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<title>bpf: Fix off-by-one boundary validation in arena direct-value access</title>
<updated>2026-05-09T23:18:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junyoung Jang</name>
<email>graypanda.inzag@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2026-04-26T17:25:05+00:00</published>
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BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA accepts BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_VALUE offsets at exactly
the end of the arena mapping (off == arena_size). The boundary check
in arena_map_direct_value_addr() uses `&gt;` instead of `&gt;=`, which
incorrectly allows a one-past-end pointer to be accepted.

Change the condition to `&gt;=` to correctly reject offsets that fall
outside the valid arena user_vm range.

Fixes: 317460317a02 ("bpf: Introduce bpf_arena.")
Signed-off-by: Junyoung Jang &lt;graypanda.inzag@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260426172505.1947915-1-graypanda.inzag@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA accepts BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_VALUE offsets at exactly
the end of the arena mapping (off == arena_size). The boundary check
in arena_map_direct_value_addr() uses `&gt;` instead of `&gt;=`, which
incorrectly allows a one-past-end pointer to be accepted.

Change the condition to `&gt;=` to correctly reject offsets that fall
outside the valid arena user_vm range.

Fixes: 317460317a02 ("bpf: Introduce bpf_arena.")
Signed-off-by: Junyoung Jang &lt;graypanda.inzag@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260426172505.1947915-1-graypanda.inzag@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Don't run arg-tracking analysis twice on main subprog</title>
<updated>2026-05-09T23:12:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Chaignon</name>
<email>paul.chaignon@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2026-05-07T18:22:06+00:00</published>
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Because subprog 0, the main subprog, is considered a global function,
we end up running the arg-tracking dataflow analysis twice on it. That
results in slightly longer verification but mostly in more verbose
verifier logs. This patch fixes it by keeping only the iteration over
global subprogs.

When running over all of Cilium's programs with BPF_LOG_LEVEL2, this
reduces verbosity by ~20% on average.

Fixes: bf0c571f7feb6 ("bpf: introduce forward arg-tracking dataflow analysis")
Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e4d7b53d4963ef520541a782f5fc8108a168877c.1778176504.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Because subprog 0, the main subprog, is considered a global function,
we end up running the arg-tracking dataflow analysis twice on it. That
results in slightly longer verification but mostly in more verbose
verifier logs. This patch fixes it by keeping only the iteration over
global subprogs.

When running over all of Cilium's programs with BPF_LOG_LEVEL2, this
reduces verbosity by ~20% on average.

Fixes: bf0c571f7feb6 ("bpf: introduce forward arg-tracking dataflow analysis")
Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e4d7b53d4963ef520541a782f5fc8108a168877c.1778176504.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf</title>
<updated>2026-04-17T22:58:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-17T22:58:22+00:00</published>
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:
 "Most of the diff stat comes from Xu Kuohai's fix to emit ENDBR/BTI,
  since all JITs had to be touched to move constant blinding out and
  pass bpf_verifier_env in.

   - Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork (Alexei Starovoitov)

   - Dissociate struct_ops program with map if map_update fails (Amery
     Hung)

   - Fix out-of-range and off-by-one bugs in arm64 JIT (Daniel Borkmann)

   - Fix precedence bug in convert_bpf_ld_abs alignment check (Daniel
     Borkmann)

   - Fix arg tracking for imprecise/multi-offset in BPF_ST/STX insns
     (Eduard Zingerman)

   - Copy token from main to subprogs to fix missing kallsyms (Eduard
     Zingerman)

   - Prevent double close and leak of btf objects in libbpf (Jiri Olsa)

   - Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in sockmap (Michal Luczaj)

   - Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs (Mykyta
     Yatsenko)

   - Avoid unnecessary IPIs. Remove redundant bpf_flush_icache() in
     arm64 and riscv JITs (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Fix out of bounds access. Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()
     (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Reject BPF-to-BPF calls and callbacks in arm32 JIT (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Refactor all JITs to pass bpf_verifier_env to emit ENDBR/BTI for
     indirect jump targets on x86-64, arm64 JITs (Xu Kuohai)

   - Allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare() (Yihan Ding)"

