linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 4/9] bpf: Return EFAULT on internal errors

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Message-ID: <20250224203619.594724-5-luis.gerhorst@fau.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:36:14 +0100
From: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@....de>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
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	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
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	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Maximilian Ott <ott@...fau.de>,
	Milan Stephan <milan.stephan@....de>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/9] bpf: Return EFAULT on internal errors

This prevents us from trying to recover from these on speculative paths
in the future.

Signed-off-by: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@....de>
Acked-by: Henriette Herzog <henriette.herzog@....de>
Cc: Maximilian Ott <ott@...fau.de>
Cc: Milan Stephan <milan.stephan@....de>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index d8a95b84c566..03e27b012af3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -11368,7 +11368,7 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn
 				verbose(env, "verifier internal error:");
 				verbose(env, "func %s has non-overwritten BPF_PTR_POISON return type\n",
 					func_id_name(func_id));
-				return -EINVAL;
+				return -EFAULT;
 			}
 			ret_btf = btf_vmlinux;
 			ret_btf_id = *fn->ret_btf_id;
@@ -14856,12 +14856,12 @@ static int adjust_reg_min_max_vals(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ptr_reg)) {
 		print_verifier_state(env, vstate, vstate->curframe, true);
 		verbose(env, "verifier internal error: unexpected ptr_reg\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	if (WARN_ON(!src_reg)) {
 		print_verifier_state(env, vstate, vstate->curframe, true);
 		verbose(env, "verifier internal error: no src_reg\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	err = adjust_scalar_min_max_vals(env, insn, dst_reg, *src_reg);
 	if (err)
-- 
2.48.1