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<title>bpf: Harden bloom filter sizing and indexing on 32-bit kernels</title>
<updated>2026-09-07T15:36:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jérémy Jean</name>
<email>Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-05T06:02:28+00:00</published>
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commit 11c1e836710dcba03e50454a4eedfdbaf8d3050e upstream.

bloom_map_alloc() has two 32-bit-specific problems when the computed
bitmap reaches the U32_MAX fallback case.

First, BITS_TO_BYTES(U32_MAX) is evaluated with 32-bit arithmetic. The
addition performed by DIV_ROUND_UP wraps, so the map allocates only the
fixed-size bloom filter object while keeping bitset_mask == U32_MAX.
Subsequent updates can then write past the allocated object.

Second, fixing only the allocation size is not sufficient. The bloom hash
is a u32, but set_bit() takes a signed long bit number and x86 test_bit()
eventually feeds the index to variable_test_bit(long, ...). On 32-bit
kernels, hashes in [0x80000000, U32_MAX] therefore become negative bit
offsets. x86 bt/bts with a memory operand interpret those offsets relative
to the supplied base, so a map with bitset_mask == U32_MAX can read or
write before bloom-&gt;bitset even after allocating the full 512 MiB bitmap.

Keep the U32_MAX fallback, but split each hash into a word pointer and an
in-word bit number before calling test_bit() or set_bit(). The bitops
argument is then always in [0, BITS_PER_LONG - 1], while BIT_WORD(h) still
selects the intended word in the full bitmap.

Compute the bitset size from (u64)bitset_mask + 1 before passing the final
size to bpf_map_area_alloc(). This fixes the original under-allocation and
keeps the allocated storage consistent with the addressable bitset.

Exploitation note: local privilege escalation is possible on a 32-bit x86
kernel using the under-allocation bug from a binary with CAP_BPF.

Fixes: 9330986c0300 ("bpf: Add bloom filter map implementation")
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean &lt;Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260805060228.2703051-1-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
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commit 11c1e836710dcba03e50454a4eedfdbaf8d3050e upstream.

bloom_map_alloc() has two 32-bit-specific problems when the computed
bitmap reaches the U32_MAX fallback case.

First, BITS_TO_BYTES(U32_MAX) is evaluated with 32-bit arithmetic. The
addition performed by DIV_ROUND_UP wraps, so the map allocates only the
fixed-size bloom filter object while keeping bitset_mask == U32_MAX.
Subsequent updates can then write past the allocated object.

Second, fixing only the allocation size is not sufficient. The bloom hash
is a u32, but set_bit() takes a signed long bit number and x86 test_bit()
eventually feeds the index to variable_test_bit(long, ...). On 32-bit
kernels, hashes in [0x80000000, U32_MAX] therefore become negative bit
offsets. x86 bt/bts with a memory operand interpret those offsets relative
to the supplied base, so a map with bitset_mask == U32_MAX can read or
write before bloom-&gt;bitset even after allocating the full 512 MiB bitmap.

Keep the U32_MAX fallback, but split each hash into a word pointer and an
in-word bit number before calling test_bit() or set_bit(). The bitops
argument is then always in [0, BITS_PER_LONG - 1], while BIT_WORD(h) still
selects the intended word in the full bitmap.

Compute the bitset size from (u64)bitset_mask + 1 before passing the final
size to bpf_map_area_alloc(). This fixes the original under-allocation and
keeps the allocated storage consistent with the addressable bitset.

Exploitation note: local privilege escalation is possible on a 32-bit x86
kernel using the under-allocation bug from a binary with CAP_BPF.

Fixes: 9330986c0300 ("bpf: Add bloom filter map implementation")
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean &lt;Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260805060228.2703051-1-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Disable preemption in __bpf_get_stack</title>
<updated>2026-09-07T15:36:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Borkmann</name>
<email>borkmann@iogearbox.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-03T21:01:47+00:00</published>
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commit b1a47b2708d4e95dbd23aee2ec83752190897b3f upstream.

get_perf_callchain() returns a per-CPU perf_callchain_entry buffer and
releases its recursion slot via put_callchain_entry() before returning,
so nothing keeps the entry reserved while __bpf_get_stack() consumes
it below.

