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14 daysbpf: Fix sync_linked_regs regarding BPF_ADD_CONST32 zext propagationDaniel Borkmann
Jenny reported that in sync_linked_regs() the BPF_ADD_CONST32 flag is checked on known_reg (the register narrowed by a conditional branch) instead of reg (the linked target register created by an alu32 operation). Example case with reg: 1. r6 = bpf_get_prandom_u32() 2. r7 = r6 (linked, same id) 3. w7 += 5 (alu32 -- r7 gets BPF_ADD_CONST32, zero-extended by CPU) 4. if w6 < 0xFFFFFFFC goto safe (narrows r6 to [0xFFFFFFFC, 0xFFFFFFFF]) 5. sync_linked_regs() propagates to r7 but does NOT call zext_32_to_64() 6. Verifier thinks r7 is [0x100000001, 0x100000004] instead of [1, 4] Since known_reg above does not have BPF_ADD_CONST32 set above, zext_32_to_64() is never called on alu32-derived linked registers. This causes the verifier to track incorrect 64-bit bounds, while the CPU correctly zero-extends the 32-bit result. The code checking known_reg->id was correct however (see scalars_alu32_wrap selftest case), but the real fix needs to handle both directions - zext propagation should be done when either register has BPF_ADD_CONST32, since the linked relationship involves a 32-bit operation regardless of which side has the flag. Example case with known_reg (exercised also by scalars_alu32_wrap): 1. r1 = r0; w1 += 0x100 (alu32 -- r1 gets BPF_ADD_CONST32) 2. if r1 > 0x80 - known_reg = r1 (has BPF_ADD_CONST32), reg = r0 (doesn't) Hence, fix it by checking for (reg->id | known_reg->id) & BPF_ADD_CONST32. Moreover, sync_linked_regs() also has a soundness issue when two linked registers used different ALU widths: one with BPF_ADD_CONST32 and the other with BPF_ADD_CONST64. The delta relationship between linked registers assumes the same arithmetic width though. When one register went through alu32 (CPU zero-extends the 32-bit result) and the other went through alu64 (no zero-extension), the propagation produces incorrect bounds. Example: r6 = bpf_get_prandom_u32() // fully unknown if r6 >= 0x100000000 goto out // constrain r6 to [0, U32_MAX] r7 = r6 w7 += 1 // alu32: r7.id = N | BPF_ADD_CONST32 r8 = r6 r8 += 2 // alu64: r8.id = N | BPF_ADD_CONST64 if r7 < 0xFFFFFFFF goto out // narrows r7 to [0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF] At the branch on r7, sync_linked_regs() runs with known_reg=r7 (BPF_ADD_CONST32) and reg=r8 (BPF_ADD_CONST64). The delta path computes: r8 = r7 + (delta_r8 - delta_r7) = 0xFFFFFFFF + (2 - 1) = 0x100000000 Then, because known_reg->id has BPF_ADD_CONST32, zext_32_to_64(r8) is called, truncating r8 to [0, 0]. But r8 used a 64-bit ALU op -- the CPU does NOT zero-extend it. The actual CPU value of r8 is 0xFFFFFFFE + 2 = 0x100000000, not 0. The verifier now underestimates r8's 64-bit bounds, which is a soundness violation. Fix sync_linked_regs() by skipping propagation when the two registers have mixed ALU widths (one BPF_ADD_CONST32, the other BPF_ADD_CONST64). Lastly, fix regsafe() used for path pruning: the existing checks used "& BPF_ADD_CONST" to test for offset linkage, which treated BPF_ADD_CONST32 and BPF_ADD_CONST64 as equivalent. Fixes: 7a433e519364 ("bpf: Support negative offsets, BPF_SUB, and alu32 for linked register tracking") Reported-by: Jenny Guanni Qu <qguanni@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260319211507.213816-1-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
14 daysbpf: Fix unsound scalar forking in maybe_fork_scalars() for BPF_ORDaniel Wade
maybe_fork_scalars() is called for both BPF_AND and BPF_OR when the source operand is a constant. When dst has signed range [-1, 0], it forks the verifier state: the pushed path gets dst = 0, the current path gets dst = -1. For BPF_AND this is correct: 0 & K == 0. For BPF_OR this is wrong: 0 | K == K, not 0. The pushed path therefore tracks dst as 0 when the runtime value is K, producing an exploitable verifier/runtime divergence that allows out-of-bounds map access. Fix this by passing env->insn_idx (instead of env->insn_idx + 1) to push_stack(), so the pushed path re-executes the ALU instruction with dst = 0 and naturally computes the correct result for any opcode. Fixes: bffacdb80b93 ("bpf: Recognize special arithmetic shift in the verifier") Signed-off-by: Daniel Wade <danjwade95@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260314021521.128361-2-danjwade95@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
14 daysbpf: Fix exception exit lock checking for subprogsIhor Solodrai
process_bpf_exit_full() passes check_lock = !curframe to check_resource_leak(), which is false in cases when bpf_throw() is called from a static subprog. This makes check_resource_leak() to skip validation of active_rcu_locks, active_preempt_locks, and active_irq_id on exception exits from subprogs. At runtime bpf_throw() unwinds the stack via ORC without releasing any user-acquired locks, which may cause various issues as the result. Fix by setting check_lock = true for exception exits regardless of curframe, since exceptions bypass all intermediate frame cleanup. Update the error message prefix to "bpf_throw" for exception exits to distinguish them from normal BPF_EXIT. Fix reject_subprog_with_rcu_read_lock test which was previously passing for the wrong reason. Test program returned directly from the subprog call without closing the RCU section, so the error was triggered by the unclosed RCU lock on normal exit, not by bpf_throw. Update __msg annotations for affected tests to match the new "bpf_throw" error prefix. The spin_lock case is not affected because they are already checked [1] at the call site in do_check_insn() before bpf_throw can run. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/kernel/bpf/verifier.c?h=v7.0-rc4#n21098 Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6 Fixes: f18b03fabaa9 ("bpf: Implement BPF exceptions") Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260320000809.643798-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-03-10bpf: Reset register ID for BPF_END value trackingYazhou Tang
When a register undergoes a BPF_END (byte swap) operation, its scalar value is mutated in-place. If this register previously shared a scalar ID with another register (e.g., after an `r1 = r0` assignment), this tie must be broken. Currently, the verifier misses resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 for BPF_END. Consequently, if a conditional jump checks the swapped register, the verifier incorrectly propagates the learned bounds to the linked register, leading to false confidence in the linked register's value and potentially allowing out-of-bounds memory accesses. Fix this by explicitly resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 in the BPF_END case to break the scalar tie, similar to how BPF_NEG handles it via `__mark_reg_known`. Fixes: 9d2119984224 ("bpf: Add bitwise tracking for BPF_END") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/AMBPR06MB108683CFEB1CB8D9E02FC95ECF17EA@AMBPR06MB10868.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/4be25f7442a52244d0dd1abb47bc6750e57984c9.camel@gmail.com/ Reported-by: Guillaume Laporte <glapt.pro@outlook.com> Co-developed-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn> Co-developed-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Signed-off-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Signed-off-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260304083228.142016-2-tangyazhou@zju.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-03-07Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpfLinus Torvalds
Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov: - Fix u32/s32 bounds when ranges cross min/max boundary (Eduard Zingerman) - Fix precision backtracking with linked registers (Eduard Zingerman) - Fix linker flags detection for resolve_btfids (Ihor Solodrai) - Fix race in update_ftrace_direct_add/del (Jiri Olsa) - Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim (Lang Xu) * tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: resolve_btfids: Fix linker flags detection selftests/bpf: add reproducer for spurious precision propagation through calls bpf: collect only live registers in linked regs Revert "selftests/bpf: Update reg_bound range refinement logic" selftests/bpf: test refining u32/s32 bounds when ranges cross min/max boundary bpf: Fix u32/s32 bounds when ranges cross min/max boundary bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim ftrace: Add missing ftrace_lock to update_ftrace_direct_add/del
2026-03-06bpf: collect only live registers in linked regsEduard Zingerman
Fix an inconsistency between func_states_equal() and collect_linked_regs(): - regsafe() uses check_ids() to verify that cached and current states have identical register id mapping. - func_states_equal() calls regsafe() only for registers computed as live by compute_live_registers(). - clean_live_states() is supposed to remove dead registers from cached states, but it can skip states belonging to an iterator-based loop. - collect_linked_regs() collects all registers sharing the same id, ignoring the marks computed by compute_live_registers(). Linked registers are stored in the state's jump history. - backtrack_insn() marks all linked registers for an instruction as precise whenever one of the linked registers is precise. The above might lead to a scenario: - There is an instruction I with register rY known to be dead at I. - Instruction I is reached via two paths: first A, then B. - On path A: - There is an id link between registers rX and rY. - Checkpoint C is created at I. - Linked register set {rX, rY} is saved to the jump history. - rX is marked as precise at I, causing both rX and rY to be marked precise at C. - On path B: - There is no id link between registers rX and rY, otherwise register states are sub-states of those in C. - Because rY is dead at I, check_ids() returns true. - Current state is considered equal to checkpoint C, propagate_precision() propagates spurious precision mark for register rY along the path B. - Depending on a program, this might hit verifier_bug() in the backtrack_insn(), e.g. if rY ∈ [r1..r5] and backtrack_insn() spots a function call. The reproducer program is in the next patch. This was hit by sched_ext scx_lavd scheduler code. Changes in tests: - verifier_scalar_ids.c selftests need modification to preserve some registers as live for __msg() checks. - exceptions_assert.c adjusted to match changes in the verifier log, R0 is dead after conditional instruction and thus does not get range. - precise.c adjusted to match changes in the verifier log, register r9 is dead after comparison and it's range is not important for test. Reported-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Fixes: 0fb3cf6110a5 ("bpf: use register liveness information for func_states_equal") Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306-linked-regs-and-propagate-precision-v1-1-18e859be570d@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-03-06bpf: Fix u32/s32 bounds when ranges cross min/max boundaryEduard Zingerman
Same as in __reg64_deduce_bounds(), refine s32/u32 ranges in __reg32_deduce_bounds() in the following situations: - s32 range crosses U32_MAX/0 boundary, positive part of the s32 range overlaps with u32 range: 0 U32_MAX | [xxxxxxxxxxxxxx u32 range xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] | |----------------------------|----------------------------| |xxxxx s32 range xxxxxxxxx] [xxxxxxx| 0 S32_MAX S32_MIN -1 - s32 range crosses U32_MAX/0 boundary, negative part of the s32 range overlaps with u32 range: 0 U32_MAX | [xxxxxxxxxxxxxx u32 range xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] | |----------------------------|----------------------------| |xxxxxxxxx] [xxxxxxxxxxxx s32 range | 0 S32_MAX S32_MIN -1 - No refinement if ranges overlap in two intervals. This helps for e.g. consider the following program: call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; w0 &= 0xffffffff; if w0 < 0x3 goto 1f; // on fall-through u32 range [3..U32_MAX] if w0 s> 0x1 goto 1f; // on fall-through s32 range [S32_MIN..1] if w0 s< 0x0 goto 1f; // range can be narrowed to [S32_MIN..-1] r10 = 0; 1: ...; The reg_bounds.c selftest is updated to incorporate identical logic, refinement based on non-overflowing range halves: ((x ∩ [0, smax]) ∩ (y ∩ [0, smax])) ∪ ((x ∩ [smin,-1]) ∩ (y ∩ [smin,-1])) Reported-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com> Reported-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/aakqucg4vcujVwif@gpd4/T/ Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260306-bpf-32-bit-range-overflow-v3-1-f7f67e060a6b@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-03-06bpf: drop kthread_exit from noreturn_denyChristian Loehle
kthread_exit became a macro to do_exit in commit 28aaa9c39945 ("kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free"), so there is no kthread_exit function BTF ID to resolve. Remove it from noreturn_deny to avoid resolve_btfids unresolved symbol warnings. Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-27bpf: Improve bounds when tnum has a single possible valuePaul Chaignon
We're hitting an invariant violation in Cilium that sometimes leads to BPF programs being rejected and Cilium failing to start [1]. The following extract from verifier logs shows what's happening: from 201 to 236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0 236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0 ; if (magic == MARK_MAGIC_HOST || magic == MARK_MAGIC_OVERLAY || magic == MARK_MAGIC_ENCRYPT) @ bpf_host.c:1337 236: (16) if w9 == 0xe00 goto pc+45 ; R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3585,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) 237: (16) if w9 == 0xf00 goto pc+1 verifier bug: REG INVARIANTS VIOLATION (false_reg1): range bounds violation u64=[0xe01, 0xe00] s64=[0xe01, 0xe00] u32=[0xe01, 0xe00] s32=[0xe01, 0xe00] var_off=(0xe00, 0x0) We reach instruction 236 with two possible values for R9, 0xe00 and 0xf00. This is perfectly reflected in the tnum, but of course the ranges are less accurate and cover [0xe00; 0xf00]. Taking the fallthrough path at instruction 236 allows the verifier to reduce the range to [0xe01; 0xf00]. The tnum is however not updated. With these ranges, at instruction 237, the verifier is not able to deduce that R9 is always equal to 0xf00. Hence the fallthrough pass is explored first, the verifier refines the bounds using the assumption that R9 != 0xf00, and ends up with an invariant violation. This pattern of impossible branch + bounds refinement is common to all invariant violations seen so far. The long-term solution is likely to rely on the refinement + invariant violation check to detect dead branches, as started by Eduard. To fix the current issue, we need something with less refactoring that we can backport. This patch uses the tnum_step helper introduced in the previous patch to detect the above situation. In particular, three cases are now detected in the bounds refinement: 1. