linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bpf: Replace BUG_ON when fp

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Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:17:50 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     "kjlu@....edu" <kjlu@....edu>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Martin Lau <kafai@...com>, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bpf: Replace BUG_ON when fp_old is NULL

On 12/15/19 11:08 PM, Yonghong Song wrote:
> On 12/15/19 7:44 AM, Aditya Pakki wrote:
>> If fp_old is NULL in bpf_prog_realloc, the program does an assertion
>> and crashes. However, we can continue execution by returning NULL to
>> the upper callers. The patch fixes this issue.
> 
> Could you share how to reproduce the assertion and crash? I would
> like to understand the problem first before making changes in the code.
> Thanks!

Fully agree, Aditya, please elaborate if you have seen a crash!