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bpf: Loosen alloc obj test in verifier's reg_btf_record

btf->struct_meta_tab is populated by btf_parse_struct_metas in btf.c. There, a BTF record is created for any type containing a spin_lock or any next-gen datastructure node/head. Currently, for non-MAP_VALUE types, reg_btf_record will only search for a record using struct_meta_tab if the reg->type exactly matches (PTR_TO_BTF_ID | MEM_ALLOC). This exact match is too strict: an "allocated obj" type - returned from bpf_obj_new - might pick up other flags while working its way through the program. Loosen the check to be exact for base_type and just use MEM_ALLOC mask for type_flag. This patch is marked Fixes as the original intent of reg_btf_record was unlikely to have been to fail finding btf_record for valid alloc obj types with additional flags, some of which (e.g. PTR_UNTRUSTED) are valid register type states for alloc obj independent of this series. However, I didn't find a specific broken repro case outside of this series' added functionality, so it's possible that nothing was triggering this logic error before.

Dave Marchevsky committed 3 years ago

Commit d8939cb1 parent 156ed201 file · +6 −1Browse files

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kernel/bpf/verifier.c+6−1
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ static bool reg_type_not_null(enum bpf_reg_type type) · 450 unmodified lines
451451 type == PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON;
452452 }
453453
454+static bool type_is_ptr_alloc_obj(u32 type)
455+{
456+ return base_type(type) == PTR_TO_BTF_ID && type_flag(type) & MEM_ALLOC;
457+}
458+
454459 static struct btf_record *reg_btf_record(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg)
455460 {
456461 struct btf_record *rec = NULL;
@@ -458,7 +463,7 @@ static struct btf_record *reg_btf_record(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg) · 1 unmodified line
458463
459464 if (reg->type == PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE) {
460465 rec = reg->map_ptr->record;
461− } else if (reg->type == (PTR_TO_BTF_ID | MEM_ALLOC)) {
466+ } else if (type_is_ptr_alloc_obj(reg->type)) {
462467 meta = btf_find_struct_meta(reg->btf, reg->btf_id);
463468 if (meta)
464469 rec = meta->record;