A kfunc marked with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag takes implicit arguments
(such as bpf_prog_aux) that the verifier injects at load time.
resolve_btfids strips those from the kfunc's BTF-visible prototype and
keeps the real kernel ABI in a counterpart _impl prototype [1].
fentry/fexit/fmod_ret/fsession programs may attach to the BPF kernel
functions, including those with implicit args. However
bpf_check_attach_target() and bpf_check_attach_btf_id_multi() extract
the struct btf_func_model from the wrong BTF prototype of the
kfunc. The btf_func_model is later read to construct the trampoline,
which then causes the injected implicit argument to be clobbered and
the kfunc dereferencing garbage.
Add btf_attach_func_proto() to resolve the real ABI prototype of the
kfunc the way the call site does: by looking up the _impl prototype
for a KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS kfunc. Use it at both attach-target model
construction sites.
To enable this, make two supporting changes:
* pass bpf_verifier_log instead of bpf_verifier_env to
find_kfunc_impl_proto(), so it can be reused from the attach path
* add btf_kfunc_check_flag() to test a flag across all of a kfunc's
hook sets, because a program attaching to a kfunc is not in the
kfunc's call-set
KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS must be consistent across the sets, so
btf_kfunc_check_flag() returns -EINVAL on inconsistency.
btf_kfunc_check_flag() reads the kfunc's flags from the target's
kfunc_set_tab. For a module BTF that table is stable only after the
module is live, so take a module reference around the read, mirroring
how the kfunc call path gates the same lookup with btf_try_get_module().
The remaining call sites of btf_distill_func_proto() are safe as
is. The BPF_TRACE_ITER case distills a registered iterator's
prototype, and bpf_struct_ops_desc_init() distills the
function-pointer members of a struct_ops type. Neither is a kfunc, and
so can't have implicit arguments.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260120222638.3976562-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
Fixes: 64e1360524 ("bpf: Verifier support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS")
Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://github.com/sched-ext/scx/issues/3687#issuecomment-4906694106
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260713235223.1639022-2-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
llvm commit [1] allowed attaching type tag records to modifier BTF
records. This is useful for using typedefs that encompass a base type
and a type tag, e.g.:
typedef struct rbtree __arena rbtree_t;
Modify btf_check_type_tags() so that it allows this sequence of records.
The function now only checks for record loops in BTF modifier record
chains. Rename to btf_check_modifier_chain_length to reflect this.
Also expand the BTF modifier traversal code to take into account that
type record can be interleaved with other modifier records. In effect
this means traversing all modifiers to collect the type tags.
Also modify existing selftests to now accept modifier records (const,
typedef) that point to type tag records.
[1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/203089
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260616061454.7869-1-emil@etsalapatis.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
btf_parse_struct_metas() walks user-supplied BTF during BPF_BTF_LOAD,
and btf_repeat_fields() expands repeatable fields from array elements
into the fixed BTF_FIELDS_MAX scratch array used by btf_parse_fields().
The remaining-capacity check performs the expanded field count calculation
in u32. A malformed BTF can wrap that calculation, causing the check to
pass even when the expanded field count exceeds the scratch array
capacity. The following memcpy() can then write past the end of the
array.
Use checked addition and multiplication before copying repeated fields
and reject impossible counts.
Fixes: 797d73ee23 ("bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Moses <p@1g4.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260605234301.1109063-1-p@1g4.org
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Refactor the newly introduced btf_scan_decl_tags() to improve
readability and maintainability. The current implementation uses a
manual if-else chain and a magic number offset to strip the "arg:"
prefix from declaration tags.
Replace the if-else logic with a table-driven approach using a static
const array. This separates the tag data from the scanning logic, making
the helper more extensible for future tags. Additionally, replace the
magic number '4' with a sizeof-based calculation on the prefix string to
ensure the offset remains synchronized with the search key.
Finally, optimize the loop by moving the is_global check to the top of
the block. This allows the verifier to fail-fast on static subprograms
without performing unnecessary BTF string and type lookups.
