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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'driver-core-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core</title>
<updated>2025-01-28T20:25:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2025-01-28T20:25:12+00:00</published>
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Pull driver core and debugfs updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of driver core and debugfs updates for 6.14-rc1.

  Included in here is a bunch of driver core, PCI, OF, and platform rust
  bindings (all acked by the different subsystem maintainers), hence the
  merge conflict with the rust tree, and some driver core api updates to
  mark things as const, which will also require some fixups due to new
  stuff coming in through other trees in this merge window.

  There are also a bunch of debugfs updates from Al, and there is at
  least one user that does have a regression with these, but Al is
  working on tracking down the fix for it. In my use (and everyone
  else's linux-next use), it does not seem like a big issue at the
  moment.

  Here's a short list of the things in here:

   - driver core rust bindings for PCI, platform, OF, and some i/o
     functions.

     We are almost at the "write a real driver in rust" stage now,
     depending on what you want to do.

   - misc device rust bindings and a sample driver to show how to use
     them

   - debugfs cleanups in the fs as well as the users of the fs api for
     places where drivers got it wrong or were unnecessarily doing
     things in complex ways.

   - driver core const work, making more of the api take const * for
     different parameters to make the rust bindings easier overall.

   - other small fixes and updates

  All of these have been in linux-next with all of the aforementioned
  merge conflicts, and the one debugfs issue, which looks to be resolved
  "soon""

* tag 'driver-core-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (95 commits)
  rust: device: Use as_char_ptr() to avoid explicit cast
  rust: device: Replace CString with CStr in property_present()
  devcoredump: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'
  devcoredump: Define 'struct bin_attribute' through macro
  rust: device: Add property_present()
  saner replacement for debugfs_rename()
  orangefs-debugfs: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  octeontx2: don't mess with -&gt;d_parent or -&gt;d_parent-&gt;d_name
  arm_scmi: don't mess with -&gt;d_parent-&gt;d_name
  slub: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  sof-client-ipc-flood-test: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  qat: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  xhci: don't mess with -&gt;d_iname
  mtu3: don't mess wiht -&gt;d_iname
  greybus/camera - stop messing with -&gt;d_iname
  mediatek: stop messing with -&gt;d_iname
  netdevsim: don't embed file_operations into your structs
  b43legacy: make use of debugfs_get_aux()
  b43: stop embedding struct file_operations into their objects
  carl9170: stop embedding file_operations into their objects
  ...
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Pull driver core and debugfs updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of driver core and debugfs updates for 6.14-rc1.

  Included in here is a bunch of driver core, PCI, OF, and platform rust
  bindings (all acked by the different subsystem maintainers), hence the
  merge conflict with the rust tree, and some driver core api updates to
  mark things as const, which will also require some fixups due to new
  stuff coming in through other trees in this merge window.

  There are also a bunch of debugfs updates from Al, and there is at
  least one user that does have a regression with these, but Al is
  working on tracking down the fix for it. In my use (and everyone
  else's linux-next use), it does not seem like a big issue at the
  moment.

  Here's a short list of the things in here:

   - driver core rust bindings for PCI, platform, OF, and some i/o
     functions.

     We are almost at the "write a real driver in rust" stage now,
     depending on what you want to do.

   - misc device rust bindings and a sample driver to show how to use
     them

   - debugfs cleanups in the fs as well as the users of the fs api for
     places where drivers got it wrong or were unnecessarily doing
     things in complex ways.

   - driver core const work, making more of the api take const * for
     different parameters to make the rust bindings easier overall.

   - other small fixes and updates

  All of these have been in linux-next with all of the aforementioned
  merge conflicts, and the one debugfs issue, which looks to be resolved
  "soon""

