kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY maps store instruction pointers in their
ips array, not string data. The map_direct_value_addr callback for
this map type returns the address of the ips array, which is not
suitable for use as a constant string argument.
When a BPF program passes a pointer to an insn_array map value as
ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR (e.g., to bpf_snprintf), the verifier's
null-termination check in check_reg_const_str() operates on the
wrong memory region, and at runtime bpf_bprintf_prepare() can read
out of bounds searching for a null terminator.
Reject BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY in check_reg_const_str() since this
map type is not designed to hold string data.
Reported-by: syzbot+2c29addf92581b410079@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2c29addf92581b410079
Tested-by: syzbot+2c29addf92581b410079@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 493d9e0d6083 ("bpf, x86: add support for indirect jumps")
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index f0ca69f888fa..3135643d5695 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -9609,6 +9609,11 @@ static int check_reg_const_str(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
if (reg->type != PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (map->map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY) {
+ verbose(env, "R%d points to insn_array map which cannot be used as const string\n", regno);
+ return -EACCES;
+ }
+
if (!bpf_map_is_rdonly(map)) {
verbose(env, "R%d does not point to a readonly map'\n", regno);
return -EACCES;
--
2.43.0
On 26/01/07 07:40AM, Deepanshu Kartikey wrote:
> BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY maps store instruction pointers in their
> ips array, not string data. The map_direct_value_addr callback for
> this map type returns the address of the ips array, which is not
> suitable for use as a constant string argument.
>
> When a BPF program passes a pointer to an insn_array map value as
> ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR (e.g., to bpf_snprintf), the verifier's
> null-termination check in check_reg_const_str() operates on the
> wrong memory region, and at runtime bpf_bprintf_prepare() can read
> out of bounds searching for a null terminator.
>
> Reject BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY in check_reg_const_str() since this
> map type is not designed to hold string data.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+2c29addf92581b410079@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2c29addf92581b410079
> Tested-by: syzbot+2c29addf92581b410079@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 493d9e0d6083 ("bpf, x86: add support for indirect jumps")
> Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index f0ca69f888fa..3135643d5695 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -9609,6 +9609,11 @@ static int check_reg_const_str(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
> if (reg->type != PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (map->map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_INSN_ARRAY) {
> + verbose(env, "R%d points to insn_array map which cannot be used as const string\n", regno);
> + return -EACCES;
> + }
> +
> if (!bpf_map_is_rdonly(map)) {
> verbose(env, "R%d does not point to a readonly map'\n", regno);
> return -EACCES;
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Acked-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>
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