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Ning Ding 180c700071 bpf: Invalidate RCU pointers after final spin unlock
In a sleepable BPF program, a spin lock can provide the only RCU protection
for a kptr. The final bpf_spin_unlock() ends that protection, but the
verifier leaves the pointer valid. Another CPU can then free the object
before the pointer is used. A capability-limited runtime PoC triggered a
task_struct use-after-free in __bpf_get_task_stack().

Record whether the program is in an RCU-protected context before releasing
the lock. Invalidate RCU-protected pointers only when the unlock leaves the
final such context. This preserves valid pointers in non-sleepable programs
and inside an explicit RCU read-side section.

Fixes: 5861d1e8db ("bpf: Allow bpf_spin_{lock,unlock} in sleepable progs")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Assisted-by: ChatGPT:GPT-5.6-Pro
Signed-off-by: Ning Ding <dingning04@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260803112615.3362122-2-dingning04@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-08-04 11:33:56 +02:00
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