* tag 'driver-core-6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (95 commits)
  rust: device: Use as_char_ptr() to avoid explicit cast
  rust: device: Replace CString with CStr in property_present()
  devcoredump: Constify 'struct bin_attribute'
  devcoredump: Define 'struct bin_attribute' through macro
  rust: device: Add property_present()
  saner replacement for debugfs_rename()
  orangefs-debugfs: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  octeontx2: don't mess with -&gt;d_parent or -&gt;d_parent-&gt;d_name
  arm_scmi: don't mess with -&gt;d_parent-&gt;d_name
  slub: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  sof-client-ipc-flood-test: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  qat: don't mess with -&gt;d_name
  xhci: don't mess with -&gt;d_iname
  mtu3: don't mess wiht -&gt;d_iname
  greybus/camera - stop messing with -&gt;d_iname
  mediatek: stop messing with -&gt;d_iname
  netdevsim: don't embed file_operations into your structs
  b43legacy: make use of debugfs_get_aux()
  b43: stop embedding struct file_operations into their objects
  carl9170: stop embedding file_operations into their objects
  ...
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<entry>
<title>btf: Switch module BTF attribute to sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read()</title>
<updated>2025-01-09T09:44:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Weißschuh</name>
<email>linux@weissschuh.net</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-28T08:43:43+00:00</published>
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The generic function from the sysfs core can replace the custom one.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241228-sysfs-const-bin_attr-simple-v2-3-7c6f3f1767a3@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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The generic function from the sysfs core can replace the custom one.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241228-sysfs-const-bin_attr-simple-v2-3-7c6f3f1767a3@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Reject struct_ops registration that uses module ptr and the module btf_id is missing</title>
<updated>2025-01-03T18:16:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin KaFai Lau</name>
<email>martin.lau@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-20T20:18:18+00:00</published>
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There is a UAF report in the bpf_struct_ops when CONFIG_MODULES=n.
In particular, the report is on tcp_congestion_ops that has
a "struct module *owner" member.

For struct_ops that has a "struct module *owner" member,
it can be extended either by the regular kernel module or
by the bpf_struct_ops. bpf_try_module_get() will be used
to do the refcounting and different refcount is done
based on the owner pointer. When CONFIG_MODULES=n,
the btf_id of the "struct module" is missing:

WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol module

Thus, the bpf_try_module_get() cannot do the correct refcounting.

Not all subsystem's struct_ops requires the "struct module *owner" member.
e.g. the recent sched_ext_ops.

This patch is to disable bpf_struct_ops registration if
the struct_ops has the "struct module *" member and the
"struct module" btf_id is missing. The btf_type_is_fwd() helper
is moved to the btf.h header file for this test.

This has happened since the beginning of bpf_struct_ops which has gone
through many changes. The Fixes tag is set to a recent commit that this
patch can apply cleanly. Considering CONFIG_MODULES=n is not
common and the age of the issue, targeting for bpf-next also.

Fixes: 1611603537a4 ("bpf: Create argument information for nullable arguments.")
Reported-by: Robert Morris &lt;rtm@csail.mit.edu&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/74665.1733669976@localhost/
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241220201818.127152-1-martin.lau@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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There is a UAF report in the bpf_struct_ops when CONFIG_MODULES=n.
In particular, the report is on tcp_congestion_ops that has
a "struct module *owner" member.

For struct_ops that has a "struct module *owner" member,
it can be extended either by the regular kernel module or
by the bpf_struct_ops. bpf_try_module_get() will be used
to do the refcounting and different refcount is done
based on the owner pointer. When CONFIG_MODULES=n,
the btf_id of the "struct module" is missing:

WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol module

Thus, the bpf_try_module_get() cannot do the correct refcounting.

Not all subsystem's struct_ops requires the "struct module *owner" member.
e.g. the recent sched_ext_ops.

This patch is to disable bpf_struct_ops registration if
the struct_ops has the "struct module *" member and the
"struct module" btf_id is missing. The btf_type_is_fwd() helper
is moved to the btf.h header file for this test.

This has happened since the beginning of bpf_struct_ops which has gone
through many changes. The Fixes tag is set to a recent commit that this
patch can apply cleanly. Considering CONFIG_MODULES=n is not
common and the age of the issue, targeting for bpf-next also.

Fixes: 1611603537a4 ("bpf: Create argument information for nullable arguments.")
Reported-by: Robert Morris &lt;rtm@csail.mit.edu&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/74665.1733669976@localhost/
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241220201818.127152-1-martin.lau@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf</title>
<updated>2024-12-16T16:53:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-16T16:52:55+00:00</published>
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Cross-merge bpf fixes after downstream PR.

No conflicts.

Adjacent changes in:
Auto-merging include/linux/bpf.h
Auto-merging include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
Auto-merging kernel/bpf/btf.c
Auto-merging kernel/bpf/verifier.c
Auto-merging kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
Auto-merging tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tp_btf_nullable.c

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Cross-merge bpf fixes after downstream PR.

No conflicts.

