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/exception.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/exception.c
@@ -226,6 +226,64 @@ bool bpf_is_unwind_resume_kfunc(const struct bpf_insn *insn)
 	       insn->imm == bpf_unwind_resume_id[0];
 }
 
+static bool unwinding(const struct bpf_verifier_state *state)
+{
+	u32 i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= state->curframe; i++)
+		if (state->frame[i]->in_pad)
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+int bpf_exc_check_insn(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn)
+{
+	bool in_pad = cur_func(env)->in_pad;
+	u32 i = env->insn_idx;
+	const char *why = NULL;
+
+	if (unwinding(env->cur_state)) {
+		if (bpf_is_unwind_kfunc(insn)) {
+			verbose(env, "insn %u starts a second unwind while one is in flight\n", i);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (bpf_pseudo_call(insn)) {
+			int subprog = bpf_find_subprog(env, i + insn->imm + 1);
+
+			if (bpf_subprog_is_global(env, subprog) &&
+			    env->subprog_info[subprog].might_unwind) {
+				verbose(env,
+					"insn %u calls global subprog %d, which can unwind while an unwind is in flight\n",
+					i, subprog);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!in_pad)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (insn->code == (BPF_JMP | BPF_EXIT)) {
+		verbose(env,
+			"exit at insn %u ends a landing pad: a catch pad is not supported yet, only cleanup pads that resume\n",
+			i);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (bpf_helper_call(insn) && insn->imm == BPF_FUNC_tail_call)
+		why = "is a tail call, which replaces the frame";
+	else if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_LD &&
+		 (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_ABS || BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_IND))
+		why = "is a BPF_LD_[ABS|IND], which can leave through the epilogue";
+	else if (insn_is_gotox(insn))
+		why = "is an indirect jump, which nothing a compiler frontend emits in a pad needs";
+
+	if (!why)
+		return 0;
+
+	verbose(env, "insn %u %s, and is in a landing pad\n", i, why);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 int bpf_exc_pad_of_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 idx)
 {
 	u32 pad = env->insn_aux_data[idx].cleanup_pad;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/exception.h b/kernel/bpf/exception.h
index 49d4685c297a..6d6550daa98e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/exception.h
+++ b/kernel/bpf/exception.h
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ int bpf_exc_pad_of_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 idx);
 bool bpf_is_unwind_kfunc(const struct bpf_insn *insn);
 bool bpf_is_unwind_resume_kfunc(const struct bpf_insn *insn);
 int bpf_exc_check_callback(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog);
+int bpf_exc_check_insn(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn);
 
 #endif /* __BPF_EXCEPTION_H */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/states.c b/kernel/bpf/states.c
index a3dd2f5712e7..93b5cc3a2f02 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/states.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/states.c
@@ -999,6 +999,9 @@ static bool func_states_equal(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_stat
 	if (!old->no_stack_arg_load && cur->no_stack_arg_load)
 		return false;
 
+	if (old->in_pad != cur->in_pad)
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_BPF_REG; i++)
 		if (((1 << i) & live_regs) &&
 		    !regsafe(env, &old->regs[i], &cur->regs[i],
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 9c88b68e4235..ec5496aa12f7 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -15573,8 +15573,13 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 
 	if (bpf_is_unwind_kfunc(insn))
 		return process_bpf_unwind(env, insn_idx_p);
-	if (bpf_is_unwind_resume_kfunc(insn))
+	if (bpf_is_unwind_resume_kfunc(insn)) {
+		if (!cur_func(env)->in_pad) {
+			verbose(env, "resume at insn %d is not in a landing pad\n", insn_idx);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		return unwind_frames(env, NULL);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -19721,6 +19726,7 @@ static int unwind_frames(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, bool *do_print_state)
 			return err;
 		clear_caller_saved_regs(env, caller->regs);
 		mark_reg_unknown(env, caller->regs, BPF_REG_0);
+		caller->in_pad = true;
 		env->insn_idx = pad;
 		if (do_print_state)
 			*do_print_state = true;
@@ -19795,6 +19801,7 @@ static int process_global_call_unwind(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 	frame = cur_func(env);
 	clear_caller_saved_regs(env, frame->regs);
 	mark_reg_unknown(env, frame->regs, BPF_REG_0);
+	frame->in_pad = true;
 	env->insn_idx = pad;
 	*do_print_state = true;
 	return INSN_IDX_UPDATED;
@@ -19809,6 +19816,7 @@ static int process_bpf_unwind(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int *insn_idx)
 		return unwind_frames(env, NULL);
 	clear_caller_saved_regs(env, frame->regs);
 	mark_reg_unknown(env, frame->regs, BPF_REG_0);
+	frame->in_pad = true;
 	*insn_idx = pad;
 	return INSN_IDX_UPDATED;
 }
@@ -20004,6 +20012,12 @@ static int do_check_insn(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, bool *do_print_state)
 	struct bpf_insn *insn = &env->prog->insnsi[env->insn_idx];
 	u8 class = BPF_CLASS(insn->code);
 
+	if (unlikely(env->cleanup_info_cnt)) {
+		err = bpf_exc_check_insn(env, insn);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	switch (class) {
 	case BPF_ALU:
 	case BPF_ALU64:
-- 
2.53.0-Meta


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-15  4:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-15  4:01 [PATCH bpf-next v11 00/26] bpf: Run exception cleanup landing pads when bpf_unwind() unwinds Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 01/26] bpf: Pack bpf_insn_aux_data flags into bit fields Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 02/26] bpf: Accept the compiler's exception cleanup table at program load Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 03/26] bpf: Add the bpf_unwind() and bpf_unwind_resume() kfuncs Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 04/26] bpf: Keep a call site's landing pad in insn_aux_data, add lookups Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:16   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 05/26] bpf: Mark covered call sites and check a program can take a table Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 06/26] bpf: Make exception landing pads reachable in the CFG Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 07/26] bpf: Verify an unwind through landing pads and epilogues Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:29   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 08/26] bpf: Refuse a callback that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 10/26] bpf: Do not use a private stack for a program " Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 11/26] bpf: Prepare JITed programs for dispatching cleanup pads Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 12/26] bpf: Keep an epilogue for each subprog an unwind can pass through Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 13/26] bpf: Allow a subprog to end with a call that does not return Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 14/26] bpf: Dispatch cleanup pads by rewriting return addresses Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 15/26] bpf: Refuse a trampoline that calls a subprog that can unwind Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 16/26] bpf, x86: Dispatch exception cleanup pads at run time Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 17/26] bpf, arm64: " Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 18/26] libbpf: Resolve the compiler's _Unwind_Resume to the kernel's kfunc Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 19/26] libbpf: Add cleanup_info to bpf_prog_load_opts Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:13   ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 20/26] libbpf: Collect .bpf_cleanup records and pass them to the kernel Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 21/26] libbpf: Carry the exception cleanup table through the light skeleton Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 22/26] libbpf: Let the static linker carry .bpf_cleanup relocations Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 23/26] selftests/bpf: Add end-to-end and negative .bpf_cleanup exception tests Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 24/26] selftests/bpf: Add __set_global() and __ret_global() test tags Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 25/26] selftests/bpf: Cover more accepted .bpf_cleanup exception shapes Yonghong Song
2026-10-15  4:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v11 26/26] selftests/bpf: Load an exception cleanup program from a light skeleton Yonghong Song

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