Signed-off-by: Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260603201822.770596-1-mattbobrowski@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
BPF subprogs currently only return void or scalar values. However,
it is also safe to return arena pointers between subprogs in the same
BPF program: Arena pointers are guaranteed to be safe for both programs
at any point. Expand the verifier to permit returning an arena pointer
to the caller.
The main subprog is still not allowed to return an arena pointer because
arena pointers are internal to the BPF program, and the return values
permitted for each main subprog depend on the program type anyway.
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260602004120.17087-4-emil@etsalapatis.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Refactor object relationship tracking in the verifier and fix a dynptr
use-after-free bug where file/skb dynptrs are not invalidated when the
parent referenced object is freed.
Add parent_id to bpf_reg_state to precisely track child-parent
relationships. A child object's parent_id points to the parent object's
id. This replaces the PTR_TO_MEM-specific dynptr_id.
Remove ref_obj_id from bpf_reg_state by folding its role into the
existing id field. Previously, id tracked pointer identity for null
checking while ref_obj_id tracked the owning reference for lifetime
management. These are now unified: acquire helpers and kfuncs set id
to the acquired reference id, and release paths use id directly.
Add reg_is_referenced() which checks if a register is referenced by
looking up its id in the reference array. This replaces all former
ref_obj_id checks.
For release_reference(), invalidating an object now also invalidates
all descendants by traversing the object tree. This is done using
stack-based DFS to avoid recursive call chains of release_reference() ->
unmark_stack_slots_dynptr() -> release_reference(). Referenced objects
encountered during tree traversal are reported as leaked references.
Add parent_id to bpf_reference_state to enable hierarchical reference
tracking. When acquiring a reference, a parent_id can be specified to
link the new reference to an existing one (e.g., referenced dynptrs
acquire a reference with parent_id linking to the parent object's
reference).
Pointer casting:
For pointer casting helpers (bpf_sk_fullsock, bpf_tcp_sock), instead of
propagating ref_obj_id, the cast result reuses the same reference id as
the source pointer. Since the cast may return NULL for a non-NULL input,
the NULL case is explored as a separate verifier branch. This allows
releasing any of the original or cast pointers to invalidate all others.
Referenced dynptrs:
When constructing a referenced dynptr, acquire a intermediate reference
with parent_id linking to the parent referenced object. The dynptr and
all clones share the same parent_id (pointing to the intermediate ref)
but get unique ids for independent slice tracking. Releasing a
referenced dynptr releases the parent reference, which in turn
invalidates all clones and their derived slices.
Owning to non-owning reference conversion:
After converting owning to non-owning by clearing id (e.g.,
object(id=1) -> object(id=0)), the verifier releases the reference
state via release_reference_nomark().
Note that the error message "reference has not been acquired before" in
the helper and kfunc release paths is removed. This message was already
unreachable. The verifier only calls release_reference() after
confirming the reference is valid, so the condition could never trigger
in practice.
Fixes: 870c28588a ("bpf: net_sched: Add basic bpf qdisc kfuncs")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260529014936.2811085-6-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Add bpf_jit_supports_stack_args() as a weak function defaulting to
false. Architectures that implement JIT support for stack arguments
override it to return true.
Reject BPF functions with more than 5 parameters at verification
time if the architecture does not support stack arguments.
Acked-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260513045054.2390945-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Currently BPF functions (subprogs) are limited to 5 register arguments.
With [1], the compiler can emit code that passes additional arguments
via a dedicated stack area through bpf register BPF_REG_PARAMS (r11),
introduced in an earlier patch ([2]).
The compiler uses positive r11 offsets for incoming (callee-side) args
and negative r11 offsets for outgoing (caller-side) args, following the
x86_64/arm64 calling convention direction. There is an 8-byte gap at
offset 0 separating two regions:
Incoming (callee reads): r11+8 (arg6), r11+16 (arg7), ...
Outgoing (caller writes): r11-8 (arg6), r11-16 (arg7), ...
The following is an example to show how stack arguments are saved
and transferred between caller and callee:
int foo(int a1, int a2, int a3, int a4, int a5, int a6, int a7) {
...
bar(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
...
