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| author | Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com> | 2026-06-22 23:01:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2026-06-22 17:11:46 -0700 |
| commit | 5e0b273e0a62cc04ec338c7b502797c66c2ed42a (patch) | |
| tree | 663df2683d343af00116b44c0ea6f09b291c45de | |
| parent | 6a8e9b4f1f416df33f32e124f26e41bdc5a32c27 (diff) | |
bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access()
When the BPF verifier processes a context load of an LSM hook return
value, it calls __mark_reg_s32_range() to narrow the register to the
hook's valid range. However, __mark_reg_s32_range() intersects the new
range with the register's existing bounds using max_t()/min_t() rather
than replacing them.
If the destination register carries stale bounds from a prior instruction
(e.g. BPF_MOV64_IMM), the intersection can produce a range narrower than
reality. The verifier then believes it knows the register's exact value,
while at runtime the actual hook return value is loaded, creating a
verifier/runtime mismatch that can be used to bypass BPF memory safety
checks.
The else branch already calls mark_reg_unknown() to reset register state
before any narrowing. Apply the same reset in the is_retval path so
stale bounds are cleared before __mark_reg_s32_range() intersects.
Fixes: 5d99e198be27 ("bpf, lsm: Add check for BPF LSM return value")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260622230123.3695446-2-tristmd@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index a2b348f98080..21a365d436a5 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -6201,6 +6201,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, struct b */ if (info.reg_type == SCALAR_VALUE) { if (info.is_retval && get_func_retval_range(env->prog, &range)) { + mark_reg_unknown(env, regs, value_regno); err = __mark_reg_s32_range(env, regs, value_regno, range.minval, range.maxval); if (err) |