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: (32 commits)
  bpf, arm32: Reject BPF-to-BPF calls and callbacks in the JIT
  bpf: Dissociate struct_ops program with map if map_update fails
  bpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()
  libbpf: Prevent double close and leak of btf objects
  selftests/bpf: cover UTF-8 trace_printk output
  bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()
  selftests/bpf: Reject scalar store into kptr slot
  bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs
  bpf: Fix precedence bug in convert_bpf_ld_abs alignment check
  bpf, arm64: Emit BTI for indirect jump target
  bpf, x86: Emit ENDBR for indirect jump targets
  bpf: Add helper to detect indirect jump targets
  bpf: Pass bpf_verifier_env to JIT
  bpf: Move constants blinding out of arch-specific JITs
  bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
  bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update
  selftests/bpf: Extend bpf_iter_unix to attempt deadlocking
  bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix iter deadlock
  bpf, sockmap: Annotate af_unix sock:: Sk_state data-races
  selftests/bpf: verify kallsyms entries for token-loaded subprograms
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:
 "Most of the diff stat comes from Xu Kuohai's fix to emit ENDBR/BTI,
  since all JITs had to be touched to move constant blinding out and
  pass bpf_verifier_env in.

   - Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork (Alexei Starovoitov)

   - Dissociate struct_ops program with map if map_update fails (Amery
     Hung)

   - Fix out-of-range and off-by-one bugs in arm64 JIT (Daniel Borkmann)

   - Fix precedence bug in convert_bpf_ld_abs alignment check (Daniel
     Borkmann)

   - Fix arg tracking for imprecise/multi-offset in BPF_ST/STX insns
     (Eduard Zingerman)

   - Copy token from main to subprogs to fix missing kallsyms (Eduard
     Zingerman)

   - Prevent double close and leak of btf objects in libbpf (Jiri Olsa)

   - Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in sockmap (Michal Luczaj)

   - Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs (Mykyta
     Yatsenko)

   - Avoid unnecessary IPIs. Remove redundant bpf_flush_icache() in
     arm64 and riscv JITs (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Fix out of bounds access. Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()
     (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Reject BPF-to-BPF calls and callbacks in arm32 JIT (Puranjay Mohan)

   - Refactor all JITs to pass bpf_verifier_env to emit ENDBR/BTI for
     indirect jump targets on x86-64, arm64 JITs (Xu Kuohai)

   - Allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare() (Yihan Ding)"

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: (32 commits)
  bpf, arm32: Reject BPF-to-BPF calls and callbacks in the JIT
  bpf: Dissociate struct_ops program with map if map_update fails
  bpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()
  libbpf: Prevent double close and leak of btf objects
  selftests/bpf: cover UTF-8 trace_printk output
  bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()
  selftests/bpf: Reject scalar store into kptr slot
  bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs
  bpf: Fix precedence bug in convert_bpf_ld_abs alignment check
  bpf, arm64: Emit BTI for indirect jump target
  bpf, x86: Emit ENDBR for indirect jump targets
  bpf: Add helper to detect indirect jump targets
  bpf: Pass bpf_verifier_env to JIT
  bpf: Move constants blinding out of arch-specific JITs
  bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
  bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update
  selftests/bpf: Extend bpf_iter_unix to attempt deadlocking
  bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix iter deadlock
  bpf, sockmap: Annotate af_unix sock:: Sk_state data-races
  selftests/bpf: verify kallsyms entries for token-loaded subprograms
  ...
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Dissociate struct_ops program with map if map_update fails</title>
<updated>2026-04-17T19:04:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Amery Hung</name>
<email>ameryhung@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-17T17:49:00+00:00</published>
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Currently, when bpf_struct_ops_map_update_elem() fails, the programs'
st_ops_assoc will remain set. They may become dangling pointers if the
map is freed later, but they will never be dereferenced since the
struct_ops attachment did not succeed. However, if one of the programs
is subsequently attached as part of another struct_ops map, its
st_ops_assoc will be poisoned even though its old st_ops_assoc was stale
from a failed attachment.

Fix the spurious poisoned st_ops_assoc by dissociating struct_ops
programs with a map if the attachment fails. Move
bpf_prog_assoc_struct_ops() to after *plink++ to make sure
bpf_prog_disassoc_struct_ops() will not miss a program when iterating
st_map-&gt;links.

Note that, dissociating a program from a map requires some attention as
it must not reset a poisoned st_ops_assoc or a st_ops_assoc pointing to
another map. The former is already guarded in
bpf_prog_disassoc_struct_ops(). The latter also will not happen since
st_ops_assoc of programs in st_map-&gt;links are set by
bpf_prog_assoc_struct_ops(), which can only be poisoned or pointing to
the current map.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260417174900.2895486-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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Currently, when bpf_struct_ops_map_update_elem() fails, the programs'
st_ops_assoc will remain set. They may become dangling pointers if the
map is freed later, but they will never be dereferenced since the
struct_ops attachment did not succeed. However, if one of the programs
is subsequently attached as part of another struct_ops map, its
st_ops_assoc will be poisoned even though its old st_ops_assoc was stale
from a failed attachment.