}
Caller (foo) Callee (bar)
============ ============
Incoming (positive offsets): Incoming (positive offsets):
r11+8: [incoming arg 6] r11+8: [incoming arg 6] <-+
r11+16: [incoming arg 7] r11+16: [incoming arg 7] <-|+
r11+24: [incoming arg 8] <-||+
Outgoing (negative offsets): |||
r11-8: [outgoing arg 6 to bar] -------->-------------------------+||
r11-16: [outgoing arg 7 to bar] -------->--------------------------+|
r11-24: [outgoing arg 8 to bar] -------->---------------------------+
If the bpf function has more than one call:
int foo(int a1, int a2, int a3, int a4, int a5, int a6, int a7) {
...
bar1(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8);
...
bar2(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9);
...
}
Caller (foo) Callee (bar2)
============ ==============
Incoming (positive offsets): Incoming (positive offsets):
r11+8: [incoming arg 6] r11+8: [incoming arg 6] <+
r11+16: [incoming arg 7] r11+16: [incoming arg 7] <|+
r11+24: [incoming arg 8] <||+
Outgoing for bar2 (negative offsets): r11+32: [incoming arg 9] <|||+
r11-8: [outgoing arg 6] ---->----------->-------------------------+|||
r11-16: [outgoing arg 7] ---->----------->--------------------------+||
r11-24: [outgoing arg 8] ---->----------->---------------------------+|
r11-32: [outgoing arg 9] ---->----------->----------------------------+
The verifier tracks outgoing stack arguments in stack_arg_regs[] and
out_stack_arg_cnt in bpf_func_state, separately from the regular
r10 stack. The callee does not copy incoming args — it reads them
directly from the caller's outgoing slots at positive r11 offsets.
Similar to stacksafe(), introduce stack_arg_safe() to do pruning
check.
Outgoing stack arg slots are invalidated when the callee returns
(e.g. in prepare_func_exit), not at call time. This allows the callee to
read incoming args from the caller's outgoing slots during
verification. The following are a few examples.
Example 1:
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r6;
*(u64 *)(r11 - 16) = r7;
call bar1; // arg6 = r6, arg7 = r7
call bar2; // expected with 2 stack arguments, failed
Example 2:
To fix the Example 1:
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r6;
*(u64 *)(r11 - 16) = r7;
call bar1; // arg6 = r6, arg7 = r7
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r8;
*(u64 *)(r11 - 16) = r9;
call bar2; // arg6 = r8, arg7 = r9
Example 3:
The compiler can hoist the shared stack arg stores above the branch:
*(u64 *)(r11 - 16) = r7;
if cond goto else;
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r8;
call bar1; // arg6 = r8, arg7 = r7
goto end;
else:
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r9;
call bar2; // arg6 = r9, arg7 = r7
end:
Example 4:
Within a loop:
loop:
*(u64 *)(r11 - 8) = r6; // arg6, before loop
call bar; // reuses arg6 each iteration
if ... goto loop;
A separate max_out_stack_arg_cnt field in bpf_subprog_info tracks
the deepest outgoing slot actually written. This intends to
reject programs that write to slots beyond what any callee expects.
It is necessary for JIT.
Similar to typical compiler generated code, enforce the following
orderings:
- all stack arg reads must be ahead of any stack arg write
- all stack arg reads must be before any bpf func, kfunc and helpers
This is needed as JIT may emit 'mov' insns for read/write with
the same register and bpf function, kfunc and helper will invalidate
all arguments immediately after the call.
Callback functions with stack arguments need kernel setup parameter
types (including stack parameters) properly and then callback function
can retrieve such information for verification purpose.
Global subprogs and freplace with >5 args are not yet supported.
[1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/189060
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260423033506.2542005-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev/
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260513045015.2385013-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Move the "sub->arg_cnt = nargs" assignment to immediately after
nargs is computed from btf_type_vlen(), instead of at the end of
btf_prepare_func_args().
btf_prepare_func_args() can return -EINVAL early in several cases,
e.g. when a static function has some non-int/enum arguments.
Since -EINVAL from btf_prepare_func_args() does not immediately
reject verification, arg_cnt remains zero after the early return.
