2021-04-22 23:57:11

by Florent Revest

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Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Notify user if we ever hit a bpf_snprintf verifier bug

In check_bpf_snprintf_call(), a map_direct_value_addr() of the fmt map
should never fail because it has already been checked by
ARG_PTR_TO_CONST_STR. But if it ever fails, it's better to error out
with an explicit debug message rather than silently fail.

Signed-off-by: Florent Revest <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 58730872f7e5..59799a9b014a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5940,8 +5940,10 @@ static int check_bpf_snprintf_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
fmt_map_off = fmt_reg->off + fmt_reg->var_off.value;
err = fmt_map->ops->map_direct_value_addr(fmt_map, &fmt_addr,
fmt_map_off);
- if (err)
- return err;
+ if (err) {
+ verbose(env, "verifier bug\n");
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
fmt = (char *)(long)fmt_addr + fmt_map_off;

/* We are also guaranteed that fmt+fmt_map_off is NULL terminated, we
--
2.31.1.498.g6c1eba8ee3d-goog