[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/8] bpf: mark instructions accessing program stack

bot+bpf-ci at kernel.org bot+bpf-ci at kernel.org
Thu Jun 4 14:13:16 PDT 2026


> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index a656a8572bdb..393d9eacd215 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -1583,6 +1583,22 @@ bool bpf_insn_is_indirect_target(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const struc
>  	return env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].indirect_target;
>  }
>
> +bool bpf_insn_accesses_stack_only(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
> +				  const struct bpf_prog *prog, int insn_idx)
> +{
> +	struct bpf_insn *insn;
> +
> +	/* cBPF: we have no verifier state, do a best-effort check based on
> +	 * dst/src reg
> +	 */
> +	insn_idx += prog->aux->subprog_start;
> +	insn = (struct bpf_insn *)prog->insnsi + insn_idx;
> +	if (!env)
> +		return insn->dst_reg == BPF_REG_FP ||
> +		       insn->src_reg == BPF_REG_FP;
> +	return !env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].non_stack_access;
> +}
> +

Sashiko bot raised a concern about this code in v2 review: When JIT
compiling an eBPF subprogram, prog points to the subprogram and
prog->insnsi only spans the subprogram's instructions.

By adding prog->aux->subprog_start to insn_idx, doesn't this result in
out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic for insn? Even though the pointer is not
dereferenced here because of the if (!env) check, could this trigger UBSAN
bounds-checking traps?

Should the insn pointer calculation be deferred until inside the !env block
where it is genuinely needed for cBPF?

Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260604203644.81EF51F00893@smtp.kernel.org/

> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
> index 5aa3f7d99ac9..5228c910fbf5 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -185,16 +185,22 @@ static void adjust_insn_aux_data(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
>  	}
>
>  	/*
> -	 * The indirect_target flag of the original instruction was moved to the last of the
> -	 * new instructions by the above memmove and memset, but the indirect jump target is
> -	 * actually the first instruction, so move it back. This also matches with the behavior
> -	 * of bpf_insn_array_adjust(), which preserves xlated_off to point to the first new
> -	 * instruction.
> +	 * The indirect_target and non_stack_access flags of the original
> +	 * instruction were moved to the last of the new instructions by the
> +	 * above memmove and memset, but those actually match the first
> +	 * instruction, so move them back. This also matches with the behavior
> +	 * of bpf_insn_array_adjust(), which preserves xlated_off to point to
> +	 * the first new instruction.
>  	 */
>  	if (data[off + cnt - 1].indirect_target) {
>  		data[off].indirect_target = 1;
>  		data[off + cnt - 1].indirect_target = 0;
>  	}
> +
> +	if (data[off + cnt - 1].non_stack_access) {
> +		data[off].non_stack_access = 1;
> +		data[off + cnt - 1].non_stack_access = 0;
> +	}
>  }

Sashiko bot raised a concern about this logic in v2 review: When
bpf_patch_insn_data() expands a single instruction into multiple
instructions, this logic restricts the non_stack_access flag to only the
first instruction of the patched sequence and clears it for the rest.

Since the actual memory load or store in a patched sequence often occurs on
subsequent instructions rather than the first, wouldn't they lose this flag
and incorrectly bypass KASAN checks during JIT compilation?

Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260604203644.81EF51F00893@smtp.kernel.org/



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