This causes later stack argument based load/store insns to
incorrectly assume the function has no arguments.
Setting arg_cnt right after nargs ensures it is available regardless
of which path btf_prepare_func_args() takes.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260513045010.2384635-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
BPF_BTF_LOAD can now take log parameters from both union bpf_attr and
struct bpf_common_attr, with the same merge rules as BPF_PROG_LOAD:
- if both sides provide a complete log tuple (buf/size/level) and they
match, use it;
- if only one side provides log parameters, use that one;
- if both sides provide complete tuples but they differ, return -EINVAL.
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260512153157.28382-6-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
BTF maximum vlen is encoded using 16 bits with a maximum vlen
of 65535. This has sufficed for structs, function parameters
and enumerated type values. However, with upcoming BTF location
information - in particular information about inline sites -
this limit is surpassed. Use bits 16-23 - currently unused in
BTF info - to extend to 24 bits, giving a max vlen of (2^24 - 1),
or 16 million.
Also extend BTF kind encoding from 5 to 7 bits, giving a maximum
available number of kinds of 128. Since with the BTF location work
we use another 3 kinds, we are fast approaching the current limit
of 32.
Convert BTF_MAX_* values to enums to allow them to be encoded in
kernel BTF; this will allow us to detect if the running kernel
supports a 24-bit vlen or not. Add one for max _possible_
(not used) kind.
Fix up a few places in the kernel where a 16-bit vlen is assumed;
remove BTF_INFO_MASK as now all bits are used.
The vlen expansion was suggested by Andrii in [1]; the kind expansion
is tackled here too as it may be needed also to support new kinds
in BTF.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZx=X6vGqcA8SPU6D+v6k+TR=ZewebXMuXtpmML058piw@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260417143023.1551481-2-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Redefine dynptr mutability and fix inconsistency in the verifier and
kfunc signatures. Dynptr mutability is at two levels. The first is
the bpf_dynptr structure and the second is the memory the dynptr points
to. The verifer currently tracks the mutability of the bpf_dynptr struct
through helper and kfunc prototypes, where "const struct bpf_dynptr *"
means the structure itself is immutable. The second level is tracked
in upper bit of bpf_dynptr->size in runtime and is not changed in this
patch.
There are two type of inconsistency in the verfier regarding the
mutability of the bpf_dynptr struct. First, there are many existing
kfuncs whose prototypes are wrong. For example, bpf_dynptr_adjust()
mutates a dynptr's start and offset but marks the argument as a const
pointer. At the same time many other kfuncs that does not mutate the
dynptr but mark themselves as mutable. Second, the verifier currently
does not honor the const qualifier in kfunc prototypes as it determines
whether tagging the arg_type with MEM_RDONLY or not based on the register
state.
Since all the verifier care is to prevent CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR from
being destroyed in callback and global subprogram, redefine the
mutability at the bpf_dynptr level to just bpf_dynptr_kern->data. Then,
explicitly prohibit passing CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to an argument tagged
with MEM_UNINIT or OBJ_RELEASE. The mutability of a dynptr's view is not
really interesting so drop MEM_RDONLY annotation for dynptr from the
helpers and kfuncs. Plus, if the mutability of the entire bpf_dynptr
were to be done correctly, it would kill the bpf_dynptr_adjust() usage
in callback and global subporgram.
Implementation wise
- First, make sure all kfunc arg are correctly tagged: Tag the dynptr
argument of bpf_dynptr_file_discard() with OBJ_RELEASE.
- Then, in process_dynptr_func(), make sure CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR cannot
be passed to argument tagged with MEM_UNINIT or OBJ_RELEASE. For
MEM_UNINIT, it is already checked by is_dynptr_reg_valid_uninit().
For OBJ_RELEASE, check against OBJ_RELEASE instead of MEM_RDONLY and
drop a now identical check in unmark_stack_slots_dynptr().
- Remove the mutual exclusive check between MEM_UNINIT and MEM_RDONLY,
but don't add a MEM_UNINIT and OBJ_RELEASE version as it is obviously
wrong.