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in umin. u64: ---[xxxxxx]----- tnum: --xx----------x- 2. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in the maximum value represented by the tnum, called tmax. u64: ---[xxxxxx]----- tnum: xx-----x-------- 3. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in between umin (excluded) and umax. u64: ---[xxxxxx]----- tnum: xx----x-------x- To detect these three cases, we call tnum_step(tnum, umin), which returns the smallest member of the tnum greater than umin, called tnum_next here. We're in case (1) if umin is part of the tnum and tnum_next is greater than umax. We're in case (2) if umin is not part of the tnum and tnum_next is equal to tmax. Finally, we're in case (3) if umin is not part of the tnum, tnum_next is inferior or equal to umax, and calling tnum_step a second time gives us a value past umax. This change implements these three cases. With it, the above bytecode looks as follows: 0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7 ; R0=scalar() 1: (47) r0 |= 3584 ; R0=scalar(smin=0x8000000000000e00,umin=umin32=3584,smin32=0x80000e00,var_off=(0xe00; 0xfffffffffffff1ff)) 2: (57) r0 &= 3840 ; R0=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) 3: (15) if r0 == 0xe00 goto pc+2 ; R0=3840 4: (15) if r0 == 0xf00 goto pc+1 4: R0=3840 6: (95) exit In addition to the new selftests, this change was also verified with Agni [3]. For the record, the raw SMT is available at [4]. The property it verifies is that: If a concrete value x is contained in all input abstract values, after __update_reg_bounds, it will continue to be contained in all output abstract values. Link: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/44216 [1] Link: https://pchaigno.github.io/test-verifier-complexity.html [2] Link: https://github.com/bpfverif/agni [3] Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/naCfaqNx [4] Fixes: 0df1a55afa83 ("bpf: Warn on internal verifier errors") Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Tested-by: Marco Schirrmeister <mschirrmeister@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan <harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan <harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ef254c4f68be19bd393d450188946821c588565d.1772225741.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-21Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argumentLinus Torvalds
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>
2026-02-21treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar typesKees Cook
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>
2026-02-13bpf: Add a map/btf from a fd array more consistentlyAnton Protopopov
The add_fd_from_fd_array() function takes a file descriptor as a parameter and tries to add either map or btf to the corresponding list of used objects. As was reported by Dan Carpenter, since the commit c81e4322acf0 ("bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free of BTF object"), the fdget() is called twice on the file descriptor, and thus userspace, potentially, can replace the file pointed to by the file descriptor in between the two calls. On practice, this shouldn't break anything on the kernel side, but for consistency fix the code such that only one fdget() is executed. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aY689z7gHNv8rgVO@stanley.mountain/ Fixes: ccd2d799ed44 ("bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free of BTF object") Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260213212949.759321-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-13bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free of BTF objectAnton Protopopov
Refcounting in the check_pseudo_btf_id() function is incorrect: the __check_pseudo_btf_id() function might get called with a zero refcounted btf. Fix this, and patch related code accordingly. v3: rephrase a comment (AI) v2: fix a refcount leak introduced in v1 (AI) Reported-by: syzbot+5a0f1995634f7c1dadbf@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5a0f1995634f7c1dadbf Fixes: 76145f725532 ("bpf: Refactor check_pseudo_btf_id") Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260209132904.63908-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-04bpf: Support negative offsets, BPF_SUB, and alu32 for linked register trackingPuranjay Mohan
Previously, the verifier only tracked positive constant deltas between linked registers using BPF_ADD. This limitation meant patterns like: r1 = r0; r1 += -4; if r1 s>= 0 goto l0_%=; // r1 >= 0 implies r0 >= 4 // verifier couldn't propagate bounds back to r0 if r0 != 0 goto l0_%=; r0 /= 0; // Verifier thinks this is reachable l0_%=: Similar limitation exists for 32-bit registers. With this change, the verifier can now track negative deltas in reg->off enabling bound propagation for the above pattern. For alu32, we make sure the destination register has the upper 32 bits as 0s before creating the link. BPF_ADD_CONST is split into BPF_ADD_CONST64 and BPF_ADD_CONST32, the latter is used in case of alu32 and sync_linked_regs uses this to zext the result if known_reg has this flag. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260204151741.2678118-2-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-04bpf: Add bitwise tracking for BPF_ENDTianci Cao
This patch implements bitwise tracking (tnum analysis) for BPF_END (byte swap) operation. Currently, the BPF verifier does not track value for BPF_END operation, treating the result as completely unknown. This limits the verifier's ability to prove safety of programs that perform endianness conversions, which are common in networking code. For example, the following code pattern for port number validation: int test(struct pt_regs *ctx) { __u64 x = bpf_get_prandom_u32(); x &= 0x3f00; // Range: [0, 0x3f00], var_off: (0x0; 0x3f00) x = bswap16(x); // Should swap to range [0, 0x3f], var_off: (0x0; 0x3f) if (x > 0x3f) goto trap; return 0; trap: return *(u64 *)NULL; // Should be unreachable } Currently generates verifier output: 1: (54) w0 &= 16128 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=16128,var_off=(0x0; 0x3f00)) 2: (d7) r0 = bswap16 r0 ; R0=scalar() 3: (25) if r0 > 0x3f goto pc+2 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=63,var_off=(0x0; 0x3f)) Without this patch, even though the verifier knows `x` has certain bits set, after bswap16, it loses all tracking information and treats port as having a completely unknown value [0, 65535]. According to the BPF instruction set[1], there are 3 kinds of BPF_END: 1. `bswap(16|32|64)`: opcode=0xd7 (BPF_END | BPF_ALU64 | BPF_TO_LE) - do unconditional swap 2. `le(16|32|64)`: opcode=0xd4 (BPF_END | BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_LE) - on big-endian: do swap - on little-endian: truncation (16/32-bit) or no-op (64-bit) 3. `be(16|32|64)`: opcode=0xdc (BPF_END | BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_BE) - on little-endian: do swap - on big-endian: truncation (16/32-bit) or no-op (64-bit) Since BPF_END operations are inherently bit-wise permutations, tnum (bitwise tracking) offers the most efficient and precise mechanism for value analysis. By implementing `tnum_bswap16`, `tnum_bswap32`, and `tnum_bswap64`, we can derive exact `var_off` values concisely, directly reflecting the bit-level changes. Here is the overview of changes: 1. In `tnum_bswap(16|32|64)` (kernel/bpf/tnum.c): Call `swab(16|32|64)` function on the value and mask of `var_off`, and do truncation for 16/32-bit cases. 