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>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>, Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>,
Toke Hoiland-Jorgensen <toke@redhat.com>,
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-patches-bot@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] bpf: Disallow freplace on kprobe with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx values
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:04:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260324150444.68166-3-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324150444.68166-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>
uprobe programs are allowed to modify struct pt_regs.
Since the actual program type of uprobe is KPROBE, it can be abused to
modify struct pt_regs via kprobe+freplace when the kprobe attaches to
kernel functions.
For example,
SEC("?kprobe")
int kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return 0;
}
SEC("?freplace")
int freplace_kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
regs->di = 0;
return 0;
}
freplace_kprobe prog will attach to kprobe prog.
kprobe prog will attach to a kernel function.
Without this patch, when the kernel function runs, its first arg will
always be set as 0 via the freplace_kprobe prog.
To avoid the abuse of kprobe_write_ctx=true via kprobe+freplace, disallow
freplace on kprobe programs with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx values.
Fixes: 7384893d970e ("bpf: Allow uprobe program to change context registers")
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 12330466d58b..f8257bae6081 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6404,6 +6404,14 @@ static int check_ctx_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int off,
/* remember the offset of last byte accessed in ctx */
if (env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset < off + size)
env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset = off + size;
+ if (env->prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT) {
+ struct bpf_prog *dst_prog = env->prog->aux->dst_prog;
+
+ if (env->prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx != dst_prog->aux->kprobe_write_ctx) {
+ verbose(env, "Extension program cannot have different kprobe_write_ctx value with target prog\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 15:04 [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Enhance freplace compatibility Leon Hwang
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
2026-03-26 19:42 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-27 6:42 ` Leon Hwang
2026-03-24 15:04 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-03-25 12:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] bpf: Disallow freplace on kprobe with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx values 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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