The bad_sched test covers one socket type confusion: a subflow TCP
socket passed to bpf_mptcp_set_timeout(), which takes a struct
mptcp_sock *. Extend it into a small suite that guards the narrow-typed
scheduler kfunc surface against that bug class, covering both confusion
directions:
- a subflow sock passed to mptcp_wnd_end() (struct mptcp_sock *), the
same direction as the set_timeout case;
- the msk passed to mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled() (struct
mptcp_subflow_context *), the inverse direction.
Each malicious scheduler is its own struct_ops map. They are loaded one
at a time via bpf_map__set_autocreate(), so each load failure is checked
against its own verifier type-mismatch message.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Shardul Bankar <shardul.b@mpiricsoftware.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++------
.../selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_bpf_bad_sched.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
index 177e5318029d4..6f5d8f3ac784f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
@@ -814,32 +814,58 @@ static void test_burst(void)
mptcp_bpf_burst__destroy(skel);
}
-static void test_bad_sched(void)
+static void load_bad_sched(struct mptcp_bpf_bad_sched *skel, const char *msg)
{
- struct mptcp_bpf_bad_sched *skel;
char *log = NULL;
int err;
+ if (start_libbpf_log_capture())
+ return;
+
+ err = mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__load(skel);
+ log = stop_libbpf_log_capture();
+ ASSERT_ERR(err, "load: bad scheduler must be rejected");
+ ASSERT_HAS_SUBSTR(log, msg, "verifier type-mismatch message");
+ free(log);
+}
+
+static void test_bad_sched(void)
+{
+ struct mptcp_bpf_bad_sched *skel;
+
/*
- * bad_sched_get_send() passes a subflow TCP socket to
- * bpf_mptcp_set_timeout(), which takes a struct mptcp_sock *. The
- * verifier must reject this socket type confusion at load time, and
- * for the right reason: assert the specific verifier message.
+ * Each scheduler in mptcp_bpf_bad_sched passes a wrong-subtype socket
+ * to a narrow-typed scheduler kfunc; the verifier must reject each at
+ * load time with the specific type-mismatch message. The skel holds
+ * several such schedulers, so enable one struct_ops map at a time;
+ * loading them together would fail atomically.
*/
+
+ /* subflow sock -> bpf_mptcp_set_timeout(struct mptcp_sock *) */
skel = mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__open();
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open: bad_sched"))
return;
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_wnd_end, false);
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_set_sched, false);
+ load_bad_sched(skel, "expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_sock");
+ mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__destroy(skel);
- if (start_libbpf_log_capture())
- goto destroy;
+ /* subflow sock -> mptcp_wnd_end(struct mptcp_sock *) */
+ skel = mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__open();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open: bad_wnd_end"))
+ return;
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_sched, false);
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_set_sched, false);
+ load_bad_sched(skel, "expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_sock");
+ mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__destroy(skel);
- err = mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__load(skel);
- log = stop_libbpf_log_capture();
- ASSERT_ERR(err, "load: bad_sched must be rejected");
- ASSERT_HAS_SUBSTR(log, "expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_sock",
- "verifier rejects subflow sock to bpf_mptcp_set_timeout");
- free(log);
-destroy:
+ /* msk -> mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled(struct mptcp_subflow_context *) */
+ skel = mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__open();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open: bad_set_sched"))
+ return;
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_sched, false);
+ bpf_map__set_autocreate(skel->maps.bad_wnd_end, false);
+ load_bad_sched(skel, "expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_subflow_context");
mptcp_bpf_bad_sched__destroy(skel);
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_bpf_bad_sched.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_bpf_bad_sched.c
index 70e7da42f13a9..a744de8b82859 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_bpf_bad_sched.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mptcp_bpf_bad_sched.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
extern void bpf_mptcp_set_timeout(struct mptcp_sock *msk) __ksym;
+extern __u64 mptcp_wnd_end(const struct mptcp_sock *msk) __ksym;
SEC("struct_ops")
void BPF_PROG(bad_sched_init, struct mptcp_sock *msk)
@@ -54,3 +55,50 @@ struct mptcp_sched_ops bad_sched = {
.get_send = (void *)bad_sched_get_send,
.name = "bpf_bad_sched",
};
+
+/*
+ * Same confusion class as bad_sched, on another struct mptcp_sock * kfunc:
+ * feed a subflow TCP socket to mptcp_wnd_end(). The verifier must reject it
+ * ("expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_sock"). get_send is the only required
+ * scheduler op, so the rest are omitted.
+ */
+SEC("struct_ops")
+int BPF_PROG(bad_wnd_end_get_send, struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+ struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+ struct sock *ssk;
+
+ bpf_for_each(mptcp_subflow, subflow, (struct sock *)msk) {
+ ssk = bpf_mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
+ if (!ssk)
+ return -1;
+ if (mptcp_wnd_end((struct mptcp_sock *)ssk))
+ return 0;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+SEC(".struct_ops.link")
+struct mptcp_sched_ops bad_wnd_end = {
+ .get_send = (void *)bad_wnd_end_get_send,
+ .name = "bpf_bad_wnd_end",
+};
+
+/*
+ * Inverse confusion: feed the msk to mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled(), which
+ * takes a struct mptcp_subflow_context *. The verifier must reject it
+ * ("expected pointer to STRUCT mptcp_subflow_context").
+ */
+SEC("struct_ops")
+int BPF_PROG(bad_set_sched_get_send, struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+ mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled((struct mptcp_subflow_context *)msk, true);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+SEC(".struct_ops.link")
+struct mptcp_sched_ops bad_set_sched = {
+ .get_send = (void *)bad_set_sched_get_send,
+ .name = "bpf_bad_set_sch",
+};
--
2.34.1
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