A preemptible BPF program (e.g. a non-sleepable raw tracepoint program
on a PREEMPT kernel, which runs under migrate_disable() but not
preempt_disable()) can be scheduled out between obtaining the entry
and the copy. Another task scheduled on the same CPU then reuses the
same per-CPU buffer and overwrites trace-&gt;nr with a larger value.
copy_len is then computed from the inflated trace-&gt;nr and can exceed
the caller's buffer, causing an out-of-bounds write in the memcpy()
and in the build_id path.

The rcu_read_lock() taken here alone does not prevent this. It is
only taken on the may_fault path, and under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU it does
not disable preemption; it merely keeps perf's callchain buffer array
alive (freed via call_rcu()) and does nothing to stop another task
from reusing the entry.

Disable preemption around obtaining the callchain entry and copying
it into the caller's buffer, so the entry cannot be reused underneath
us and trace-&gt;nr stays bounded by max_depth. Build ID resolution may
fault and is therefore deferred until after preemption is re-enabled;
by then the instruction pointers have already been copied into buf,
so it operates only on that private copy. Note, preempt_disable() also
subsumes the buffer-lifetime guarantee the rcu_read_lock() provided,
since a preempt-disabled section is an RCU read-side critical section
for the callchain buffers' call_rcu() reclaim.

Fixes: c195651e565a ("bpf: add bpf_get_stack helper")
Reported-by: Tao Chen &lt;chen.dylane@linux.dev&gt;
Reported-by: STAR Labs SG &lt;info@starlabs.sg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;borkmann@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260803210149.296496-11-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260206090653.1336687-1-chen.dylane@linux.dev/
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commit b1a47b2708d4e95dbd23aee2ec83752190897b3f upstream.

get_perf_callchain() returns a per-CPU perf_callchain_entry buffer and
releases its recursion slot via put_callchain_entry() before returning,
so nothing keeps the entry reserved while __bpf_get_stack() consumes
it below.

A preemptible BPF program (e.g. a non-sleepable raw tracepoint program
on a PREEMPT kernel, which runs under migrate_disable() but not
preempt_disable()) can be scheduled out between obtaining the entry
and the copy. Another task scheduled on the same CPU then reuses the
same per-CPU buffer and overwrites trace-&gt;nr with a larger value.
copy_len is then computed from the inflated trace-&gt;nr and can exceed
the caller's buffer, causing an out-of-bounds write in the memcpy()
and in the build_id path.

The rcu_read_lock() taken here alone does not prevent this. It is
only taken on the may_fault path, and under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU it does
not disable preemption; it merely keeps perf's callchain buffer array
alive (freed via call_rcu()) and does nothing to stop another task
from reusing the entry.

Disable preemption around obtaining the callchain entry and copying
it into the caller's buffer, so the entry cannot be reused underneath
us and trace-&gt;nr stays bounded by max_depth. Build ID resolution may
fault and is therefore deferred until after preemption is re-enabled;
by then the instruction pointers have already been copied into buf,
so it operates only on that private copy. Note, preempt_disable() also
subsumes the buffer-lifetime guarantee the rcu_read_lock() provided,
since a preempt-disabled section is an RCU read-side critical section
for the callchain buffers' call_rcu() reclaim.

Fixes: c195651e565a ("bpf: add bpf_get_stack helper")
Reported-by: Tao Chen &lt;chen.dylane@linux.dev&gt;
Reported-by: STAR Labs SG &lt;info@starlabs.sg&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;borkmann@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260803210149.296496-11-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260206090653.1336687-1-chen.dylane@linux.dev/
[ changed Fixes: commit ]
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rqspinlock: Reset tail when preserving queue on deadlock</title>
<updated>2026-08-06T23:32:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-08-02T02:17:59+00:00</published>
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Currently, the destruction of the waiter queue is suppressed for
rqspinlock in cases where a deadlock is detected. Deadlock checks happen
relatively frequently (on entry for AA, within 1ms for ABBA), and waiter
threads may not be involved in locking scenarios involving deadlocks.
Thus, it is useful to not flush the queue and let other waiters take a
stab at acquiring the lock after we detect a deadlock and exit.

