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Message-ID: <0a2232a7faa9077ba7a837e066bd99bab812e4a6.camel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:29:12 -0700
From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
To: Brahmajit Das <listout@...tout.xyz>,
syzbot+d36d5ae81e1b0a53ef58@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: andrii@...nel.org, ast@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
daniel@...earbox.net, haoluo@...gle.com, john.fastabend@...il.com,
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martin.lau@...ux.dev, sdf@...ichev.me, song@...nel.org,
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kafai.wan@...ux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] bpf: Skip scalar adjustment for BPF_NEG if dst
is a pointer
On Wed, 2025-10-01 at 15:26 +0530, Brahmajit Das wrote:
> In check_alu_op(), the verifier currently calls check_reg_arg() and
> adjust_scalar_min_max_vals() unconditionally for BPF_NEG operations.
> However, if the destination register holds a pointer, these scalar
> adjustments are unnecessary and potentially incorrect.
>
> This patch adds a check to skip the adjustment logic when the destination
> register contains a pointer.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+d36d5ae81e1b0a53ef58@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d36d5ae81e1b0a53ef58
> Fixes: aced132599b3 ("bpf: Add range tracking for BPF_NEG")
> Suggested-by: KaFai Wan <kafai.wan@...ux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Brahmajit Das <listout@...tout.xyz>
> ---
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index e892df386eed..4b0924c38657 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -15645,7 +15645,8 @@ static int check_alu_op(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn)
> }
>
> /* check dest operand */
> - if (opcode == BPF_NEG) {
> + if (opcode == BPF_NEG &&
> + !__is_pointer_value(false, ®s[insn->dst_reg])) {
Nit: I'd made this a bit simpler: `regs[insn->dst_reg].type == SCALAR_VALUE`,
instead of __is_pointer_value() call.
> err = check_reg_arg(env, insn->dst_reg, DST_OP_NO_MARK);
> err = err ?: adjust_scalar_min_max_vals(env, insn,
> ®s[insn->dst_reg],
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