Adjacent changes in:
Auto-merging include/linux/bpf.h
Auto-merging include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
Auto-merging kernel/bpf/btf.c
Auto-merging kernel/bpf/verifier.c
Auto-merging kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
Auto-merging tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tp_btf_nullable.c

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Augment raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL</title>
<updated>2024-12-14T00:24:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-13T22:19:28+00:00</published>
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Arguments to a raw tracepoint are tagged as trusted, which carries the
semantics that the pointer will be non-NULL.  However, in certain cases,
a raw tracepoint argument may end up being NULL. More context about this
issue is available in [0].

Thus, there is a discrepancy between the reality, that raw_tp arguments can
actually be NULL, and the verifier's knowledge, that they are never NULL,
causing explicit NULL check branch to be dead code eliminated.

A previous attempt [1], i.e. the second fixed commit, was made to
simulate symbolic execution as if in most accesses, the argument is a
non-NULL raw_tp, except for conditional jumps.  This tried to suppress
branch prediction while preserving compatibility, but surfaced issues
with production programs that were difficult to solve without increasing
verifier complexity. A more complete discussion of issues and fixes is
available at [2].

Fix this by maintaining an explicit list of tracepoints where the
arguments are known to be NULL, and mark the positional arguments as
PTR_MAYBE_NULL. Additionally, capture the tracepoints where arguments
are known to be ERR_PTR, and mark these arguments as scalar values to
prevent potential dereference.

Each hex digit is used to encode NULL-ness (0x1) or ERR_PTR-ness (0x2),
shifted by the zero-indexed argument number x 4. This can be represented
as follows:
1st arg: 0x1
2nd arg: 0x10
3rd arg: 0x100
... and so on (likewise for ERR_PTR case).

In the future, an automated pass will be used to produce such a list, or
insert __nullable annotations automatically for tracepoints. Each
compilation unit will be analyzed and results will be collated to find
whether a tracepoint pointer is definitely not null, maybe null, or an
unknown state where verifier conservatively marks it PTR_MAYBE_NULL.
A proof of concept of this tool from Eduard is available at [3].

Note that in case we don't find a specification in the raw_tp_null_args
array and the tracepoint belongs to a kernel module, we will
conservatively mark the arguments as PTR_MAYBE_NULL. This is because
unlike for in-tree modules, out-of-tree module tracepoints may pass NULL
freely to the tracepoint. We don't protect against such tracepoints
passing ERR_PTR (which is uncommon anyway), lest we mark all such
arguments as SCALAR_VALUE.

While we are it, let's adjust the test raw_tp_null to not perform
dereference of the skb-&gt;mark, as that won't be allowed anymore, and make
it more robust by using inline assembly to test the dead code
elimination behavior, which should still stay the same.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZrCZS6nisraEqehw@jlelli-thinkpadt14gen4.remote.csb
  [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241104171959.2938862-1-memxor@gmail.com
  [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241206161053.809580-1-memxor@gmail.com
  [3]: https://github.com/eddyz87/llvm-project/tree/nullness-for-tracepoint-params

Reported-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt; # original bug
Reported-by: Manu Bretelle &lt;chantra@meta.com&gt; # bugs in masking fix
Fixes: 3f00c5239344 ("bpf: Allow trusted pointers to be passed to KF_TRUSTED_ARGS kfuncs")
Fixes: cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL")
Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241213221929.3495062-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Arguments to a raw tracepoint are tagged as trusted, which carries the
semantics that the pointer will be non-NULL.  However, in certain cases,
a raw tracepoint argument may end up being NULL. More context about this
issue is available in [0].

Thus, there is a discrepancy between the reality, that raw_tp arguments can
actually be NULL, and the verifier's knowledge, that they are never NULL,
causing explicit NULL check branch to be dead code eliminated.

A previous attempt [1], i.e. the second fixed commit, was made to
simulate symbolic execution as if in most accesses, the argument is a
non-NULL raw_tp, except for conditional jumps.  This tried to suppress
branch prediction while preserving compatibility, but surfaced issues
with production programs that were difficult to solve without increasing
verifier complexity. A more complete discussion of issues and fixes is
available at [2].

Fix this by maintaining an explicit list of tracepoints where the
arguments are known to be NULL, and mark the positional arguments as
PTR_MAYBE_NULL. Additionally, capture the tracepoints where arguments
are known to be ERR_PTR, and mark these arguments as scalar values to
prevent potential dereference.