However, we need to follow the same logic as what we did previously for
the waitq_timeout label: reset the tail, and if we cannot, signal the
next waiter appropriately. In case of deadlocks, this signal would just
mark the MCS node as unlocked, and in case of timeouts, it would signal
RES_TIMEOUT_VAL. The difference thus is in the value propagated, which
decides whether the queue remains active or gets flushed.

Not doing the tail reset, and waiting for the next waiter can lead to
cases where we are the final waiter, and thus no next waiter arrives,
leading to intermittent stalls in this path. Once the next waiter does
join, we will be unblocked. In the theoretical case when the next waiter
never joins, we risk stalling indefinitely.

This can only happen for ABBA deadlocks, since entry into the wait queue
is guarded with AA checks. A precise sequence of executions leading up
to this scenario can be:

CPU 0 holds lock A.
CPU 1 holds lock B.
CPU 2 attempts lock B, becomes the pending waiter for B.
CPU 0 attempts lock B. B has locked+pending bits set, thus CPU 0 queues.
CPU 1 attempts lock A.
CPU 0 detects an ABBA deadlock.

Once deadlock detection happens for CPU 0, it will sit waiting for the
next waiter in the queue to populate node-&gt;next, which will experience
delays until such a waiter arrives.

Fix this by adjusting the logic for the check for deadlocks preceding
the waitq_timeout label. It would make sense to consolidate code for
both cases and use 'ret' to distinguish the value being propagated, but
that is left as an exercise for a future refactoring task to avoid diff
noise in this patch.

Fixes: 7bd6e5ce5be6 ("rqspinlock: Disable queue destruction for deadlocks")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802021759.1139457-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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Currently, the destruction of the waiter queue is suppressed for
rqspinlock in cases where a deadlock is detected. Deadlock checks happen
relatively frequently (on entry for AA, within 1ms for ABBA), and waiter
threads may not be involved in locking scenarios involving deadlocks.
Thus, it is useful to not flush the queue and let other waiters take a
stab at acquiring the lock after we detect a deadlock and exit.

However, we need to follow the same logic as what we did previously for
the waitq_timeout label: reset the tail, and if we cannot, signal the
next waiter appropriately. In case of deadlocks, this signal would just
mark the MCS node as unlocked, and in case of timeouts, it would signal
RES_TIMEOUT_VAL. The difference thus is in the value propagated, which
decides whether the queue remains active or gets flushed.

Not doing the tail reset, and waiting for the next waiter can lead to
cases where we are the final waiter, and thus no next waiter arrives,
leading to intermittent stalls in this path. Once the next waiter does
join, we will be unblocked. In the theoretical case when the next waiter
never joins, we risk stalling indefinitely.

This can only happen for ABBA deadlocks, since entry into the wait queue
is guarded with AA checks. A precise sequence of executions leading up
to this scenario can be:

CPU 0 holds lock A.
CPU 1 holds lock B.
CPU 2 attempts lock B, becomes the pending waiter for B.
CPU 0 attempts lock B. B has locked+pending bits set, thus CPU 0 queues.
CPU 1 attempts lock A.
CPU 0 detects an ABBA deadlock.

Once deadlock detection happens for CPU 0, it will sit waiting for the
next waiter in the queue to populate node-&gt;next, which will experience
delays until such a waiter arrives.

Fix this by adjusting the logic for the check for deadlocks preceding
the waitq_timeout label. It would make sense to consolidate code for
both cases and use 'ret' to distinguish the value being propagated, but
that is left as an exercise for a future refactoring task to avoid diff
noise in this patch.

Fixes: 7bd6e5ce5be6 ("rqspinlock: Disable queue destruction for deadlocks")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802021759.1139457-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Propagate untrusted pointer state in commuted arithmetic</title>
<updated>2026-07-31T19:45:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yiyang Chen</name>
<email>chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-29T15:18:29+00:00</published>
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The untrusted PTR_TO_MEM early return skips pointer offset tracking
because accesses go through probe-read handling. Moving it after full
pointer-state propagation ensures scalar += untrusted_pointer leaves the
destination as PTR_TO_MEM instead of an unrelated scalar.