Note that while this patch stops following the C semantic for the
mutability of bpf_dynptr, the prototype of kfuncs are still fixed to
maintain the correct C semantics in the implementation. Adding or
removing the const qualifier does not break backward compatibility.
In addition, fix kfuncs dropping the const qualifier when casting the
opaque bpf_dynptr to bpf_dynptr_kern.
In test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c, initialize dynptr to 0 to avoid
-Wuninitialized-const-pointer warning.
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260414191014.1218567-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Add BPF verifier support for single- and multi-level pointer
parameters and return values in BPF trampolines by treating these
parameters as SCALAR_VALUE.
This extends the existing support for int and void pointers that are
already treated as SCALAR_VALUE.
This provides consistent logic for single and multi-level pointers:
if a type is treated as SCALAR for a single-level pointer, the same
applies to multi-level pointers. The exception is pointer-to-struct,
which is currently PTR_TO_BTF_ID for single-level but treated as
scalar for multi-level pointers since the verifier lacks context
to infer the size of target memory regions.
Safety is ensured by existing BTF verification, which rejects invalid
pointer types at the BTF verification stage.
Signed-off-by: Slava Imameev <slava.imameev@crowdstrike.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260314082127.7939-2-slava.imameev@crowdstrike.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cross-merge BPF and other fixes after downstream PR.
Minor conflicts in:
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions_fail.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_bounds.c
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Gregory reported in [0] that the global_map_resize test when run in
repeatedly ends up failing during program load. This stems from the fact
that BTF reference has not dropped to zero after the previous run's
module is unloaded, and the older module's BTF is still discoverable and
visible. Later, in libbpf, load_module_btfs() will find the ID for this
stale BTF, open its fd, and then it will be used during program load
where later steps taking module reference using btf_try_get_module()
fail since the underlying module for the BTF is gone.
Logically, once a module is unloaded, it's associated BTF artifacts
should become hidden. The BTF object inside the kernel may still remain
alive as long its reference counts are alive, but it should no longer be
discoverable.
To fix this, let us call btf_free_id() from the MODULE_STATE_GOING case
for the module unload to free the BTF associated IDR entry, and disable
its discovery once module unload returns to user space. If a race
happens during unload, the outcome is non-deterministic anyway. However,
user space should be able to rely on the guarantee that once it has
synchronously established a successful module unload, no more stale
artifacts associated with this module can be obtained subsequently.
Note that we must be careful to not invoke btf_free_id() in btf_put()
when btf_is_module() is true now. There could be a window where the
module unload drops a non-terminal reference, frees the IDR, but the
same ID gets reused and the second unconditional btf_free_id() ends up
releasing an unrelated entry.
To avoid a special case for btf_is_module() case, set btf->id to zero to
make btf_free_id() idempotent, such that we can unconditionally invoke it
from btf_put(), and also from the MODULE_STATE_GOING case. Since zero is
an invalid IDR, the idr_remove() should be a noop.
Note that we can be sure that by the time we reach final btf_put() for
btf_is_module() case, the btf_free_id() is already done, since the
module itself holds the BTF reference, and it will call this function
for the BTF before dropping its own reference.
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/cover.1773170190.git.grbell@redhat.com
Fixes: 36e68442d1 ("bpf: Load and verify kernel module BTFs")
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Gregory Bell <grbell@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260312205307.1346991-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.
As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using
git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'
to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.
Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.
For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:
Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)
Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)
Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)
(where TYPE may also be *VAR)
The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() is called by fetch_kfunc_meta() in the BPF
verifier to get the kfunc flags stored in the .BTF_ids ELF section.
If it returns NULL instead of a valid pointer, it's interpreted as an
illegal kfunc usage failing the verification.
There are two potential reasons for btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() to
return NULL:
1. Provided kfunc BTF id is not present in relevant kfunc id sets.
2. The kfunc is not allowed, as determined by the program type
specific filter [1].
The filter functions accept a pointer to `struct bpf_prog`, so they
might implicitly depend on earlier stages of verification, when
bpf_prog members are set.