Fix the spurious poisoned st_ops_assoc by dissociating struct_ops
programs with a map if the attachment fails. Move
bpf_prog_assoc_struct_ops() to after *plink++ to make sure
bpf_prog_disassoc_struct_ops() will not miss a program when iterating
st_map-&gt;links.

Note that, dissociating a program from a map requires some attention as
it must not reset a poisoned st_ops_assoc or a st_ops_assoc pointing to
another map. The former is already guarded in
bpf_prog_disassoc_struct_ops(). The latter also will not happen since
st_ops_assoc of programs in st_map-&gt;links are set by
bpf_prog_assoc_struct_ops(), which can only be poisoned or pointing to
the current map.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260417174900.2895486-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()</title>
<updated>2026-04-17T17:12:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Puranjay Mohan</name>
<email>puranjay@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-17T15:21:33+00:00</published>
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arena_alloc_pages() accepts a plain int node_id and forwards it through
the entire allocation chain without any bounds checking.

Validate node_id before passing it down the allocation chain in
arena_alloc_pages().

Fixes: 317460317a02 ("bpf: Introduce bpf_arena.")
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260417152135.1383754-1-puranjay@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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arena_alloc_pages() accepts a plain int node_id and forwards it through
the entire allocation chain without any bounds checking.

Validate node_id before passing it down the allocation chain in
arena_alloc_pages().

Fixes: 317460317a02 ("bpf: Introduce bpf_arena.")
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260417152135.1383754-1-puranjay@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T22:53:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yihan Ding</name>
<email>dingyihan@uniontech.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T12:01:41+00:00</published>
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bpf_bprintf_prepare() only needs ASCII parsing for conversion
specifiers. Plain text can safely carry bytes &gt;= 0x80, so allow
UTF-8 literals outside '%' sequences while keeping ASCII control
bytes rejected and format specifiers ASCII-only.

This keeps existing parsing rules for format directives unchanged,
while allowing helpers such as bpf_trace_printk() to emit UTF-8
literal text.

Update test_snprintf_negative() in the same commit so selftests keep
matching the new plain-text vs format-specifier split during bisection.

Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding &lt;dingyihan@uniontech.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416120142.1420646-2-dingyihan@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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bpf_bprintf_prepare() only needs ASCII parsing for conversion
specifiers. Plain text can safely carry bytes &gt;= 0x80, so allow
UTF-8 literals outside '%' sequences while keeping ASCII control
bytes rejected and format specifiers ASCII-only.

This keeps existing parsing rules for format directives unchanged,
while allowing helpers such as bpf_trace_printk() to emit UTF-8
literal text.

Update test_snprintf_negative() in the same commit so selftests keep
matching the new plain-text vs format-specifier split during bisection.

Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding &lt;dingyihan@uniontech.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416120142.1420646-2-dingyihan@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T22:20:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T18:08:07+00:00</published>
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Commit ab6c637ad027 ("bpf: Fix a bpf_kptr_xchg() issue with local
kptr") refactored map_kptr_match_type() to branch on btf_is_kernel()
before checking base_type(). A scalar register stored into a kptr
slot has no btf, so the btf_is_kernel(reg-&gt;btf) call dereferences
NULL.

Move the base_type() != PTR_TO_BTF_ID guard before any reg-&gt;btf
access.

Fixes: ab6c637ad027 ("bpf: Fix a bpf_kptr_xchg() issue with local kptr")
Reported-by: Hiker Cl &lt;clhiker365@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221372
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416-kptr_crash-v1-1-5589356584b4@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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Commit ab6c637ad027 ("bpf: Fix a bpf_kptr_xchg() issue with local
kptr") refactored map_kptr_match_type() to branch on btf_is_kernel()
before checking base_type(). A scalar register stored into a kptr
slot has no btf, so the btf_is_kernel(reg-&gt;btf) call dereferences
NULL.

Move the base_type() != PTR_TO_BTF_ID guard before any reg-&gt;btf
access.

Fixes: ab6c637ad027 ("bpf: Fix a bpf_kptr_xchg() issue with local kptr")
Reported-by: Hiker Cl &lt;clhiker365@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221372
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416-kptr_crash-v1-1-5589356584b4@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add helper to detect indirect jump targets</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T14:03:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xu Kuohai</name>
<email>xukuohai@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T06:43:39+00:00</published>
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Introduce helper bpf_insn_is_indirect_target to check whether a BPF
instruction is an indirect jump target.