Fixes: f2362a57aeff ("bpf: allow void* cast using bpf_rdonly_cast()")
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Tested-by: Daniel Wade &lt;danjwade95@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-3-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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The untrusted PTR_TO_MEM early return skips pointer offset tracking
because accesses go through probe-read handling. Moving it after full
pointer-state propagation ensures scalar += untrusted_pointer leaves the
destination as PTR_TO_MEM instead of an unrelated scalar.

Fixes: f2362a57aeff ("bpf: allow void* cast using bpf_rdonly_cast()")
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Tested-by: Daniel Wade &lt;danjwade95@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-3-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Preserve pointer state for commuted arithmetic</title>
<updated>2026-07-31T19:45:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yiyang Chen</name>
<email>chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-29T15:18:28+00:00</published>
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When scalar += pointer is handled in adjust_ptr_min_max_vals(), the
destination register inherits the pointer state from the source pointer.
Copying only selected fields is fragile because pointer provenance is
tracked by several bpf_reg_state fields.

Use the caller's temporary offset register to preserve the scalar operand
while replacing the destination with the full pointer state. This preserves
the frame number for PTR_TO_STACK registers and keeps parent identity
fields consistent.

Fixes: f4d7e40a5b71 ("bpf: introduce function calls (verification)")
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Tested-by: Daniel Wade &lt;danjwade95@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-2-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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When scalar += pointer is handled in adjust_ptr_min_max_vals(), the
destination register inherits the pointer state from the source pointer.
Copying only selected fields is fragile because pointer provenance is
tracked by several bpf_reg_state fields.

Use the caller's temporary offset register to preserve the scalar operand
while replacing the destination with the full pointer state. This preserves
the frame number for PTR_TO_STACK registers and keeps parent identity
fields consistent.

Fixes: f4d7e40a5b71 ("bpf: introduce function calls (verification)")
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Tested-by: Daniel Wade &lt;danjwade95@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-2-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Simplify sanitize_err() signature</title>
<updated>2026-07-31T19:44:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eduard Zingerman</name>
<email>eddyz87@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-29T15:18:27+00:00</published>
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The sanitize_err() function is called when:
- ptr += scalar
- scalar += ptr
- scalar += scalar
ALU operations are processed.

This commit drops offset and pointer registers parameters from its
signature to simplify the follow-up changes for 'scalar += ptr' case.
regs[src].type is safe to access, as it is not mutated by the callers.

Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-1-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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The sanitize_err() function is called when:
- ptr += scalar
- scalar += ptr
- scalar += scalar
ALU operations are processed.

This commit drops offset and pointer registers parameters from its
signature to simplify the follow-up changes for 'scalar += ptr' case.
regs[src].type is safe to access, as it is not mutated by the callers.

Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen &lt;chenyy23@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-c3-035-public-bpf-v4-v4-1-8ee297e2346b@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Reject passing scalar NULL to nonnull arg of a global subprog</title>
<updated>2026-07-23T23:09:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Amery Hung</name>
<email>ameryhung@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-23T22:18:14+00:00</published>
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A global subprogram argument tagged __arg_nonnull is set up as a
non-nullable PTR_TO_MEM. However the verifier does not check against a
scalar NULL, leading to real NULL pointer dereference. Reject it as
well.

Fixes: 94e1c70a3452 ("bpf: support 'arg:xxx' btf_decl_tag-based hints for global subprog args")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723221815.367797-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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A global subprogram argument tagged __arg_nonnull is set up as a
non-nullable PTR_TO_MEM. However the verifier does not check against a
scalar NULL, leading to real NULL pointer dereference. Reject it as
well.

