bpf: Invalidate RCU pointers after final spin unlock

Browse source

In a sleepable BPF program, a spin lock can provide the only RCU protection
for a kptr. The final bpf_spin_unlock() ends that protection, but the
verifier leaves the pointer valid. Another CPU can then free the object
before the pointer is used. A capability-limited runtime PoC triggered a
task_struct use-after-free in __bpf_get_task_stack().

Record whether the program is in an RCU-protected context before releasing
the lock. Invalidate RCU-protected pointers only when the unlock leaves the
final such context. This preserves valid pointers in non-sleepable programs
and inside an explicit RCU read-side section.

Fixes: 5861d1e8db ("bpf: Allow bpf_spin_{lock,unlock} in sleepable progs")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Assisted-by: ChatGPT:GPT-5.6-Pro
Signed-off-by: Ning Ding <dingning04@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260803112615.3362122-2-dingning04@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>

...

This commit is contained in:

Ning Ding 2026-08-03 04:26:08 -07:00 • committed by Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi

parent 457d4ecb47

commit 180c700071

No known key found for this signature in database

GPG key ID: 472D377B63542F83

1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

5

kernel/bpf/verifier.c

View file