Since the verifier knows which instructions are indirect jump targets,
add a new flag indirect_target to struct bpf_insn_aux_data to mark
them. The verifier sets this flag when verifying an indirect jump target
instruction, and the helper checks the flag to determine whether an
instruction is an indirect jump target.

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; #v8
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt; #v12
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-4-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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Introduce helper bpf_insn_is_indirect_target to check whether a BPF
instruction is an indirect jump target.

Since the verifier knows which instructions are indirect jump targets,
add a new flag indirect_target to struct bpf_insn_aux_data to mark
them. The verifier sets this flag when verifying an indirect jump target
instruction, and the helper checks the flag to determine whether an
instruction is an indirect jump target.

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; #v8
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt; #v12
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-4-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<title>bpf: Pass bpf_verifier_env to JIT</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T14:03:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xu Kuohai</name>
<email>xukuohai@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T06:43:38+00:00</published>
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Pass bpf_verifier_env to bpf_int_jit_compile(). The follow-up patch will
use env-&gt;insn_aux_data in the JIT stage to detect indirect jump targets.

Since bpf_prog_select_runtime() can be called by cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c
code without verifier, introduce helper __bpf_prog_select_runtime()
to accept the env parameter.

Remove the call to bpf_prog_select_runtime() in bpf_prog_load(), and
switch to call __bpf_prog_select_runtime() in the verifier, with env
variable passed. The original bpf_prog_select_runtime() is preserved for
cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c, where env is NULL.

Now all constants blinding calls are moved into the verifier, except
the cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c cases. The instructions arrays are adjusted
by bpf_patch_insn_data() function for normal cases, so there is no need
to call adjust_insn_arrays() in bpf_jit_blind_constants(). Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; # v8
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt; # v12
Acked-by: Hengqi Chen &lt;hengqi.chen@gmail.com&gt; # v14
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-3-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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Pass bpf_verifier_env to bpf_int_jit_compile(). The follow-up patch will
use env-&gt;insn_aux_data in the JIT stage to detect indirect jump targets.

Since bpf_prog_select_runtime() can be called by cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c
code without verifier, introduce helper __bpf_prog_select_runtime()
to accept the env parameter.

Remove the call to bpf_prog_select_runtime() in bpf_prog_load(), and
switch to call __bpf_prog_select_runtime() in the verifier, with env
variable passed. The original bpf_prog_select_runtime() is preserved for
cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c, where env is NULL.

Now all constants blinding calls are moved into the verifier, except
the cbpf and lib/test_bpf.c cases. The instructions arrays are adjusted
by bpf_patch_insn_data() function for normal cases, so there is no need
to call adjust_insn_arrays() in bpf_jit_blind_constants(). Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; # v8
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis &lt;emil@etsalapatis.com&gt; # v12
Acked-by: Hengqi Chen &lt;hengqi.chen@gmail.com&gt; # v14
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-3-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Move constants blinding out of arch-specific JITs</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T14:03:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xu Kuohai</name>
<email>xukuohai@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T06:43:37+00:00</published>
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During the JIT stage, constants blinding rewrites instructions but only
rewrites the private instruction copy of the JITed subprog, leaving the
global env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi and env-&gt;insn_aux_data untouched. This causes a
mismatch between subprog instructions and the global state, making it
difficult to use the global data in the JIT.

To avoid this mismatch, and given that all arch-specific JITs already
support constants blinding, move it to the generic verifier code, and
switch to rewrite the global env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi with the global states
adjusted, as other rewrites in the verifier do.

This removes the constants blinding calls in each JIT, which are largely
duplicated code across architectures.

Since constants blinding is only required for JIT, and there are two
JIT entry functions, jit_subprogs() for BPF programs with multiple
subprogs and bpf_prog_select_runtime() for programs with no subprogs,
move the constants blinding invocation into these two functions.

In the verifier path, bpf_patch_insn_data() is used to keep global
verifier auxiliary data in sync with patched instructions. A key
question is whether this global auxiliary data should be restored
on the failure path.

Besides instructions, bpf_patch_insn_data() adjusts:
  - prog-&gt;aux-&gt;poke_tab
  - env-&gt;insn_array_maps
  - env-&gt;subprog_info
  - env-&gt;insn_aux_data

For prog-&gt;aux-&gt;poke_tab, it is only used by JIT or only meaningful after
JIT succeeds, so it does not need to be restored on the failure path.

For env-&gt;insn_array_maps, when JIT fails, programs using insn arrays
are rejected by bpf_insn_array_ready() due to missing JIT addresses.
Hence, env-&gt;insn_array_maps is only meaningful for JIT and does not need
to be restored.

