Re: [PATCH 2/2] [net-next] bpf: fix out-of-bounds access warning in bpf_check

From: Daniel Borkmann
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 18:35:35 EST


On 11/02/2017 12:05 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
The bpf_verifer_ops array is generated dynamically and may be
empty depending on configuration, which then causes an out
of bounds access:

kernel/bpf/verifier.c: In function 'bpf_check':
kernel/bpf/verifier.c:4320:29: error: array subscript is above array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]

This adds a check to the start of the function as a workaround.
I would assume that the function is never called in that configuration,
so the warning is probably harmless.

Fixes: 00176a34d9e2 ("bpf: remove the verifier ops from program structure")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM, and bpf_analyzer() already has proper logic to bail out for
such cases (although only used by nfp right now, which is there
when NET is configured anyway).