Each hex digit is used to encode NULL-ness (0x1) or ERR_PTR-ness (0x2),
shifted by the zero-indexed argument number x 4. This can be represented
as follows:
1st arg: 0x1
2nd arg: 0x10
3rd arg: 0x100
... and so on (likewise for ERR_PTR case).

In the future, an automated pass will be used to produce such a list, or
insert __nullable annotations automatically for tracepoints. Each
compilation unit will be analyzed and results will be collated to find
whether a tracepoint pointer is definitely not null, maybe null, or an
unknown state where verifier conservatively marks it PTR_MAYBE_NULL.
A proof of concept of this tool from Eduard is available at [3].

Note that in case we don't find a specification in the raw_tp_null_args
array and the tracepoint belongs to a kernel module, we will
conservatively mark the arguments as PTR_MAYBE_NULL. This is because
unlike for in-tree modules, out-of-tree module tracepoints may pass NULL
freely to the tracepoint. We don't protect against such tracepoints
passing ERR_PTR (which is uncommon anyway), lest we mark all such
arguments as SCALAR_VALUE.

While we are it, let's adjust the test raw_tp_null to not perform
dereference of the skb-&gt;mark, as that won't be allowed anymore, and make
it more robust by using inline assembly to test the dead code
elimination behavior, which should still stay the same.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZrCZS6nisraEqehw@jlelli-thinkpadt14gen4.remote.csb
  [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241104171959.2938862-1-memxor@gmail.com
  [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241206161053.809580-1-memxor@gmail.com
  [3]: https://github.com/eddyz87/llvm-project/tree/nullness-for-tracepoint-params

Reported-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt; # original bug
Reported-by: Manu Bretelle &lt;chantra@meta.com&gt; # bugs in masking fix
Fixes: 3f00c5239344 ("bpf: Allow trusted pointers to be passed to KF_TRUSTED_ARGS kfuncs")
Fixes: cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL")
Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241213221929.3495062-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Revert "bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL"</title>
<updated>2024-12-14T00:24:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-13T22:19:27+00:00</published>
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This patch reverts commit
cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL"). The
patch was well-intended and meant to be as a stop-gap fixing branch
prediction when the pointer may actually be NULL at runtime. Eventually,
it was supposed to be replaced by an automated script or compiler pass
detecting possibly NULL arguments and marking them accordingly.

However, it caused two main issues observed for production programs and
failed to preserve backwards compatibility. First, programs relied on
the verifier not exploring == NULL branch when pointer is not NULL, thus
they started failing with a 'dereference of scalar' error.  Next,
allowing raw_tp arguments to be modified surfaced the warning in the
verifier that warns against reg-&gt;off when PTR_MAYBE_NULL is set.

More information, context, and discusson on both problems is available
in [0]. Overall, this approach had several shortcomings, and the fixes
would further complicate the verifier's logic, and the entire masking
scheme would have to be removed eventually anyway.

Hence, revert the patch in preparation of a better fix avoiding these
issues to replace this commit.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241206161053.809580-1-memxor@gmail.com

Reported-by: Manu Bretelle &lt;chantra@meta.com&gt;
Fixes: cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241213221929.3495062-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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This patch reverts commit
cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL"). The
patch was well-intended and meant to be as a stop-gap fixing branch
prediction when the pointer may actually be NULL at runtime. Eventually,
it was supposed to be replaced by an automated script or compiler pass
detecting possibly NULL arguments and marking them accordingly.

However, it caused two main issues observed for production programs and
failed to preserve backwards compatibility. First, programs relied on
the verifier not exploring == NULL branch when pointer is not NULL, thus
they started failing with a 'dereference of scalar' error.  Next,
allowing raw_tp arguments to be modified surfaced the warning in the
verifier that warns against reg-&gt;off when PTR_MAYBE_NULL is set.

More information, context, and discusson on both problems is available
in [0]. Overall, this approach had several shortcomings, and the fixes
would further complicate the verifier's logic, and the entire masking
scheme would have to be removed eventually anyway.

Hence, revert the patch in preparation of a better fix avoiding these
issues to replace this commit.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241206161053.809580-1-memxor@gmail.com

Reported-by: Manu Bretelle &lt;chantra@meta.com&gt;
Fixes: cb4158ce8ec8 ("bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241213221929.3495062-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add a __btf_get_by_fd helper</title>
<updated>2024-12-13T22:45:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anton Protopopov</name>
<email>aspsk@isovalent.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-13T13:09:28+00:00</published>
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Add a new helper to get a pointer to a struct btf from a file
descriptor. This helper doesn't increase a refcnt. Add a comment
explaining this and pointing to a corresponding function which
does take a reference.

Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;aspsk@isovalent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241213130934.1087929-2-aspsk@isovalent.com
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Add a new helper to get a pointer to a struct btf from a file
descriptor. This helper doesn't increase a refcnt. Add a comment
explaining this and pointing to a corresponding function which
does take a reference.

Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;aspsk@isovalent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241213130934.1087929-2-aspsk@isovalent.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Check size for BTF-based ctx access of pointer members</title>
<updated>2024-12-12T19:40:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-12T09:20:49+00:00</published>
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Robert Morris reported the following program type which passes the
verifier in [0]:

SEC("struct_ops/bpf_cubic_init")
void BPF_PROG(bpf_cubic_init, struct sock *sk)
{
	asm volatile("r2 = *(u16*)(r1 + 0)");     // verifier should demand u64
	asm volatile("*(u32 *)(r2 +1504) = 0");   // 1280 in some configs
}

The second line may or may not work, but the first instruction shouldn't
pass, as it's a narrow load into the context structure of the struct ops
callback. The code falls back to btf_ctx_access to ensure correctness
and obtaining the types of pointers. Ensure that the size of the access
is correctly checked to be 8 bytes, otherwise the verifier thinks the
narrow load obtained a trusted BTF pointer and will permit loads/stores
as it sees fit.

Perform the check on size after we've verified that the load is for a
pointer field, as for scalar values narrow loads are fine. Access to
structs passed as arguments to a BPF program are also treated as
scalars, therefore no adjustment is needed in their case.

Existing verifier selftests are broken by this change, but because they
were incorrect. Verifier tests for d_path were performing narrow load
into context to obtain path pointer, had this program actually run it
would cause a crash. The same holds for verifier_btf_ctx_access tests.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/51338.1732985814@localhost

Fixes: 9e15db66136a ("bpf: Implement accurate raw_tp context access via BTF")
Reported-by: Robert Morris &lt;rtm@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241212092050.3204165-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Robert Morris reported the following program type which passes the
verifier in [0]:

SEC("struct_ops/bpf_cubic_init")
void BPF_PROG(bpf_cubic_init, struct sock *sk)
{
	asm volatile("r2 = *(u16*)(r1 + 0)");     // verifier should demand u64
	asm volatile("*(u32 *)(r2 +1504) = 0");   // 1280 in some configs
}

The second line may or may not work, but the first instruction shouldn't
pass, as it's a narrow load into the context structure of the struct ops
callback. The code falls back to btf_ctx_access to ensure correctness
and obtaining the types of pointers. Ensure that the size of the access
is correctly checked to be 8 bytes, otherwise the verifier thinks the
narrow load obtained a trusted BTF pointer and will permit loads/stores
as it sees fit.

Perform the check on size after we've verified that the load is for a
pointer field, as for scalar values narrow loads are fine. Access to
structs passed as arguments to a BPF program are also treated as
scalars, therefore no adjustment is needed in their case.

Existing verifier selftests are broken by this change, but because they
were incorrect. Verifier tests for d_path were performing narrow load
into context to obtain path pointer, had this program actually run it
would cause a crash. The same holds for verifier_btf_ctx_access tests.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/51338.1732985814@localhost

Fixes: 9e15db66136a ("bpf: Implement accurate raw_tp context access via BTF")
Reported-by: Robert Morris &lt;rtm@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241212092050.3204165-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Mark raw_tp arguments with PTR_MAYBE_NULL</title>
<updated>2024-11-04T19:37:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-04T17:19:57+00:00</published>
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Arguments to a raw tracepoint are tagged as trusted, which carries the
semantics that the pointer will be non-NULL.  However, in certain cases,
a raw tracepoint argument may end up being NULL. More context about this
issue is available in [0].

Thus, there is a discrepancy between the reality, that raw_tp arguments
can actually be NULL, and the verifier's knowledge, that they are never
NULL, causing explicit NULL checks to be deleted, and accesses to such
pointers potentially crashing the kernel.

To fix this, mark raw_tp arguments as PTR_MAYBE_NULL, and then special
case the dereference and pointer arithmetic to permit it, and allow
passing them into helpers/kfuncs; these exceptions are made for raw_tp
programs only. Ensure that we don't do this when ref_obj_id &gt; 0, as in
that case this is an acquired object and doesn't need such adjustment.

