From: Mykyta Yatsenko <mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com>
To: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com,
andrii@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, memxor@gmail.com,
martin.lau@kernel.org, ameryhung@gmail.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 02/11] selftests/bpf: Test passing CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to kfunc that may mutate dynptr
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:26:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ldfytmja.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260307064439.3247440-3-ameryhung@gmail.com>
Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com> writes:
> Make sure for kfunc that takes mutable dynptr argument, verifier rejects
> passing CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to it.
>
> Rename struct sample to test_sample to avoid a conflict with the
> definition in vmlinux.h
>
> In test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c, initialize dynptr to 0 to avoid
> -Wuninitialized-const-pointer warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
> ---
> .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c | 37 +++++++++++++++----
> .../bpf/progs/test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
> index 8f2ae9640886..5e1b1cf4ea8e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
> @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> /* Copyright (c) 2022 Facebook */
>
> +#include <vmlinux.h>
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <string.h>
> -#include <stdbool.h>
> -#include <linux/bpf.h>
> #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
> #include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
> -#include <linux/if_ether.h>
> #include "bpf_misc.h"
> #include "bpf_kfuncs.h"
> +#include "../test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h"
>
> char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
>
> @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ struct {
> __type(value, __u64);
> } array_map4 SEC(".maps");
>
> -struct sample {
> +struct test_sample {
> int pid;
> long value;
> char comm[16];
> @@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ __failure __msg("Unreleased reference id=4")
> int ringbuf_missing_release2(void *ctx)
> {
> struct bpf_dynptr ptr1, ptr2;
> - struct sample *sample;
> + struct test_sample *sample;
>
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(*sample), 0, &ptr1);
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(*sample), 0, &ptr2);
> @@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ __failure __msg("type=mem expected=ringbuf_mem")
> int ringbuf_invalid_api(void *ctx)
> {
> struct bpf_dynptr ptr;
> - struct sample *sample;
> + struct test_sample *sample;
>
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(*sample), 0, &ptr);
> sample = bpf_dynptr_data(&ptr, 0, sizeof(*sample));
> @@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ __failure __msg("invalid mem access 'scalar'")
> int data_slice_use_after_release1(void *ctx)
> {
> struct bpf_dynptr ptr;
> - struct sample *sample;
> + struct test_sample *sample;
>
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(*sample), 0, &ptr);
> sample = bpf_dynptr_data(&ptr, 0, sizeof(*sample));
> @@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ __failure __msg("invalid mem access 'scalar'")
> int data_slice_use_after_release2(void *ctx)
> {
> struct bpf_dynptr ptr1, ptr2;
> - struct sample *sample;
> + struct test_sample *sample;
>
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, 64, 0, &ptr1);
> bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(*sample), 0, &ptr2);
> @@ -1993,3 +1992,25 @@ int test_dynptr_reg_type(void *ctx)
> global_call_bpf_dynptr((const struct bpf_dynptr *)current);
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +/* Cannot pass CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to bpf_kfunc_dynptr_test() that may mutate the dynptr */
> +__noinline int global_subprog_dynptr_mutable(const struct bpf_dynptr *dynptr)
> +{
> + long ret = 0;
Why do we need this long ret? Do we even need this function at all, why
not calling bpf_kfunc_dynptr_test() directly from the
kfunc_dynptr_const_to_mutable()?
> +
> + /* this should fail */
> + bpf_kfunc_dynptr_test((struct bpf_dynptr *)dynptr, NULL);
> + __sink(ret);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +SEC("tc")
nit: it looks like most of the programs in this file are optional:
SEC("?tc").
> +__failure __msg("cannot pass pointer to const bpf_dynptr, the helper mutates it")
> +int kfunc_dynptr_const_to_mutable(struct __sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + struct bpf_dynptr data;
> +
> + bpf_dynptr_from_skb(skb, 0, &data);
> + global_subprog_dynptr_mutable(&data);
> + return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c
> index c3631fd41977..1c6cfd0888ba 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SEC("?lsm.s/bpf")
> __failure __msg("cannot pass in dynptr at an offset=-8")
> int BPF_PROG(not_valid_dynptr, int cmd, union bpf_attr *attr, unsigned int size, bool kernel)
> {
> - unsigned long val;
> + unsigned long val = 0;
>
> return bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature((struct bpf_dynptr *)&val,
> (struct bpf_dynptr *)&val, NULL);
> --
> 2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-07 6:44 [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 00/11] Dynptr cleanup and bugfixes Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 01/11] bpf: Set kfunc dynptr arg type flag based on prototype Amery Hung
2026-03-11 14:47 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-11 16:34 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 19:43 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 20:01 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 22:37 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 23:03 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 23:15 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-12 16:59 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-12 20:09 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-13 3:25 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-16 20:57 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 02/11] selftests/bpf: Test passing CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to kfunc that may mutate dynptr Amery Hung
2026-03-11 15:26 ` Mykyta Yatsenko [this message]
2026-03-11 16:38 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 16:56 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-16 21:35 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 03/11] bpf: Unify dynptr handling in the verifier Amery Hung
2026-03-11 16:03 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-11 17:23 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 22:22 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-11 22:35 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-11 19:57 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 20:16 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-16 22:52 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 04/11] bpf: Assign reg->id when getting referenced kptr from ctx Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 05/11] bpf: Preserve reg->id of pointer objects after null-check Amery Hung
2026-03-11 21:55 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 22:26 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-11 22:29 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-11 23:46 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-17 18:49 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 06/11] bpf: Refactor object relationship tracking and fix dynptr UAF bug Amery Hung
2026-03-11 22:32 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-13 20:32 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-12 23:33 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-13 20:33 ` Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 07/11] bpf: Remove redundant dynptr arg check for helper Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 08/11] selftests/bpf: Test creating dynptr from dynptr data and slice Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 09/11] selftests/bpf: Test using dynptr after freeing the underlying object Amery Hung
2026-03-16 19:25 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 10/11] selftests/bpf: Test using slice after invalidating dynptr clone Amery Hung
2026-03-07 6:44 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 11/11] selftests/bpf: Test using file dynptr after the reference on file is dropped Amery Hung
2026-03-11 19:38 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 00/11] Dynptr cleanup and bugfixes Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-13 20:49 ` Amery Hung
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