Fixes: 94e1c70a3452 ("bpf: support 'arg:xxx' btf_decl_tag-based hints for global subprog args")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723221815.367797-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix tracing of kfuncs with implicit args</title>
<updated>2026-07-16T23:11:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ihor Solodrai</name>
<email>ihor.solodrai@linux.dev</email>
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<published>2026-07-13T23:52:22+00:00</published>
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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: 64e1360524b9 ("bpf: Verifier support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS")
Reported-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
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 &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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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: 64e1360524b9 ("bpf: Verifier support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS")
Reported-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
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 &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Reject negative const offsets for buffer pointers</title>
<updated>2026-07-15T09:32:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sun Jian</name>
<email>sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-14T09:38:45+00:00</published>
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The verifier rejects variable offsets for PTR_TO_TP_BUFFER and PTR_TO_BUF
accesses, but it currently accepts a constant negative offset produced by
pointer arithmetic.

Commit 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg-&gt;var_off instead of reg-&gt;off for
pointers") moved constant pointer offsets from reg-&gt;off to reg-&gt;var_off.
However, __check_buffer_access() continued to check only the instruction
offset. An access with reg-&gt;var_off equal to -8 and an instruction offset
of zero therefore passes verification.

For writable raw tracepoints, the access end is also calculated from the
unsigned reg-&gt;var_off.value. An eight-byte access starting at -8 wraps
the calculated end to zero, allowing the program to load and attach
without increasing max_tp_access.

After ensuring that reg-&gt;var_off is constant, calculate the effective
access start using signed arithmetic and reject it when it is negative.
Use the validated start to calculate the access end for both
PTR_TO_TP_BUFFER and PTR_TO_BUF.

Fixes: 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg-&gt;var_off instead of reg-&gt;off for pointers")
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian &lt;sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.2.0
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714093846.18159-2-sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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The verifier rejects variable offsets for PTR_TO_TP_BUFFER and PTR_TO_BUF
accesses, but it currently accepts a constant negative offset produced by
pointer arithmetic.

Commit 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg-&gt;var_off instead of reg-&gt;off for
pointers") moved constant pointer offsets from reg-&gt;off to reg-&gt;var_off.
However, __check_buffer_access() continued to check only the instruction
offset. An access with reg-&gt;var_off equal to -8 and an instruction offset
of zero therefore passes verification.

For writable raw tracepoints, the access end is also calculated from the
unsigned reg-&gt;var_off.value. An eight-byte access starting at -8 wraps
the calculated end to zero, allowing the program to load and attach
without increasing max_tp_access.

After ensuring that reg-&gt;var_off is constant, calculate the effective
access start using signed arithmetic and reject it when it is negative.
Use the validated start to calculate the access end for both
PTR_TO_TP_BUFFER and PTR_TO_BUF.

Fixes: 022ac0750883 ("bpf: use reg-&gt;var_off instead of reg-&gt;off for pointers")
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian &lt;sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu &lt;shung-hsi.yu@suse.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.2.0
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260714093846.18159-2-sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Prefer dirty packs for eBPF allocations</title>
<updated>2026-07-01T08:34:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pawan Gupta</name>
<email>pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-30T05:39:29+00:00</published>
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The pack allocator only flushes predictors when reusing a dirty pack for
cBPF, eBPF allocations never trigger a flush. Currently, eBPF picks the
first free pack, which could be a clean pack. As an optimization, leaving
a clean pack for cBPF can avoid flushes.

Prefer dirty packs for eBPF and keep clean packs free for cBPF. This
mirrors the existing cBPF preference for clean packs: each program kind
prefers the pack that avoids an extra flush, and falls back to the other
kind only when no preferred pack has room. eBPF reuse of a dirty pack is
harmless since eBPF being privileged does not flush.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
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The pack allocator only flushes predictors when reusing a dirty pack for
cBPF, eBPF allocations never trigger a flush. Currently, eBPF picks the
first free pack, which could be a clean pack. As an optimization, leaving
a clean pack for cBPF can avoid flushes.

Prefer dirty packs for eBPF and keep clean packs free for cBPF. This
mirrors the existing cBPF preference for clean packs: each program kind
prefers the pack that avoids an extra flush, and falls back to the other
kind only when no preferred pack has room. eBPF reuse of a dirty pack is
harmless since eBPF being privileged does not flush.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
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