From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Federico Di Pierro <nierro92@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 6/8] selftests/bpf: Test user memory page exec
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:25:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029212551.56964-7-jolsa@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029212551.56964-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Use bpf_copy_to_user from a uprobe to write architecture-specific
instructions into user memory, then execute them on x86-64 and arm64.
Test execution from a mapping created with read and execute permissions,
and from individual pages made executable with mprotect.
Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/user_mem.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/user_mem.c | 22 ++++++
2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/user_mem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/user_mem.c
index f301a1843706..7fa827298d24 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/user_mem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/user_mem.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
enum {
USER_MEM_MMAP = 1,
USER_MEM_UNMAP,
+ USER_MEM_COPY_INSNS,
};
static noinline void user_mem_trigger(void)
@@ -92,6 +93,76 @@ static void test_mapping(struct user_mem *skel)
munmap((void *)addr, len);
}
+static bool user_mem_copy_insns(struct user_mem *skel, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ skel->bss->user_addr = addr;
+ skel->bss->action = USER_MEM_COPY_INSNS;
+ user_mem_trigger();
+
+ return ASSERT_OK(skel->bss->ret, "user_write");
+}
+
+static void test_execute_user_page(struct user_mem *skel)
+{
+ long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ unsigned long addr = ~0UL;
+
+#if !defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(__aarch64__)
+ test__skip();
+ return;
+#endif
+
+ if (!user_mem_mmap(skel, page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC, &addr))
+ return;
+ if (!check_user_mem_vma((void *)addr, page_size, "r-xp"))
+ goto out;
+ if (!user_mem_copy_insns(skel, addr))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Execute user page. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(((int (*)(void))addr)(), 42, "execute_user_page");
+
+out:
+ if (addr != ~0UL)
+ munmap((void *)addr, page_size);
+}
+
+static void test_partial_exec(struct user_mem *skel)
+{
+ long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ unsigned long addr = ~0UL;
+
+#if !defined(__x86_64__) && !defined(__aarch64__)
+ test__skip();
+ return;
+#endif
+
+ if (!user_mem_mmap(skel, page_size * 3, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, &addr))
+ return;
+
+ /* Copy instructions to middle page. */
+ if (!user_mem_copy_insns(skel, addr + page_size))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Set +x to middle page. */
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(mprotect((void *)(addr + page_size), page_size,
+ PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC), "middle_page_mprotect"))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!check_user_mem_vma((void *)addr, page_size, "rw-p") ||
+ !check_user_mem_vma((void *)(addr + page_size), page_size, "r-xp") ||
+ !check_user_mem_vma((void *)(addr + 2 * page_size), page_size, "rw-p"))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Execute middle page. */
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(((int (*)(void))(addr + page_size))(), 42, "execute_middle_page"))
+ goto out;
+
+out:
+ if (addr != ~0UL)
+ munmap((void *)addr, page_size * 3);
+}
+
void test_user_mem(void)
{
struct user_mem *skel;
@@ -106,6 +177,10 @@ void test_user_mem(void)
if (test__start_subtest("mapping"))
test_mapping(skel);
+ if (test__start_subtest("execute_user_page"))
+ test_execute_user_page(skel);
+ if (test__start_subtest("partial_exec"))
+ test_partial_exec(skel);
out:
user_mem__destroy(skel);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/user_mem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/user_mem.c
index a6b4f922da49..b477132e3883 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/user_mem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/user_mem.c
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
extern unsigned long bpf_user_mmap(unsigned long len, unsigned long prot) __ksym;
extern int bpf_user_munmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len) __ksym;
+extern int bpf_copy_to_user(void *unsafe_ptr__ign, const void *src__srcptr,
+ u32 src__sz, u64 flags) __ksym;
enum {
USER_MEM_MMAP = 1,
USER_MEM_UNMAP,
+ USER_MEM_COPY_INSNS,
};
int monitored_pid;
@@ -24,6 +27,22 @@ unsigned long user_addr;
unsigned long map_len;
unsigned long map_prot;
+#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86)
+static const unsigned char insns[] = {
+ 0xf3, 0x0f, 0x1e, 0xfa, /* endbr64 */
+ 0xb8, 42, 0, 0, 0, 0xc3, /* mov $42, %eax; ret */
+};
+#elif defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64)
+static const unsigned char insns[] = {
+ 0x5f, 0x24, 0x03, 0xd5, /* bti c */
+ 0x40, 0x05, 0x80, 0x52, /* mov w0, #42 */
+ 0xc0, 0x03, 0x5f, 0xd6, /* ret */
+};
+#else
+/* The execute tests are skipped on other architectures. */
+static const unsigned char insns[] = { 0 };
+#endif
+
SEC("uprobe.s//proc/self/exe:user_mem_trigger")
int user_mem_test(struct pt_regs *ctx)
{
@@ -37,6 +56,9 @@ int user_mem_test(struct pt_regs *ctx)
case USER_MEM_UNMAP:
ret = bpf_user_munmap(user_addr, map_len);
break;
+ case USER_MEM_COPY_INSNS:
+ ret = bpf_copy_to_user((void *)user_addr, insns, sizeof(insns), 0);
+ break;
}
return 0;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-29 21:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 21:25 [PATCH bpf-next 0/8] bpf: Add user memory kfuncs Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/8] bpf: Add __srcptr kfunc argument suffix Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:49 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/8] bpf: Add user memory kfuncs Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 22:00 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-10-29 22:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/8] selftests/bpf: Add get_procmap_info helper Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/8] selftests/bpf: Test __srcptr kfunc arguments Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/8] selftests/bpf: Test user memory mmap kfuncs Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-29 21:25 ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/8] selftests/bpf: Test bpf_copy_to_user kfunc Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:25 ` [PATCH bpf-next 8/8] selftests/bpf: Test user memory kfunc errors Jiri Olsa
2026-10-29 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
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