2. In `adjust_scalar_min_max_vals` (kernel/bpf/verifier.c): Call helper function `scalar_byte_swap`. - Only do byte swap when * alu64 (unconditional swap) OR * switching between big-endian and little-endian machines. - If need do byte swap: * Firstly call `tnum_bswap(16|32|64)` to update `var_off`. * Then reset the bound since byte swap scrambles the range. - For 16/32-bit cases, truncate dst register to match the swapped size. This enables better verification of networking code that frequently uses byte swaps for protocol processing, reducing false positive rejections. [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst Co-developed-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Signed-off-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Co-developed-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260204111503.77871-2-ziye@zju.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-03bpf: Add verifier support for bpf_timer argument in kfuncsMykyta Yatsenko
Extend the verifier to recognize struct bpf_timer as a valid kfunc argument type. Previously, bpf_timer was only supported in BPF helpers. This prepares for adding timer-related kfuncs in subsequent patches. Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260201025403.66625-3-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
2026-02-03bpf: Allow BPF stream kfuncs while holding a lockEmil Tsalapatis
The BPF stream kfuncs bpf_stream_vprintk and bpf_stream_print_stack do not sleep and so are safe to call while holding a lock. Amend the verifier to allow that. Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com> Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203180424.14057-4-emil@etsalapatis.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-03bpf: Relax scalar id equivalence for state pruningPuranjay Mohan
Scalar register IDs are used by the verifier to track relationships between registers and enable bounds propagation across those relationships. Once an ID becomes singular (i.e. only a single register/stack slot carries it), it can no longer contribute to bounds propagation and effectively becomes stale. The previous commit makes the verifier clear such ids before caching the state. When comparing the current and cached states for pruning, these stale IDs can cause technically equivalent states to be considered different and thus prevent pruning. For example, in the selftest added in the next commit, two registers - r6 and r7 are not linked to any other registers and get cached with id=0, in the current state, they are both linked to each other with id=A. Before this commit, check_scalar_ids would give temporary ids to r6 and r7 (say tid1 and tid2) and then check_ids() would map tid1->A, and when it would see tid2->A, it would not consider these state equivalent. Relax scalar ID equivalence by treating rold->id == 0 as "independent": if the old state did not rely on any ID relationships for a register, then any ID/linking present in the current state only adds constraints and is always safe to accept for pruning. Implement this by returning true immediately in check_scalar_ids() when old_id == 0. Maintain correctness for the opposite direction (old_id != 0 && cur_id == 0) by still allocating a temporary ID for cur_id == 0. This avoids incorrectly allowing multiple independent current registers (id==0) to satisfy a single linked old ID during mapping. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203165102.2302462-5-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-03bpf: Relax maybe_widen_reg() constraintsPuranjay Mohan
The maybe_widen_reg() function widens imprecise scalar registers to unknown when their values differ between the cached and current states. Previously, it used regs_exact() which also compared register IDs via check_ids(), requiring registers to have matching IDs (or mapped IDs) to be considered exact. For scalar widening purposes, what matters is whether the value tracking (bounds, tnum, var_off) is the same, not whether the IDs match. Two scalars with identical value constraints but different IDs represent the same abstract value and don't need to be widened. Introduce scalars_exact_for_widen() that only compares the value-tracking portion of bpf_reg_state (fields before 'id'). This allows the verifier to preserve more scalar value information during state merging when IDs differ but actual tracked values are identical, reducing unnecessary widening and potentially improving verification precision. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203165102.2302462-4-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-03bpf: Clear singular ids for scalars in is_state_visited()Puranjay Mohan
The verifier assigns ids to scalar registers/stack slots when they are linked through a mov or stack spill/fill instruction. These ids are later used to propagate newly found bounds from one register to all registers that share the same id. The verifier also compares the ids of these registers in current state and cached state when making pruning decisions. When an ID becomes singular (i.e., only a single register or stack slot has that ID), it can no longer participate in bounds propagation. During comparisons between current and cached states for pruning decisions, however, such stale IDs can prevent pruning of otherwise equivalent states. Find and clear all singular ids before caching a state in is_state_visited(). struct bpf_idset which is currently unused has been repurposed for this use case. Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203165102.2302462-3-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-03bpf: Let the verifier assign ids on stack fillsPuranjay Mohan
The next commit will allow clearing of scalar ids if no other register/stack slot has that id. This is because if only one register has a unique id, it can't participate in bounds propagation and is equivalent to having no id. But if the id of a stack slot is cleared by clear_singular_ids() in the next commit, reading that stack slot into a register will not establish a link because the stack slot's id is cleared. This can happen in a situation where a register is spilled and later loses its id due to a multiply operation (for example) and then the stack slot's id becomes singular and can be cleared. Make sure that scalar stack slots have an id before we read them into a register. Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260203165102.2302462-2-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-31bpf: Add bpf_jit_supports_fsession()Leon Hwang
The added fsession does not prevent running on those architectures, that haven't added fsession support. For example, try to run fsession tests on arm64: test_fsession_basic:PASS:fsession_test__open_and_load 0 nsec test_fsession_basic:PASS:fsession_attach 0 nsec check_result:FAIL:test_run_opts err unexpected error: -14 (errno 14) In order to prevent such errors, add bpf_jit_supports_fsession() to guard those architectures. Fixes: 2d419c44658f ("bpf: add fsession support") Acked-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Tested-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260131144950.16294-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-30bpf: Consolidate special map field validation in verifierMykyta Yatsenko
