From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>,
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf v3 3/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:01:08 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831110314.150870-4-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831110314.150870-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
btf_var_show() calls btf_type_id_resolve() unconditionally, which
dereferences btf->resolved_ids. That is NULL for a base BTF - e.g. the
vmlinux BTF that bpf_snprintf_btf() renders against - since base BTF is
not resolved during parsing. btf_modifier_show() guards this with
'if (btf->resolved_ids)', but btf_var_show() does not.
A BPF program that passes the type_id of a BTF_KIND_VAR from the vmlinux
BTF to bpf_snprintf_btf() thus NULL-derefs:
KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x46638-0x4663f]
RIP: 0010:btf_var_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:2929)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
btf_type_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8259)
btf_type_snprintf_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8329)
bpf_snprintf_btf (kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1047)
bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp (net/bpf/test_run.c:829)
__sys_bpf (kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4804)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
Resolve the var's type directly with btf_type_skip_modifiers() when
resolved_ids is NULL, mirroring btf_modifier_show().
Fixes: c4d0bfb45068 ("bpf: Add bpf_snprintf_btf helper")
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 6e267c4c4e1f..3cf35ee49c10 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -2926,7 +2926,15 @@ static void btf_var_show(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
u32 type_id, void *data, u8 bits_offset,
struct btf_show *show)
{
- t = btf_type_id_resolve(btf, &type_id);
+ /*
+ * btf_type_id_resolve() dereferences btf->resolved_ids, which is NULL
+ * for a base BTF (e.g. the vmlinux BTF that bpf_snprintf_btf() uses).
+ * Resolve the var's type directly in that case.
+ */
+ if (btf->resolved_ids)
+ t = btf_type_id_resolve(btf, &type_id);
+ else
+ t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, &type_id);
btf_type_ops(t)->show(btf, t, type_id, data, bits_offset, show);
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 11:01 [PATCH bpf v3 0/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-derefs when showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 1/5] bpf: Reject key-less BTF for hash maps Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 12:05 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:27 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:01 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 2/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:48 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:48 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:06 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-08-31 21:08 ` [PATCH bpf v3 3/5] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show() Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 4/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for key-less BTF hash map Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 11:48 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 12:54 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-08-31 21:12 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-31 11:01 ` [PATCH bpf v3 5/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for showing a void BTF type Jiayuan Chen
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