For subprog_info, if jit_subprogs fails and CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
is not enabled, kernel falls back to interpreter. In this case,
env-&gt;subprog_info is used to determine subprogram stack depth. So it
must be restored on failure.

For env-&gt;insn_aux_data, it is freed by clear_insn_aux_data() at the
end of bpf_check(). Before freeing, clear_insn_aux_data() loops over
env-&gt;insn_aux_data to release jump targets recorded in it. The loop
uses env-&gt;prog-&gt;len as the array length, but this length no longer
matches the actual size of the adjusted env-&gt;insn_aux_data array after
constants blinding.

To address it, a simple approach is to keep insn_aux_data as adjusted
after failure, since it will be freed shortly, and record its actual size
for the loop in clear_insn_aux_data(). But since clear_insn_aux_data()
uses the same index to loop over both env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi and env-&gt;insn_aux_data,
this approach results in incorrect index for the insnsi array. So an
alternative approach is adopted: clone the original env-&gt;insn_aux_data
before blinding and restore it after failure, similar to env-&gt;prog.

For classic BPF programs, constants blinding works as before since it
is still invoked from bpf_prog_select_runtime().

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; # v8
Reviewed-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.ibm.com&gt; # powerpc jit
Reviewed-by: Pu Lehui &lt;pulehui@huawei.com&gt; # riscv jit
Acked-by: Hengqi Chen &lt;hengqi.chen@gmail.com&gt; # loongarch jit
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-2-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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During the JIT stage, constants blinding rewrites instructions but only
rewrites the private instruction copy of the JITed subprog, leaving the
global env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi and env-&gt;insn_aux_data untouched. This causes a
mismatch between subprog instructions and the global state, making it
difficult to use the global data in the JIT.

To avoid this mismatch, and given that all arch-specific JITs already
support constants blinding, move it to the generic verifier code, and
switch to rewrite the global env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi with the global states
adjusted, as other rewrites in the verifier do.

This removes the constants blinding calls in each JIT, which are largely
duplicated code across architectures.

Since constants blinding is only required for JIT, and there are two
JIT entry functions, jit_subprogs() for BPF programs with multiple
subprogs and bpf_prog_select_runtime() for programs with no subprogs,
move the constants blinding invocation into these two functions.

In the verifier path, bpf_patch_insn_data() is used to keep global
verifier auxiliary data in sync with patched instructions. A key
question is whether this global auxiliary data should be restored
on the failure path.

Besides instructions, bpf_patch_insn_data() adjusts:
  - prog-&gt;aux-&gt;poke_tab
  - env-&gt;insn_array_maps
  - env-&gt;subprog_info
  - env-&gt;insn_aux_data

For prog-&gt;aux-&gt;poke_tab, it is only used by JIT or only meaningful after
JIT succeeds, so it does not need to be restored on the failure path.

For env-&gt;insn_array_maps, when JIT fails, programs using insn arrays
are rejected by bpf_insn_array_ready() due to missing JIT addresses.
Hence, env-&gt;insn_array_maps is only meaningful for JIT and does not need
to be restored.

For subprog_info, if jit_subprogs fails and CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
is not enabled, kernel falls back to interpreter. In this case,
env-&gt;subprog_info is used to determine subprogram stack depth. So it
must be restored on failure.

For env-&gt;insn_aux_data, it is freed by clear_insn_aux_data() at the
end of bpf_check(). Before freeing, clear_insn_aux_data() loops over
env-&gt;insn_aux_data to release jump targets recorded in it. The loop
uses env-&gt;prog-&gt;len as the array length, but this length no longer
matches the actual size of the adjusted env-&gt;insn_aux_data array after
constants blinding.

To address it, a simple approach is to keep insn_aux_data as adjusted
after failure, since it will be freed shortly, and record its actual size
for the loop in clear_insn_aux_data(). But since clear_insn_aux_data()
uses the same index to loop over both env-&gt;prog-&gt;insnsi and env-&gt;insn_aux_data,
this approach results in incorrect index for the insnsi array. So an
alternative approach is adopted: clone the original env-&gt;insn_aux_data
before blinding and restore it after failure, similar to env-&gt;prog.

For classic BPF programs, constants blinding works as before since it
is still invoked from bpf_prog_select_runtime().

Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt; # v8
Reviewed-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.ibm.com&gt; # powerpc jit
Reviewed-by: Pu Lehui &lt;pulehui@huawei.com&gt; # riscv jit
Acked-by: Hengqi Chen &lt;hengqi.chen@gmail.com&gt; # loongarch jit
Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai &lt;xukuohai@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416064341.151802-2-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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