Consolidate all logic for verifying special map fields in the single function check_map_field_pointer(). Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260130-verif_special_fields-v2-2-2c59e637da7d@meta.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-30bpf: Introduce struct bpf_map_desc in verifierMykyta Yatsenko
Introduce struct bpf_map_desc to hold bpf_map pointer and map uid. Use this struct in both bpf_call_arg_meta and bpf_kfunc_call_arg_meta instead of having different representations: - bpf_call_arg_meta had separate map_ptr and map_uid fields - bpf_kfunc_call_arg_meta had an anonymous inline struct This unifies the map fields layout across both metadata structures, making the code more consistent and preparing for further refactoring of map field pointer validation. Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260130-verif_special_fields-v2-1-2c59e637da7d@meta.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-30bpf: Allow sleepable programs to use tail callsJiri Olsa
Allowing sleepable programs to use tail calls. Making sure we can't mix sleepable and non-sleepable bpf programs in tail call map (BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY) and allowing it to be used in sleepable programs. Sleepable programs can be preempted and sleep which might bring new source of race conditions, but both direct and indirect tail calls should not be affected. Direct tail calls work by patching direct jump to callee into bpf caller program, so no problem there. We atomically switch from nop to jump instruction. Indirect tail call reads the callee from the map and then jumps to it. The callee bpf program can't disappear (be released) from the caller, because it is executed under rcu lock (rcu_read_lock_trace). Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Acked-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260130081208.1130204-2-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-28bpf: Fix verifier_bug_if to account for BPF_CALLLuis Gerhorst
The BPF verifier assumes `insn_aux->nospec_result` is only set for direct memory writes (e.g., `*(u32*)(r1+off) = r2`). However, the assertion fails to account for helper calls (e.g., `bpf_skb_load_bytes_relative`) that perform writes to stack memory. Make the check more precise to resolve this. The problem is that `BPF_CALL` instructions have `BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_JMP`, which triggers the warning check: - Helpers like `bpf_skb_load_bytes_relative` write to stack memory - `check_helper_call()` loops through `meta.access_size`, calling `check_mem_access(..., BPF_WRITE)` - `check_stack_write()` sets `insn_aux->nospec_result = 1` - Since `BPF_CALL` is encoded as `BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL`, the warning fires Execution flow: ``` 1. Drop capabilities → Enable Spectre mitigation 2. Load BPF program └─> do_check() ├─> check_cond_jmp_op() → Marks dead branch as speculative │ └─> push_stack(..., speculative=true) ├─> pop_stack() → state->speculative = 1 ├─> check_helper_call() → Processes helper in dead branch │ └─> check_mem_access(..., BPF_WRITE) │ └─> insn_aux->nospec_result = 1 └─> Checks: state->speculative && insn_aux->nospec_result └─> BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_JMP → WARNING ``` To fix the assert, it would be nice to be able to reuse bpf_insn_successors() here, but bpf_insn_successors()->cnt is not exactly what we want as it may also be 1 for BPF_JA. Instead, we could check opcode_info.can_jump, but then we would have to share the table between the functions. This would mean moving the table out of the function and adding bpf_opcode_info(). As the verifier_bug_if() only runs for insns with nospec_result set, the impact on verification time would likely still be negligible. However, I assume sharing bpf_opcode_info() between liveness.c and verifier.c will not be worth it. It seems as only adjust_jmp_off() could also be simplified using it, and there imm/off is touched. Thus it is maybe better to rely on exact opcode/class matching there. Therefore, to avoid this sharing only for a verifier_bug_if(), just check the opcode. This should now cover all opcodes for which can_jump in bpf_insn_successors() is true. Parts of the description and example are taken from the bug report. Fixes: dadb59104c64 ("bpf: Fix aux usage after do_check_insn()") Signed-off-by: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@fau.de> Reported-by: Yinhao Hu <dddddd@hust.edu.cn> Reported-by: Kaiyan Mei <M202472210@hust.edu.cn> Reported-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/7678017d-b760-4053-a2d8-a6879b0dbeeb@hust.edu.cn/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260127115912.3026761-2-luis.gerhorst@fau.de Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-24bpf: support fsession for bpf_session_cookieMenglong Dong
Implement session cookie for fsession. The session cookies will be stored in the stack, and the layout of the stack will look like this: return value -> 8 bytes argN -> 8 bytes ... arg1 -> 8 bytes nr_args -> 8 bytes ip (optional) -> 8 bytes cookie2 -> 8 bytes cookie1 -> 8 bytes The offset of the cookie for the current bpf program, which is in 8-byte units, is stored in the "(((u64 *)ctx)[-1] >> BPF_TRAMP_COOKIE_INDEX_SHIFT) & 0xFF". Therefore, we can get the session cookie with ((u64 *)ctx)[-offset]. Implement and inline the bpf_session_cookie() for the fsession in the verifier. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-6-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-24bpf: support fsession for bpf_session_is_returnMenglong Dong
If fsession exists, we will use the bit (1 << BPF_TRAMP_IS_RETURN_SHIFT) in ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] to store the "is_return" flag. The logic of bpf_session_is_return() for fsession is implemented in the verifier by inline following code: bool bpf_session_is_return(void *ctx) { return (((u64 *)ctx)[-1] >> BPF_TRAMP_IS_RETURN_SHIFT) & 1; } Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Co-developed-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-5-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-24bpf: change prototype of bpf_session_{cookie,is_return}Menglong Dong
Add the function argument of "void *ctx" to bpf_session_cookie() and bpf_session_is_return(), which is a preparation of the next patch. The two kfunc is seldom used now, so it will not introduce much effect to change their function prototype. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-4-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-24bpf: use the least significant byte for the nr_args in trampolineMenglong Dong
For now, ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] is used to store the nr_args in the trampoline. However, 1 byte is enough to store such information. Therefore, we use only the least significant byte of ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] to store the nr_args, and reserve the rest for other usages. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-3-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-24bpf: add fsession supportMenglong Dong