For example, bpf_qdisc_kfunc_filter() in linux/net/sched/bpf_qdisc.c
inspects prog->aux->st_ops [2], which is initialized in:
check_attach_btf_id() -> check_struct_ops_btf_id()
So far this hasn't been an issue, because fetch_kfunc_meta() is the
only caller of btf_kfunc_id_set_contains().
However in subsequent patches of this series it is necessary to
inspect kfunc flags earlier in BPF verifier, in the add_kfunc_call().
To resolve this, refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() into two
interface functions:
* btf_kfunc_flags() that simply returns pointer to kfunc_flags
without applying the filters
* btf_kfunc_is_allowed() that both checks for kfunc_flags existence
(which is a requirement for a kfunc to be allowed) and applies the
prog filters
See [3] for the previous version of this patch.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230519225157.760788-7-aditi.ghag@isovalent.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250409214606.2000194-4-ameryhung@gmail.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251029190113.3323406-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-2-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Currently, vmlinux and kernel module BTFs are unconditionally
sorted during the build phase, with named types placed at the
end. Thus, anonymous types should be skipped when starting the
search. In my vmlinux BTF, the number of anonymous types is
61,747, which means the loop count can be reduced by 61,747.
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260109130003.3313716-9-dolinux.peng@gmail.com
This patch checks whether the BTF is sorted by name in ascending order.
If sorted, binary search will be used when looking up types.
Specifically, vmlinux and kernel module BTFs are always sorted during
the build phase with anonymous types placed before named types, so we
only need to identify the starting ID of named types.
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260109130003.3313716-8-dolinux.peng@gmail.com
Currently, functions with 'union' arguments cannot be traced with
fentry/fexit:
bpftrace -e 'fentry:release_pages { exit(); }' -v
The function release_pages arg0 type UNION is unsupported.
The type of the 'release_pages' arg0 is defined as:
typedef union {
struct page **pages;
struct folio **folios;
struct encoded_page **encoded_pages;
} release_pages_arg __attribute__ ((__transparent_union__));
This patch relaxes the restriction by allowing function arguments of type
'union' to be traced in verifier.
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250919044110.23729-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
This patch adds necessary plumbing in verifier, syscall and maps to
support handling new kfunc bpf_task_work_schedule and kernel structure
bpf_task_work. The idea is similar to how we already handle bpf_wq and
bpf_timer.
verifier changes validate calls to bpf_task_work_schedule to make sure
it is safe and expected invariants hold.
btf part is required to detect bpf_task_work structure inside map value
and store its offset, which will be used in the next patch to calculate
key and value addresses.
arraymap and hashtab changes are needed to handle freeing of the
bpf_task_work: run code needed to deinitialize it, for example cancel
task_work callback if possible.
The use of bpf_task_work and proper implementation for kfuncs are
introduced in the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250923112404.668720-6-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Pull bpf updates from Alexei Starovoitov:
- Remove usermode driver (UMD) framework (Thomas Weißschuh)
- Introduce Strongly Connected Component (SCC) in the verifier to
detect loops and refine register liveness (Eduard Zingerman)
- Allow 'void *' cast using bpf_rdonly_cast() and corresponding
'__arg_untrusted' for global function parameters (Eduard Zingerman)
- Improve precision for BPF_ADD and BPF_SUB operations in the verifier
(Harishankar Vishwanathan)
- Teach the verifier that constant pointer to a map cannot be NULL
(Ihor Solodrai)
- Introduce BPF streams for error reporting of various conditions
detected by BPF runtime (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi)
