bpf: Restrict CO-RE poisoning to relocatable instructions

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CO-RE relocation records can name any instruction offset. When a
relocation cannot be resolved, bpf_core_patch_insn() currently poisons its
target before checking whether that instruction is a valid relocation
target. Malformed metadata can therefore replace jumps, calls, exits,
register-source arithmetic, or non-immediate loads instead of failing at
the relocation step.

Handle poisoning only after the instruction has passed the same class and
operand-form checks used for a resolved relocation. Route invalid forms
through the existing diagnostic and return a hard error. Keep poisoning
supported instructions, including both halves of a plain ldimm64, so an
unresolved relocation in dead code remains valid.

Extend bpf_core_poison_insn() to poison both halves of ldimm64, and return
its status directly from each validated instruction case. This avoids
routing the success path through a common label and leaves the helper free
to report errors.

The shared relocation code applies this restriction to both libbpf and
in-kernel CO-RE.

Fixes: d7a252708d ("libbpf: Improve handling of failed CO-RE relocations")
Reported-by: Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>
Suggested-by: Nicholas Carlini <npc@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260917233222.2542500-7-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>

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Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi 2026-09-18 01:32:14 +02:00 • committed by Eduard Zingerman

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