The fsession is something that similar to kprobe session. It allow to attach a single BPF program to both the entry and the exit of the target functions. Introduce the struct bpf_fsession_link, which allows to add the link to both the fentry and fexit progs_hlist of the trampoline. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Co-developed-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-2-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-21bpf: support bpf_get_func_arg() for BPF_TRACE_RAW_TPMenglong Dong
For now, bpf_get_func_arg() and bpf_get_func_arg_cnt() is not supported by the BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP, which is not convenient to get the argument of the tracepoint, especially for the case that the position of the arguments in a tracepoint can change. The target tracepoint BTF type id is specified during loading time, therefore we can get the function argument count from the function prototype instead of the stack. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260121044348.113201-2-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf, x86: inline bpf_get_current_task() for x86_64Menglong Dong
Inline bpf_get_current_task() and bpf_get_current_task_btf() for x86_64 to obtain better performance. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120070555.233486-2-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Require ARG_PTR_TO_MEM with memory flagZesen Liu
Add check to ensure that ARG_PTR_TO_MEM is used with either MEM_WRITE or MEM_RDONLY. Using ARG_PTR_TO_MEM alone without flags does not make sense because: - If the helper does not change the argument, missing MEM_RDONLY causes the verifier to incorrectly reject a read-only buffer. - If the helper does change the argument, missing MEM_WRITE causes the verifier to incorrectly assume the memory is unchanged, leading to errors in code optimization. Co-developed-by: Shuran Liu <electronlsr@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shuran Liu <electronlsr@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Peili Gao <gplhust955@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peili Gao <gplhust955@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Haoran Ni <haoran.ni.cs@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Haoran Ni <haoran.ni.cs@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Zesen Liu <ftyghome@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120-helper_proto-v3-2-27b0180b4e77@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Add range tracking for BPF_DIV and BPF_MODYazhou Tang
This patch implements range tracking (interval analysis) for BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD operations when the divisor is a constant, covering both signed and unsigned variants. While LLVM typically optimizes integer division and modulo by constants into multiplication and shift sequences, this optimization is less effective for the BPF target when dealing with 64-bit arithmetic. Currently, the verifier does not track bounds for scalar division or modulo, treating the result as "unbounded". This leads to false positive rejections for safe code patterns. For example, the following code (compiled with -O2): ```c int test(struct pt_regs *ctx) { char buffer[6] = {1}; __u64 x = bpf_ktime_get_ns(); __u64 res = x % sizeof(buffer); char value = buffer[res]; bpf_printk("res = %llu, val = %d", res, value); return 0; } ``` Generates a raw `BPF_MOD64` instruction: ```asm ; __u64 res = x % sizeof(buffer); 1: 97 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 r0 %= 0x6 ; char value = buffer[res]; 2: 18 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 r1 = 0x0 ll 4: 0f 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 r1 += r0 5: 91 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 r4 = *(s8 *)(r1 + 0x0) ``` Without this patch, the verifier fails with "math between map_value pointer and register with unbounded min value is not allowed" because it cannot deduce that `r0` is within [0, 5]. According to the BPF instruction set[1], the instruction's offset field (`insn->off`) is used to distinguish between signed (`off == 1`) and unsigned division (`off == 0`). Moreover, we also follow the BPF division and modulo runtime behavior (semantics) to handle special cases, such as division by zero and signed division overflow. - UDIV: dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0 - SDIV: dst = (src == 0) ? 0 : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? LLONG_MIN : (dst / src)) - UMOD: dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst - SMOD: dst = (src == 0) ? dst : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? 0: (dst s% src)) Here is the overview of the changes made in this patch (See the code comments for more details and examples): 1. For BPF_DIV: Firstly check whether the divisor is zero. If so, set the destination register to zero (matching runtime behavior). For non-zero constant divisors: goto `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)div` functions. - General cases: compute the new range by dividing max_dividend and min_dividend by the constant divisor. - Overflow case (SIGNED_MIN / -1) in signed division: mark the result as unbounded if the dividend is not a single number. 2. For BPF_MOD: Firstly check whether the divisor is zero. If so, leave the destination register unchanged (matching runtime behavior). For non-zero constant divisors: goto `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)mod` functions. - General case: For signed modulo, the result's sign matches the dividend's sign. And the result's absolute value is strictly bounded by `min(abs(dividend), abs(divisor) - 1)`. - Special care is taken when the divisor is SIGNED_MIN. By casting to unsigned before negation and subtracting 1, we avoid signed overflow and correctly calculate the maximum possible magnitude (`res_max_abs` in the code). - "Small dividend" case: If the dividend is already within the possible result range (e.g., [-2, 5] % 10), the operation is an identity function, and the destination register remains unchanged. 3. In `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)(div|mod)` functions: After updating current range, reset other ranges and tnum to unbounded/unknown. e.g., in `scalar_min_max_sdiv`, signed 64-bit range is updated. Then reset unsigned 64-bit range and 32-bit range to unbounded, and tnum to unknown. Exception: in BPF_MOD's "small dividend" case, since the result remains unchanged, we do not reset other ranges/tnum. 4. Also updated existing selftests based on the expected BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD behavior. [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst Co-developed-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Signed-off-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com> Co-developed-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com> Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260119085458.182221-2-tangyazhou@zju.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Remove __prog kfunc arg annotationIhor Solodrai
Now that all the __prog suffix users in the kernel tree migrated to KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS, remove it from the verifier. See prior discussion for context [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzbgPfRm9BX=TsZm-TsHFAHcwhPY4vTt=9OT-uhWqf8tqw@mail.gmail.com/ Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-13-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Migrate bpf_task_work_schedule_* kfuncs to KF_IMPLICIT_ARGSIhor Solodrai