- Teach the verifier to insert runtime speculation barrier (lfence on
x86) to mitigate speculative execution instead of rejecting the
programs (Luis Gerhorst)
- Various improvements for 'veristat' (Mykyta Yatsenko)
- For CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL config warn on internal verifier errors to
improve bug detection by syzbot (Paul Chaignon)
- Support BPF private stack on arm64 (Puranjay Mohan)
- Introduce bpf_cgroup_read_xattr() kfunc to read xattr of cgroup's
node (Song Liu)
- Introduce kfuncs for read-only string opreations (Viktor Malik)
- Implement show_fdinfo() for bpf_links (Tao Chen)
- Reduce verifier's stack consumption (Yonghong Song)
- Implement mprog API for cgroup-bpf programs (Yonghong Song)
* tag 'bpf-next-6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (192 commits)
selftests/bpf: Migrate fexit_noreturns case into tracing_failure test suite
selftests/bpf: Add selftest for attaching tracing programs to functions in deny list
bpf: Add log for attaching tracing programs to functions in deny list
bpf: Show precise rejected function when attaching fexit/fmod_ret to __noreturn functions
bpf: Fix various typos in verifier.c comments
bpf: Add third round of bounds deduction
selftests/bpf: Test invariants on JSLT crossing sign
selftests/bpf: Test cross-sign 64bits range refinement
selftests/bpf: Update reg_bound range refinement logic
bpf: Improve bounds when s64 crosses sign boundary
bpf: Simplify bounds refinement from s32
selftests/bpf: Enable private stack tests for arm64
bpf, arm64: JIT support for private stack
bpf: Move bpf_jit_get_prog_name() to core.c
bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary
umd: Remove usermode driver framework
bpf/preload: Don't select USERMODE_DRIVER
selftests/bpf: Fix test dynptr/test_dynptr_memset_xdp_chunks failure
selftests/bpf: Fix test dynptr/test_dynptr_copy_xdp failure
selftests/bpf: Increase xdp data size for arm64 64K page size
...
Allow specifying __arg_untrusted for void */char */int */long *
parameters. Treat such parameters as
PTR_TO_MEM|MEM_RDONLY|PTR_UNTRUSTED of size zero.
Intended usage is as follows:
int memcmp(char *a __arg_untrusted, char *b __arg_untrusted, size_t n) {
bpf_for(i, 0, n) {
if (a[i] - b[i]) // load at any offset is allowed
return a[i] - b[i];
}
return 0;
}
Allocate register id for ARG_PTR_TO_MEM parameters only when
PTR_MAYBE_NULL is set. Register id for PTR_TO_MEM is used only to
propagate non-null status after conditionals.
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250704230354.1323244-8-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
When processing a load from a PTR_TO_BTF_ID, the verifier calculates
the type of the loaded structure field based on the load offset.
For example, given the following types:
struct foo {
struct foo *a;
int *b;
} *p;
The verifier would calculate the type of `p->a` as a pointer to
`struct foo`. However, the type of `p->b` is currently calculated as a
SCALAR_VALUE.
This commit updates the logic for processing PTR_TO_BTF_ID to instead
calculate the type of p->b as PTR_TO_MEM|MEM_RDONLY|PTR_UNTRUSTED.
This change allows further dereferencing of such pointers (using probe
memory instructions).
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250704230354.1323244-3-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
This commit adds __GFP_ACCOUNT flag to verifier induced memory
allocations. The intent is to account for all allocations reachable
from BPF_PROG_LOAD command, which is needed to track verifier memory
consumption in veristat. This includes allocations done in verifier.c,
and some allocations in btf.c, functions in log.c do not allocate.
There is also a utility function bpf_memcg_flags() which selectively
adds GFP_ACCOUNT flag depending on the `cgroup.memory=nobpf` option.
As far as I understand [1], the idea is to remove bpf_prog instances
and maps from memcg accounting as these objects do not strictly belong
to cgroup, hence it should not apply here.
(btf_parse_fields() is reachable from both program load and map
creation, but allocated record is not persistent as is freed as soon
as map_check_btf() exits).
