From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
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Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
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"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Enhance freplace compatibility
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:04:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324150444.68166-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
The potential issue of kprobe_write_ctx+freplace was mentioned in
"bpf: Disallow !kprobe_write_ctx progs tail-calling kprobe_write_ctx progs" [1].
It is true issue, that the test in patch #3 verifies that kprobe_write_ctx=false
kprobe progs can be abused to modify struct pt_regs via kprobe_write_ctx=true
freplace progs.
When struct pt_regs is modified, bpf_prog_test_run_opts() gets -EFAULT instead
of 0.
test_kprobe_write_ctx:FAIL:bpf_prog_test_run_opts unexpected error: -14 (errno 14)
We will disallow freplace on kprobe programs with different kprobe_write_ctx
values.
However, xdp_has_frags does not cause such severe issue.
The issue of xdp_has_frags+freplace is that it is able to break the backwards
compatibility of XDP.
At the commit f45d5b6ce2e8 ("bpf: generalise tail call map compatibility check"),
the backwards compatibility was protected against tail calls, but it missed the
freplace case, which is also able to extend XDP progs. If xdp_has_frags=true
freplace progs are allowed to attach to xdp_has_frags=false XDP progs, the
backwards compatibility is broken.
We will disallow freplace on XDP programs with different xdp_has_frags values,
like the way in bpf_prog_map_compatible().
Links:
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAP01T74w4KVMn9bEwpQXrk+bqcUxzb6VW1SQ_QvNy0A4EY-9Jg@mail.gmail.com/
Leon Hwang (3):
bpf: Disallow freplace on XDP with mismatched xdp_has_frags values
bpf: Disallow freplace on kprobe with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx
values
selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify freplace compatibility
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 12 ++
.../bpf/prog_tests/freplace_compatible.c | 124 ++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/bpf/progs/freplace_compatible.c | 40 ++++++
3 files changed, 176 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/freplace_compatible.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/freplace_compatible.c
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 15:04 Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-03-24 15:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Disallow freplace on XDP with mismatched xdp_has_frags values Leon Hwang
2026-03-24 16:18 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-03-25 1:42 ` Leon Hwang
2026-03-25 10:38 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-03-24 15:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] bpf: Disallow freplace on kprobe with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx values Leon Hwang
2026-03-25 12:51 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-03-25 13:54 ` Leon Hwang
2026-03-24 15:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify freplace compatibility Leon Hwang
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