Implement bpf_task_work_schedule_* with an implicit bpf_prog_aux argument, and remove corresponding _impl funcs from the kernel. Update special kfunc checks in the verifier accordingly. Update the selftests to use the new API with implicit argument. Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-10-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Migrate bpf_wq_set_callback_impl() to KF_IMPLICIT_ARGSIhor Solodrai
Implement bpf_wq_set_callback() with an implicit bpf_prog_aux argument, and remove bpf_wq_set_callback_impl(). Update special kfunc checks in the verifier accordingly. Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-8-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Verifier support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGSIhor Solodrai
A kernel function bpf_foo marked with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag is expected to have two associated types in BTF: * `bpf_foo` with a function prototype that omits implicit arguments * `bpf_foo_impl` with a function prototype that matches the kernel declaration of `bpf_foo`, but doesn't have a ksym associated with its name In order to support kfuncs with implicit arguments, the verifier has to know how to resolve a call of `bpf_foo` to the correct BTF function prototype and address. To implement this, in add_kfunc_call() kfunc flags are checked for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS. For such kfuncs a BTF func prototype is adjusted to the one found for `bpf_foo_impl` (func_name + "_impl" suffix, by convention) function in BTF. This effectively changes the signature of the `bpf_foo` kfunc in the context of verification: from one without implicit args to the one with full argument list. The values of implicit arguments by design are provided by the verifier, and so they can only be of particular types. In this patch the only allowed implicit arg type is a pointer to struct bpf_prog_aux. In order for the verifier to correctly set an implicit bpf_prog_aux arg value at runtime, is_kfunc_arg_prog() is extended to check for the arg type. At a point when prog arg is determined in check_kfunc_args() the kfunc with implicit args already has a prototype with full argument list, so the existing value patch mechanism just works. If a new kfunc with KF_IMPLICIT_ARG is declared for an existing kfunc that uses a __prog argument (a legacy case), the prototype substitution works in exactly the same way, assuming the kfunc follows the _impl naming convention. The difference is only in how _impl prototype is added to the BTF, which is not the verifier's concern. See a subsequent resolve_btfids patch for details. __prog suffix is still supported at this point, but will be removed in a subsequent patch, after current users are moved to KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS. Introduction of KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS revealed an issue with zero-extension tracking, because an explicit rX = 0 in place of the verifier-supplied argument is now absent if the arg is implicit (the BPF prog doesn't pass a dummy NULL anymore). To mitigate this, reset the subreg_def of all caller saved registers in check_kfunc_call() [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/b4a760ef828d40dac7ea6074d39452bb0dc82caa.camel@gmail.com/ Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-4-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Introduce struct bpf_kfunc_metaIhor Solodrai
There is code duplication between add_kfunc_call() and fetch_kfunc_meta() collecting information about a kfunc from BTF. Introduce struct bpf_kfunc_meta to hold common kfunc BTF data and implement fetch_kfunc_meta() to fill it in, instead of struct bpf_kfunc_call_arg_meta directly. Then use these in add_kfunc_call() and (new) fetch_kfunc_arg_meta() functions, and fixup previous usages of fetch_kfunc_meta() to fetch_kfunc_arg_meta(). Besides the code dedup, this change enables add_kfunc_call() to access kfunc->flags. Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-20bpf: Refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_containsIhor Solodrai
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>
2026-01-20bpf/verifier: Optimize ID mapping reset in states_equalQiliang Yuan
Currently, reset_idmap_scratch() performs a 4.7KB memset() in every states_equal() call. Optimize this by using a counter to track used ID mappings, replacing the O(N) memset() with an O(1) reset and bounding the search loop in check_ids(). Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <realwujing@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260120023234.77673-1-realwujing@gmail.com
2026-01-20bpf: verifier: Make sync_linked_regs() scratch registersPuranjay Mohan
sync_linked_regs() is called after a conditional jump to propagate new bounds of a register to all its liked registers. But the verifier log only prints the state of the register that is part of the conditional jump. Make sync_linked_regs() scratch the registers whose bounds have been updated by propagation from a known register. Before: 0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7 ; R0=scalar() 1: (57) r0 &= 255 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 2: (bf) r1 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 3: (07) r1 += 4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+2 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 5: (35) if r0 >= 0x6 goto pc+1 After: 0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7 ; R0=scalar() 1: (57) r0 &= 255 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 2: (bf) r1 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 3: (07) r1 += 4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+2 ; R0=scalar(id=1+0,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255) R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 5: (35) if r0 >= 0x6 goto pc+1 The conditional jump in 4 updates the bound of R1 and the new bounds are propogated to R0 as it is linked with the same id, before this change, verifier only printed the state for R1 but after it prints for both R0 and R1. Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260116141436.3715322-1-puranjay@kernel.org
2026-01-16bpf: Preserve id of register in sync_linked_regs()Puranjay Mohan