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230210154734.4416-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250613072147.3938139-2-eddyz87@gmail.com
Pull bpf updates from Alexei Starovoitov:
- Fix and improve BTF deduplication of identical BTF types (Alan
Maguire and Andrii Nakryiko)
- Support up to 12 arguments in BPF trampoline on arm64 (Xu Kuohai and
Alexis Lothoré)
- Support load-acquire and store-release instructions in BPF JIT on
riscv64 (Andrea Parri)
- Fix uninitialized values in BPF_{CORE,PROBE}_READ macros (Anton
Protopopov)
- Streamline allowed helpers across program types (Feng Yang)
- Support atomic update for hashtab of BPF maps (Hou Tao)
- Implement json output for BPF helpers (Ihor Solodrai)
- Several s390 JIT fixes (Ilya Leoshkevich)
- Various sockmap fixes (Jiayuan Chen)
- Support mmap of vmlinux BTF data (Lorenz Bauer)
- Support BPF rbtree traversal and list peeking (Martin KaFai Lau)
- Tests for sockmap/sockhash redirection (Michal Luczaj)
- Introduce kfuncs for memory reads into dynptrs (Mykyta Yatsenko)
- Add support for dma-buf iterators in BPF (T.J. Mercier)
- The verifier support for __bpf_trap() (Yonghong Song)
* tag 'bpf-next-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (135 commits)
bpf, arm64: Remove unused-but-set function and variable.
selftests/bpf: Add tests with stack ptr register in conditional jmp
bpf: Do not include stack ptr register in precision backtracking bookkeeping
selftests/bpf: enable many-args tests for arm64
bpf, arm64: Support up to 12 function arguments
bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem()
bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails
bpftool: Add support for custom BTF path in prog load/loadall
selftests/bpf: Add unit tests with __bpf_trap() kfunc
bpf: Warn with __bpf_trap() kfunc maybe due to uninitialized variable
bpf: Remove special_kfunc_set from verifier
selftests/bpf: Add test for open coded dmabuf_iter
selftests/bpf: Add test for dmabuf_iter
bpf: Add open coded dmabuf iterator
bpf: Add dmabuf iterator
dma-buf: Rename debugfs symbols
bpf: Fix error return value in bpf_copy_from_user_dynptr
libbpf: Use mmap to parse vmlinux BTF from sysfs
selftests: bpf: Add a test for mmapable vmlinux BTF
btf: Allow mmap of vmlinux btf
...
Throughout the verifier's logic, there are multiple checks for
inconsistent states that should never happen and would indicate a
verifier bug. These bugs are typically logged in the verifier logs and
sometimes preceded by a WARN_ONCE.
This patch reworks these checks to consistently emit a verifier log AND
a warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is enabled. The consistent use of
WARN_ONCE should help fuzzers (ex. syzkaller) expose any situation
where they are actually able to reach one of those buggy verifier
states.
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aCs1nYvNNMq8dAWP@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Adding support to access arguments with const void pointer arguments
in tracing programs.
Currently we allow tracing programs to access void pointers. If we try to
access argument which is pointer to const void like 2nd argument in kfree,
verifier will fail to load the program with;
0: R1=ctx() R10=fp0
; asm volatile ("r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 + 8); ");
0: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 +8)
func 'kfree' arg1 type UNKNOWN is not a struct
Changing the is_int_ptr to void and generic integer check and renaming
it to is_void_or_int_ptr.
Signed-off-by: KaFai Wan <mannkafai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250423121329.3163461-2-mannkafai@gmail.com
Martin KaFai Lau says:
====================
pull-request: bpf-next 2025-04-17
We've added 12 non-merge commits during the last 9 day(s) which contain
a total of 18 files changed, 1748 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-).
The main changes are:
1) bpf qdisc support, from Amery Hung.
A qdisc can be implemented in bpf struct_ops programs and
can be used the same as other existing qdiscs in the
"tc qdisc" command.
2) Add xsk tail adjustment tests, from Tushar Vyavahare.
* tag 'for-netdev' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next:
selftests/bpf: Test attaching bpf qdisc to mq and non root
selftests/bpf: Add a bpf fq qdisc to selftest
selftests/bpf: Add a basic fifo qdisc test
libbpf: Support creating and destroying qdisc
bpf: net_sched: Disable attaching bpf qdisc to non root
bpf: net_sched: Support updating bstats
bpf: net_sched: Add a qdisc watchdog timer
bpf: net_sched: Add basic bpf qdisc kfuncs
bpf: net_sched: Support implementation of Qdisc_ops in bpf
bpf: Prepare to reuse get_ctx_arg_idx
selftests/xsk: Add tail adjustment tests and support check
selftests/xsk: Add packet stream replacement function
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250417184338.3152168-1-martin.lau@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
