linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Skip bounds adjustment for conditional jumps on same register

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Message-ID: <0d98a2c754884e94c3367209680c071a8df4279d.camel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:21:11 -0700
From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
To: KaFai Wan <kafai.wan@...ux.dev>, Alexei Starovoitov
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Skip bounds adjustment for
 conditional jumps on same register

On Sat, 2025-10-25 at 00:13 +0800, KaFai Wan wrote:

[...]

> For non-scalar cases we only allow pointer comparison on pkt_ptr, this check is before
> is_branch_taken()
> 
> 	src_reg = &regs[insn->src_reg];
> 	if (!(reg_is_pkt_pointer_any(dst_reg) && reg_is_pkt_pointer_any(src_reg)) &&
> 	    is_pointer_value(env, insn->src_reg)) {
> 		verbose(env, "R%d pointer comparison prohibited\n",
> 			insn->src_reg);
> 		return -EACCES;
> 	} 
> 
> and in the end of check_cond_jmp_op() (after is_branch_taken()), we checked again
> 
> 	} else if (!try_match_pkt_pointers(insn, dst_reg, &regs[insn->src_reg],
> 					   this_branch, other_branch) &&
> 		   is_pointer_value(env, insn->dst_reg)) {
> 		verbose(env, "R%d pointer comparison prohibited\n",
> 			insn->dst_reg);
> 		return -EACCES;
> 	}
> 
> this time we check if it is valid comparison on pkt_ptr in try_match_pkt_pointers(). 
> 
> Currently we just allow 4 opcode (BPF_JGT, BPF_JLT, BPF_JGE, BPF_JLE) on pkt_ptr, and with
> conditions. But we bypass these prohibits in privileged mode (is_pointer_value() always 
> return false in privileged mode).
> 
> So the logic skip these prohibits for pkt_ptr in unprivileged mode.

Well, yes, but do you really need to do forbid `if r0 > r0 goto ...` in unpriv?