sync_linked_regs() copies the id of known_reg to reg when propagating bounds of known_reg to reg using the off of known_reg, but when known_reg was linked to reg like: known_reg = reg ; both known_reg and reg get same id known_reg += 4 ; known_reg gets off = 4, and its id gets BPF_ADD_CONST now when a call to sync_linked_regs() happens, let's say with the following: if known_reg >= 10 goto pc+2 known_reg's new bounds are propagated to reg but now reg gets BPF_ADD_CONST from the copy. This means if another link to reg is created like: another_reg = reg ; another_reg should get the id of reg but assign_scalar_id_before_mov() sees BPF_ADD_CONST on reg and assigns a new id to it. As reg has a new id now, known_reg's link to reg is broken. If we find new bounds for known_reg, they will not be propagated to reg. This can be seen in the selftest added in the next commit: 0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7 ; R0=scalar() 1: (57) r0 &= 255 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 2: (bf) r1 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) 3: (07) r1 += 4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 5: (bf) r2 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255) R2=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255) 6: (a5) if r1 < 0xe goto pc+2 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=14,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff)) 7: (35) if r0 >= 0xa goto pc+1 ; R0=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=9,var_off=(0x0; 0xf)) 8: (37) r0 /= 0 div by zero When 4 is verified, r1's bounds are propagated to r0 but r0 also gets BPF_ADD_CONST (bug). When 5 is verified, r0 gets a new id (2) and its link with r1 is broken. After 6 we know r1 has bounds [14, 259] and therefore r0 should have bounds [10, 255], therefore the branch at 7 is always taken. But because r0's id was changed to 2, r1's new bounds are not propagated to r0. The verifier still thinks r0 has bounds [6, 255] before 7 and execution can reach div by zero. Fix this by preserving id in sync_linked_regs() like off and subreg_def. Fixes: 98d7ca374ba4 ("bpf: Track delta between "linked" registers.") Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260115151143.1344724-2-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-14bpf: Properly mark live registers for indirect jumpsAnton Protopopov
For a `gotox rX` instruction the rX register should be marked as used in the compute_insn_live_regs() function. Fix this. Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260114162544.83253-2-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-14Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf after rc5Alexei Starovoitov
Cross-merge BPF and other fixes after downstream PR. No conflicts. Adjacent: Auto-merging MAINTAINERS Auto-merging Makefile Auto-merging kernel/bpf/verifier.c Auto-merging kernel/sched/ext.c Auto-merging mm/memcontrol.c Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-13bpf: return PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_TRUSTED from BPF kfuncs by defaultMatt Bobrowski
Teach the BPF verifier to treat pointers to struct types returned from BPF kfuncs as implicitly trusted (PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_TRUSTED) by default. Returning untrusted pointers to struct types from BPF kfuncs should be considered an exception only, and certainly not the norm. Update existing selftests to reflect the change in register type printing (e.g. `ptr_` becoming `trusted_ptr_` in verifier error messages). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/aV4nbCaMfIoM0awM@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Matt Bobrowski <mattbobrowski@google.com> Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260113083949.2502978-1-mattbobrowski@google.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-01-13bpf: Skip anonymous types in type lookup for performanceDonglin Peng
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
2026-01-13bpf: Remove an unused parameter in check_func_protoSong Chen
The func_id parameter is not needed in check_func_proto. This patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Song Chen <chensong_2000@189.cn> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105155009.4581-1-chensong_2000@189.cn
2026-01-13bpf: Recognize special arithmetic shift in the verifierAlexei Starovoitov
cilium bpf_wiregard.bpf.c when compiled with -O1 fails to load with the following verifier log: 192: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 -304) ; R2=pkt(r=40) R10=fp0 fp-304=pkt(r=40) ... 227: (85) call bpf_skb_store_bytes#9 ; R0=scalar() 228: (bc) w2 = w0 ; R0=scalar() R2=scalar(smin=0,smax=umax=0xffffffff,var_off=(0x0; 0xffffffff)) 229: (c4) w2 s>>= 31 ; R2=scalar(smin=0,smax=umax=0xffffffff,smin32=-1,smax32=0,var_off=(0x0; 0xffffffff)) 230: (54) w2 &= -134 ; R2=scalar(smin=0,smax=umax=umax32=0xffffff7a,smax32=0x7fffff7a,var_off=(0x0; 0xffffff7a)) ... 232: (66) if w2 s> 0xffffffff goto pc+125 ; R2=scalar(smin=umin=umin32=0x80000000,smax=umax=umax32=0xffffff7a,smax32=-134,var_off=(0x80000000; 0x7fffff7a)) ... 238: (79) r4 = *(u64 *)(r10 -304) ; R4=scalar() R10=fp0 fp-304=scalar() 239: (56) if w2 != 0xffffff78 goto pc+210 ; R2=0xffffff78 // -136 ... 258: (71) r1 = *(u8 *)(r4 +0) R4 invalid mem access 'scalar' The error might confuse most bpf authors, since fp-304 slot had 'pkt' pointer at insn 192 and became 'scalar' at 238. That happened because bpf_skb_store_bytes() clears all packet pointers including those in the stack. On the first glance it might look like a bug in the source code, since ctx->data pointer should have been reloaded after the call to bpf_skb_store_bytes(). The relevant part of cilium source code looks like this: // bpf/lib/nodeport.h int dsr_set_ipip6() { if (ctx_adjust_hroom(...)) return DROP_INVALID; // -134 if (ctx_store_bytes(...)) return DROP_WRITE_ERROR; // -141 return 0; } bool dsr_fail_needs_reply(int code) { if (code == DROP_FRAG_NEEDED) // -136 return true; return false; } tail_nodeport_ipv6_dsr() { ret = dsr_set_ipip6(...); if (!IS_ERR(ret)) { ... } else { if (dsr_fail_needs_reply(ret)) return dsr_reply_icmp6(...); } } The code doesn't have arithmetic shift by 31 and it reloads ctx->data every time it needs to access it. So it's not a bug in the source code. The reason is DAGCombiner::foldSelectCCToShiftAnd() LLVM transformation: // If this is a select where the false operand is zero and the compare is a // check of the sign bit, see if we can perform the "gzip trick": // select_cc setlt X, 0, A, 0 -> and (sra X, size(X)-1), A // select_cc setgt X, 0, A, 0 -> and (not (sra X, size(X)-1)), A The conditional branch in dsr_set_ipip6() and its return values are optimized into BPF_ARSH plus BPF_AND: 227: (85) call bpf_skb_store_bytes#9 228: (bc) w2 = w0 229: (c4) w2 s>>= 31 ; R2=scalar(smin=0,smax=umax=0xffffffff,smin32=-1,smax32=0,var_off=(0x0; 0xffffffff)) 230: (54) w2 &= -134 ; R2=scalar(smin=0,smax=umax=umax32=0xffffff7a,smax32=0x7fffff7a,var_off=(0x0; 0xffffff7a)) after insn 230 the register w2 can only be 0 or -134, but the verifier approximates it, since there is no way to represent two scalars in bpf_reg_state. After fallthough at insn 232 the w2 can only be -134, hence the branch at insn 239: (56) if w2 != -136 goto pc+210 should be always taken, and trapping insn 258 should never execute. LLVM generated correct code, but the verifier follows impossible path and rejects valid program. To fix this issue recognize this special LLVM optimization and fork the verifier state. So after insn 229: (c4) w2 s>>= 31 the verifier has two states to explore: one with w2 = 0 and another with w2 = 0xffffffff which makes the verifier accept bpf_wiregard.c A similar pattern exists were OR operation is used in place of the AND operation, the verifier detects that pattern as well by forking the state before the OR operation with a scalar in range [-1,0]. Note there are 20+ such patterns in bpf_wiregard.o compiled with -O1 and -O2, but they're rarely seen in other production bpf programs, so push_stack() approach is not a concern. Reported-by: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Co-developed-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260112201424.816836-2-puranjay@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>