From: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>
Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Lorenz Bauer <lmb@cloudflare.com>,
Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf v2] bpf, sockmap: disallow update and delete from tc, xdp and flow_dissector
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:46:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260620034632.2308-1-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com> (raw)
sock_map_update_common() and __sock_map_delete() hold stab->lock and call
sock_map_unref() -> sock_map_del_link(), which takes sk_callback_lock for
write. That gives the order stab->lock -> sk_callback_lock.
The reverse order comes from the SK_SKB stream parser.
sk_psock_strp_data_ready() holds sk_callback_lock for read, and after the
verdict tcp_bpf_strp_read_sock() acks the consumed data inline via
__tcp_cleanup_rbuf(). The ACK goes out egress, where a sched_cls program
deletes from the sockmap and takes stab->lock:
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
7.1.0-rc6 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.9.8824 is trying to acquire lock:
(&stab->lock){+.-.}-{3:3}, at: __sock_map_delete net/core/sock_map.c:421
but task is already holding lock:
(clock-AF_INET){++.-}-{3:3}, at: sk_psock_strp_data_ready net/core/skmsg.c:1173
-> #1 (clock-AF_INET){++.-}-{3:3}:
_raw_write_lock_bh
sock_map_del_link net/core/sock_map.c:167
sock_map_unref net/core/sock_map.c:184
sock_map_update_common net/core/sock_map.c:509
sock_map_update_elem_sys net/core/sock_map.c:588
map_update_elem kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1805
-> #0 (&stab->lock){+.-.}-{3:3}:
_raw_spin_lock_bh
__sock_map_delete net/core/sock_map.c:421
sock_map_delete_elem net/core/sock_map.c:452
bpf_prog_06044d24140080b6
tcx_run net/core/dev.c:4451
sch_handle_egress net/core/dev.c:4541
__dev_queue_xmit net/core/dev.c:4808
...
tcp_bpf_strp_read_sock net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c:701
strp_data_ready net/strparser/strparser.c:402
sk_psock_strp_data_ready net/core/skmsg.c:1174
tcp_data_queue net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5661
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
rlock(clock-AF_INET);
lock(&stab->lock);
lock(clock-AF_INET);
lock(&stab->lock);
*** DEADLOCK ***
A tc, xdp or flow_dissector program has no reason to update or delete a
sockmap, and redirect does not go through here. Drop them from
may_update_sockmap() so the verifier rejects it. It also closes the
matching sockhash inversion.
Fixes: 0126240f448d ("bpf: sockmap: Allow update from BPF")
Suggested-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- reject sockmap update/delete from tc, xdp and flow_dissector (John
Fastabend)
- fix the changelog (Jiayuan Chen)
v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260616091153.2966617-1-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com/
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 7fb88e1cd7c4..94d225521b5a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8766,11 +8766,7 @@ static bool may_update_sockmap(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int func_id)
return true;
break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER:
- case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS:
- case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT:
- case BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP:
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT:
- case BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR:
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP:
return true;
default:
--
2.43.0
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2026-06-20 3:46 Sechang Lim [this message]
2026-06-20 13:24 ` [PATCH bpf v2] bpf, sockmap: disallow update and delete from tc, xdp and flow_dissector Jiayuan Chen
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