The reason we do mask_raw_tp_trusted_reg logic is because other will
recheck in places whether the register is a trusted_reg, and then
consider our register as untrusted when detecting the presence of the
PTR_MAYBE_NULL flag.

To allow safe dereference, we enable PROBE_MEM marking when we see loads
into trusted pointers with PTR_MAYBE_NULL.

While trusted raw_tp arguments can also be passed into helpers or kfuncs
where such broken assumption may cause issues, a future patch set will
tackle their case separately, as PTR_TO_BTF_ID (without PTR_TRUSTED) can
already be passed into helpers and causes similar problems. Thus, they
are left alone for now.

It is possible that these checks also permit passing non-raw_tp args
that are trusted PTR_TO_BTF_ID with null marking. In such a case,
allowing dereference when pointer is NULL expands allowed behavior, so
won't regress existing programs, and the case of passing these into
helpers is the same as above and will be dealt with later.

Also update the failure case in tp_btf_nullable selftest to capture the
new behavior, as the verifier will no longer cause an error when
directly dereference a raw tracepoint argument marked as __nullable.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZrCZS6nisraEqehw@jlelli-thinkpadt14gen4.remote.csb

Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 3f00c5239344 ("bpf: Allow trusted pointers to be passed to KF_TRUSTED_ARGS kfuncs")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104171959.2938862-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Arguments to a raw tracepoint are tagged as trusted, which carries the
semantics that the pointer will be non-NULL.  However, in certain cases,
a raw tracepoint argument may end up being NULL. More context about this
issue is available in [0].

Thus, there is a discrepancy between the reality, that raw_tp arguments
can actually be NULL, and the verifier's knowledge, that they are never
NULL, causing explicit NULL checks to be deleted, and accesses to such
pointers potentially crashing the kernel.

To fix this, mark raw_tp arguments as PTR_MAYBE_NULL, and then special
case the dereference and pointer arithmetic to permit it, and allow
passing them into helpers/kfuncs; these exceptions are made for raw_tp
programs only. Ensure that we don't do this when ref_obj_id &gt; 0, as in
that case this is an acquired object and doesn't need such adjustment.

The reason we do mask_raw_tp_trusted_reg logic is because other will
recheck in places whether the register is a trusted_reg, and then
consider our register as untrusted when detecting the presence of the
PTR_MAYBE_NULL flag.

To allow safe dereference, we enable PROBE_MEM marking when we see loads
into trusted pointers with PTR_MAYBE_NULL.

While trusted raw_tp arguments can also be passed into helpers or kfuncs
where such broken assumption may cause issues, a future patch set will
tackle their case separately, as PTR_TO_BTF_ID (without PTR_TRUSTED) can
already be passed into helpers and causes similar problems. Thus, they
are left alone for now.

It is possible that these checks also permit passing non-raw_tp args
that are trusted PTR_TO_BTF_ID with null marking. In such a case,
allowing dereference when pointer is NULL expands allowed behavior, so
won't regress existing programs, and the case of passing these into
helpers is the same as above and will be dealt with later.

Also update the failure case in tp_btf_nullable selftest to capture the
new behavior, as the verifier will no longer cause an error when
directly dereference a raw tracepoint argument marked as __nullable.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZrCZS6nisraEqehw@jlelli-thinkpadt14gen4.remote.csb

Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 3f00c5239344 ("bpf: Allow trusted pointers to be passed to KF_TRUSTED_ARGS kfuncs")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104171959.2938862-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf</title>
<updated>2024-10-25T01:47:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-25T01:45:59+00:00</published>
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Cross-merge bpf fixes after downstream PR.

No conflicts.

Adjacent changes in:

include/linux/bpf.h
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
kernel/bpf/btf.c
kernel/bpf/helpers.c
kernel/bpf/syscall.c
kernel/bpf/verifier.c
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
mm/slab_common.c
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241024215724.60017-1-daniel@iogearbox.net/
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Cross-merge bpf fixes after downstream PR.

No conflicts.

Adjacent changes in:

include/linux/bpf.h
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
kernel/bpf/btf.c
kernel/bpf/helpers.c
kernel/bpf/syscall.c
kernel/bpf/verifier.c
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
mm/slab_common.c
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241024215724.60017-1-daniel@iogearbox.net/
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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