Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/2] bpf: fix nullness propagation for reg to reg comparisons

From: Hao Sun
Date: Thu Dec 22 2022 - 20:39:54 EST


Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx> 于2022年12月23日周五 09:31写道:
>
> On 12/21/22 6:44 PM, Hao Sun wrote:
> > After befae75856ab, the verifier would propagate null information after
> > JEQ/JNE, e.g., if two pointers, one is maybe_null and the other is not,
> > the former would be marked as non-null in eq path. However, as comment
> > "PTR_TO_BTF_ID points to a kernel struct that does not need to be null
> > checked by the BPF program ... The verifier must keep this in mind and
> > can make no assumptions about null or non-null when doing branch ...".
> > If one pointer is maybe_null and the other is PTR_TO_BTF, the former is
> > incorrectly marked non-null. The following BPF prog can trigger a
> > null-ptr-deref, also see this report for more details[1]:
> >
> > 0: (18) r1 = map_fd ; R1_w=map_ptr(ks=4, vs=4)
> > 2: (79) r6 = *(u64 *)(r1 +8) ; R6_w=bpf_map->inner_map_data
> > ; R6 is PTR_TO_BTF_ID
> > ; equals to null at runtime
> > 3: (bf) r2 = r10
> > 4: (07) r2 += -4
> > 5: (62) *(u32 *)(r2 +0) = 0
> > 6: (85) call bpf_map_lookup_elem#1 ; R0_w=map_value_or_null
> > 7: (1d) if r6 == r0 goto pc+1
> > 8: (95) exit
> > ; from 7 to 9: R0=map_value R6=ptr_bpf_map
> > 9: (61) r0 = *(u32 *)(r0 +0) ; null-ptr-deref
> > 10: (95) exit
> >
> > So, make the verifier propagate nullness information for reg to reg
> > comparisons only if neither reg is PTR_TO_BTF_ID.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CACkBjsaFJwjC5oiw-1KXvcazywodwXo4zGYsRHwbr2gSG9WcSw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> >
> > Fixes: befae75856ab4 ("bpf: propagate nullness information for reg to reg comparisons")
> The "Fixes" tag has one more hex digit. I have corrected it and applied to the
> bpf tree. Thanks.
>
> Please run checkpatch.pl in the future:
>
> WARNING: Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> ("<title
> line>")' - ie: 'Fixes: befae75856ab ("bpf: propagate nullness information for
> reg to reg comparisons")'
> #35:
> Fixes: befae75856ab4 ("bpf: propagate nullness information for reg to reg
> comparisons")
>

Noted, thanks!