Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] bpf, x86_32: Fix incorrect encoding in BPF_LDX zero-extension

[Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:36:29AM -0700, Luke Nelson wrote:
> The current JIT uses the following sequence to zero-extend into the
> upper 32 bits of the destination register for BPF_LDX BPF_{B,H,W},
> when the destination register is not on the stack:
> 
>   EMIT3(0xC7, add_1reg(0xC0, dst_hi), 0);
> 
> The problem is that C7 /0 encodes a MOV instruction that requires a 4-byte
> immediate; the current code emits only 1 byte of the immediate. This
> means that the first 3 bytes of the next instruction will be treated as
> the rest of the immediate, breaking the stream of instructions.
> 
> This patch fixes the problem by instead emitting "xor dst_hi,dst_hi"
> to clear the upper 32 bits. This fixes the problem and is more efficient
> than using MOV to load a zero immediate.
> 
> This bug may not be currently triggerable as BPF_REG_AX is the only
> register not stored on the stack and the verifier uses it in a limited
> way, and the verifier implements a zero-extension optimization. But the
> JIT should avoid emitting incorrect encodings regardless.
> 
> Fixes: 03f5781be2c7b ("bpf, x86_32: add eBPF JIT compiler for ia32")
> Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luke Nelson <luke.r.nels@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com>