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linux/tools/testing
Daniel Borkmann 2b1f9f69ae selftests/bpf: Add load-acquire test for probe-memory pointer types
Add a verifier test that a BPF_LOAD_ACQ from a rdonly_untrusted_mem pointer
(PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY | PTR_UNTRUSTED, obtained via bpf_rdonly_cast())
is rejected. Such a source requires BPF_PROBE_MEM fault protection which
is not applied to atomic loads; without the verifier fix the load is accepted
and would crash the kernel on a fault.

  # LDLIBS=-static PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config --static' ./vmtest.sh -- ./test_progs -t verifier_load_acquire
  [...]
  #621/1   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 8-bit:OK
  #621/2   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 8-bit @unpriv:OK
  #621/3   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 16-bit:OK
  #621/4   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 16-bit @unpriv:OK
  #621/5   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 32-bit:OK
  #621/6   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 32-bit @unpriv:OK
  #621/7   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 64-bit:OK
  #621/8   verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire, 64-bit @unpriv:OK
  [...]
  #621/19  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire from rdonly_untrusted_mem pointer:OK
  #621/20  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire with invalid register R15:OK
  #621/21  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire with invalid register R15 @unpriv:OK
  #621/22  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire from pkt pointer:OK
  #621/23  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire from flow_keys pointer:OK
  #621/24  verifier_load_acquire/load-acquire from sock pointer:OK
  #621     verifier_load_acquire:OK
  Summary: 1/24 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260806201047.333389-6-daniel@iogearbox.net
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-08-07 14:57:13 +02:00
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